Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) is going to release notification for recruitment of Sub Inspectors. The Kerala PSC SI notification will be published in the third week of December 2019, suggest reports. The number of vacancies in this recruitment shall be 73.
A leading news channel of the state published this earlier in the day, today, about this development. Official notification and details are awaited at the official website keralapsc.gov.in.
The news report where the vacancy details have been first reported also points out that this recruitment will not be exclusively for SI posts. There will be vacancies for armed police sub inspector, dental surgeon, agricultural officer, junior health inspector grade 2, high school teacher, fitter and a few others as well. Recruitment rules as well as eligibility criteria, selection process shall be detailed as and when the said notification is released.
In the last Armed Police Sub Inspector recruitment, that was notified in the year 2017, the scale of pay offered was Rs 16980 to 31360. Candidates between 20 to 36 years of age were invited to apply. Candidates needed a minimum of graduation as qualification in order to apply for the post. Moreover, the physical qualifications required were 160 cm height, 76 cm chest with minimum expansion of 5 cms, and prescribed visual standards.
Sub Inspector of Police trainee post was last advertised as category 161/2015 against the pay scale Rs 16980 to 31360. For the said post, candidates with a graduation degree, between 20 to 31 years old were asked to apply. Physical standards required were 165.1 cm height that is 5’5” from male candidates, however for SC/ST candidates the requirement was 160.02 cm that is 5’3”. Also, candidates should have had a 81.28 cm chest that is 32”, with minimum expansion of 5.08 cm that is 2”. Female candidates had to be 160 cm tall at least, and female SC/ST had to be 155 cm tall.
It is anticipated that for all police sub inspector posts, there will be a written exam, and physical efficiency test.
In the last Kerala PSC SI recruitment, there was a 100 m run, high jump, long jump, putting the shot, throwing the cricket ball, rope climbing, pull-ups or chin-ups, 1500 m run.
As and when Kerala PSC SI recruitment 2019/2020 notification is released, it will be available as an extraordinary gazette at keralapsc.gov.in/notifications. Application form for the recruitment will have to be submitted through the Thulasi portal, which is live at thulasi.psc.kerala.gov.in. The usual Kerala PSC recruitment processes dictate that applicants will have to submit their confirmation and only then get hall tickets.
At present, Kerala PSC application form 2019 for cat 189/2019 to 276/2019 are available. Last date to apply for the different posts under it is December 18, 2019. Also, the commission has announced that KAS (Kerala Administrative Services) exam will be held on February 22, 2020, for which, the last date to submit confirmation is December 25, 2019.