Project Officer

754/2025

2025-12-31

Apex Socities of Co-operative Sector in Kerala

Project Officer

Anticipated Vacancies

Direct Recruitment

18 - 40. Only candidates born between 02/01/1985 and 01/01/2007 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. Other Backward Communities, SC/ST candidates are eligible for usual age relaxation. (For conditions regarding the age relaxation please see Part II of the General Conditions)

MFSc/BFSC/M.Sc. (Aquatic Biology and Fisheries)/MSc (Industrial Fisheries)/MSc (Marine Biology)/MSc (Applied Fisheries and Aqua culture)/MSc (Aqua-culture and Fisheries Microbiology)/MSc (Aquaculture and Fish Processing)/MSc (Zoology) or Its equivalent from a recognized University.

i) The Notification is published for the anticipated vacancies of the above mentioned post. Vacancies if any further reported will be filled by apportioning the same in the ratio of 5:3:2 between General Category (Part I) Fishermen/ Dependent of Fishermen category (Part II) and Society Category (Part III) .The rules of reservation as laid down in the General Rules 14 to 17 of part II of KS&SSR will be followed for appointment from the list. ii) The Ranked list prepared and published by the Commission for the post shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year and a maximum period of three years, provided that the said Ranked list will not continue to be in force if a new Ranked list is published after the expiry of the minimum period of one year. In case no candidate is advised from the ranked list till the expiry of the period of three years, the duration of the ranked lists shall be extended for a further period of one year or till at least one candidate is advised from the list, whichever is earlier. Candidates will be advised for appointment against the aforesaid vacancies and the apportioned vacancies for the General category reported further during the period of currency of the Ranked list. iii) The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on a statewide basis. Probation : As per the Rule 184 of KCS every person appointed to the post shall from the date on which he/she joins duty be on probation for a period of two year on duty within a continuous period of three years. Note : For concession allowed in upper age limit subject to the condition that the maximum age limit shall in no case exceed 50 years, please see Sub paras i, ii, iii, iv, vi & vii of Para (2) of the General Conditions under part II of this Notification.Relaxation of age will be allowed to all provisional employees of the twenty nine Co-operative institutions mentioned in G. O. (P) No. 41/98 dated 09.03.1998 (whether they continue in service or relieved from service) who have been appointed through the Employment Exchange to the extent of their provisional service provided they possess a minimum service of one year in the provisional appointment. The maximum period of relaxation allowed to such persons will be five years. Once they get appointment on regular basis, the concession will not be available for further appointment to any other post. The candidates who are entitled to the above concession shall note the details there of in the respective column of the application and submit certificate (original) obtained from the Head of Office or Head of Department or Appointing Authority of the Co-operative Institutions concerned, when the Commission calls for. The certificate should contain all the relevant particulars such as the post in which the applicant has/ had provisional service, the scale of pay, name of the Co-operative Institution in which he/ she has/ had worked, the date of commencement of provisional service and the date of termination of the provisional service. It should also be noted in the certificate that the applicant is not holding regular appointment under the Co-operative Institution. The original certificate thus produced will not be returned to the candidate. Rule 10 (a) (ii) of Part II KS&SSR is applicable for this selection. In addition to the qualification prescribed in the notification, the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to a qualification specified for the post in the Special Rules or found acceptable by the commission in cases where acceptance of equivalent qualifications is provided for in the rules, and such of those qualifications which pre-suppose the acquisition of the lower qualification prescribed for the post, shall also be sufficient for the post, will also be accepted for the post. The copy of the Government orders declaring equivalent/higher qualifications shall be produced as and when required by the commission. Sub Paras v, viii, ix,x, xi, xii & xiii in Para 2 and para 5 of General Conditions regarding recruitment by KPSC are not applicable to this post.