Extraordinary Gazette Date: 30/05 /2017 Last Date: 05/07/2017

Category No: 139/2017

Applications are invited from qualified Scheduled Tribe candidates of Kerala State for selection to the following post. Applications must be submitted online through the official website of the Commission after One Time Registration. Candidates who have already registered can apply through their profile. The photo uploaded through One Time Registration should be the one taken after 31.12.2010 and also bear the name of candidate and the date of photo taken should be recorded in the bottom of the photograph. The uploadedphotowill behaving a validity often years from thedateofphotograph taken.

1 Nameof Department : Prisons
2 Nameof post : Assistant Prison Officer (Special Recruitment for ST only) (Note:Differently abled candidates and female candidates are not eligibletoapplyforthepost.)
3 Scale of pay : ` 20,00045,800/
4 No. of Vacancy : Unit Wise
Thrissur Unit ST only 1(One) (This unit comprises the Revenue Districts of Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam & Thrissur)

Note:i) The above Vacancy is now in existence. The list of selected candidates published by the Commission shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year and a maximum period of three years provided that the said list will not continue to be in force if a new list after the expiry of the minimum period of one year is published. Recruitment will be made for the above vacancy and also for the vacancies reported for Special Recruitment from Scheduled Tribe during the pendency of the list. In the absence of qualified candidates, renotification will bepublished.

ii) The selection in pursuance of thisnotification will be made on a Unit basis subject to the Special conditions laid down in G.O (MS)No.92/80/Homedated 24.09.1980. All postings and transfers of members of service shall be made by the IG of Prisons. Candidates already in Government service holding this post in any of the units are prohibited from applying again forthispost, but theycan applytohigherpostswhen notified.

iii) As therecruitment of Assistant Prison Officer in the PrisonsDepartment is being doneon unit wise, a candidate thus appointed in a particular unit is bound to serve in any of the Institutions under thejurisdiction of theunit concerned.

iv) Candidates are prohibited from applying to more than one Unit in response to the notification

v) The name of the post, qualification and related conditions for selection is notified as per the provisions included in G.O(P)No.89/2014/Home dated 06.05.2014 and GO(P)No.266/2010/Homedated 09.12.2010.

vi) (a) Every person appointed to the post shall from the date on which he joins duty be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years.

(b)
Theyshall undergo inservicetraining asprescribed bytheHead of Department.
(c)
They shall pass Kerala Jail Subordinate Officers test within the period of probation unlesstheyhave alreadypassed thetest.
(d)
Statewise Seniority List will be maintained on the warder establishment for the purposeof promotion toothercategories.

5 Method of Appointment : Direct Recruitment (Unit wise) (Special Recruitment from among Scheduled Tribes only).

Note:Applications received from candidates other than Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates will be rejected. Individual communications regarding the rejection of theirapplicationsfortheabovereason will not beissued.

6 Age : 1841 Only Candidates born between 02.01.1976 and 01.01.1999 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post.

Note:In theabsenceof qualified candidateswithin theagelimit, theupperagelimit shall berelaxed upto 50 years. But in no casethemaximum agelimit shall exceed 50 (fifty) years.

Qualifications

1. Pass in S.S.L.C or its equivalent qualification.

Note:Part II Rule10(a)ii of KS&SSR regarding qualification isapplicableforthisselection.

2. Physical fitnessas specifiedbelow, namely;

(i)
Must be at least 160 cms height and must be 81.3 cms round the chest on full expiration andmust have a chest expansion of5 cms.
(ii)
EyeSight Must becertifiedtopossess thefollowing visual standards, without glasses.

Vision RightEye LeftEye

(a)
Distant Vision 6/6 snellen 6/6 snellen
(b)
NearVision 0.5 snellen 0.5 snellen
(c)
Each eye must have full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint or any other morbid condition of the eyes or lids of either eye will be deemed to be a disqualification.

(iii) Must befreefrom apparent physical defects llikeknock knee, flat foot, varicoseveins, bow legs, deformedlimbs, irregular andprotruding teeth, defectivespeech andhearing.

(iv) Must qualify in any five (5) events out of Eight (8) events of the National Physical Efficiency OneStar StandardTest, as specifiedbelow.

Sl.

Items Standards ofEfficiency

No.

1 100 Metres run 14 seconds
2 High Jump 132.20 cms (4' 6)
3 Long Jump 457.20 cms (15')
4 Putting theshot 609.60 cms (20')
(weight oftheshot 7264 gms)
5 Throwing Cricket ball 6096 cms (200')
6 RopeClimbing (using hands only) 365.80 cms (12')
7 Pull upor Chinning 8 times
8 1500 metres 5 minutes and44 seconds

Note:The physical measurement of candidates will be taken at the time of physical efficiency test and those who do not possess the prescribed physical measurement will not be admitted for the physical efficiency test. If accidents or injuries happened to candidate while participating in the Physical Efficiency Test, he will not be given further chance to participate in the test. The candidates should produce at the time of Physical Efficiency Test, a Medical Certificate in original in the form prescribed hereunder certifying to their physical fitness and eye sight without glasses. The Medical Certificate should be one obtained from a Medical Officer under the Government not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon/Junior Consultant and the same shall be uploaded in the OTR profile by the candidates at the time of certificate verification.

Note:-Details regarding standards of vision should be clearly stated in the Certificate

as given above and vague statement such as vision Normal/Good will not be

accepted. Specification for each eye should be stated separately. If the specifications

are not as indicated above, the officer issuing the Certificate should certify whether

the candidate has got better standards of vision or worse standards of vision as the

case may be, otherwise the certificate will not be accepted.

8 Modeof Submitting application:

Candidates must register as per 'ONE TIME REGISTRATION' with the official website of Kerala Public Service Commission www.keralapsc.gov.in before applying for the post. Candidates who have registered can apply by logging on to their profile using their UserID and password. Candidates must click on the 'Apply Now' button of the respective posts in the Notification Link to apply for a post. The photograph uploaded should be one taken on or after 31/12/2010. Name of the candidate and the date of taking photograph should be printed at the bottom portion. The photograph once uploaded meeting all requirements shall valid for 10 years from the date of photograph taken. There is no change in other instructions regarding the uploading of photographs. No application fee is required. Candidates shall take a printout of the application by clicking the link Registration Card in their profile. Candidates are responsible for the correctness of the personal information and secrecy of password. Before the final submission of the application on the profile candidates must ensure correctness of the information on their profile. They must quote the UserID for further communication with the Commission. Application submitted is provisional and cannot be deleted or altered after submission. The application will be summarily rejected if noncompliance with the notification is found in due course of processing. Documents to prove qualification, experience, community, age etc. have to be produced as and when called for. "Candidates who have AADHAAR Card should addAADHAAR CardasI.Dproof in their profile".

9 Last Date for receipt of applications : 05.07.2017 Wednesday upto12 Midnight.

10 WebsiteAddress: www.keralapsc.gov.in

11 Candidates having A, B & C certificate of NCC will be given weightage marks at the rate of 2%, 3% & 5% respectively, vide GO(MS)No.112/2007/H/Edn dated 21.08.2007.

11 Paragraphs two, three and twenty five (except the conditions laid down in the Rule 3

(c) of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules are not applicable to this selection.

12 Appointment are made on the basis of the rank secured in the ranked list of candidates prepared in pursuance of this notification subject to the conditions laid down in G.O.(P) No. 21/76/PD dated, 17.01.1976 and G.O.(P) No.25/94/GAD dated, 22.01.1994 allowing special reservations to Scheduled Tribes in accordance with the procedures made for this purpose from time to time and subject to the rules under sections 3(c), 17(a), 17(b) of Part II of Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958.

13 If a Written / OMR Test is conducted as part of this selection, Admission Ticket for eligible candidates will be made available in their Profile for One Time Registration and the date of downloading will be included in the Examination Calendar. Candidates can download Admission Ticket for 15 days from this date. Candidates who have downloaded the Admission Ticket 15 days prior to the Examination will alone bepermittedtoattend theexamination.

(For details including photoand ID card etc. refer to the General Conditions at the end of thenotification).

SAJU GEORGE SECRETARY KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION



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Notification Issued 30-May-2017
Applications 05-Jul-2017
Admit Cards 20-Jul-2017


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