EXTRA ORDINARY GAZETTE DATE : 03.08.

2020
LAST DATE : 09.09.2020

CATEGORY NO: 38/2020

Applications are invited from qualified candidates for selection to the

following post. Applications shall be submitted online only through the official
website of the Commission only after "ONE TIME REGISTRATION". Candidates
who have already registered can apply through their profile. The photo uploaded
through One Time Registration should be taken after 31.12.2010 and also bear the
name of candidate and the date of photo taken at the bottom of the photograph. The
uploaded photo will be having a validity of ten years from the date of photograph
taken.

“Candidates who have AADHAAR Card should add AADHAAR Card as

ID Proof in their profile.”

1 Name of the firm : Handicrafts Development Corporation of

Kerala Ltd.

2 Name of Post : Sales Assistant

3 Scale of Pay : ₹ 4,500-7,000

Selected candidates will be appointed purely
on provisional basis for a period of one year
terminable without notice at any time during
which period they will be paid the scale of pay
₹ 4,500-7,000 or its revision as applicable
from time to time.
4 No.of Vacancies : 05(Five)

Note:
i) 50% of vacancies shall be reserved for female candidates.

(ii) The above vacancies are now in existence. The list of selected
candidates published by the Commission in pursuance of this
Notification 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 Ranked List after the minimum
period of expiry of one year is published. Candidates will be advised
against the vacancies shown above and for all the vacancies reported
during the period of currency of the Ranked list.

(iii) The Kerala Public Service Commission shall have the power to
cancel the advice for appointment of any candidate to the above post,
 if it is subsequently found that such advice was made under some
mistake. On such cancellation the appointing authority shall
terminate the service of the candidate, provided that, the cancellation
of advice for appointment by the Commission and subsequent
termination of service of the candidate by the appointing authority
shall be made within the period of probation or 240 days from the
date of joining duty whichever is earlier.

iv) 3% of the vacancies are reserved for qualified Differently abled

candidates (Blindness/Low vision,Hearing impairment,Locomotor
disability/cerebral palsy) as per Lr.No.HDCK/P&A/GW/2010-11/1911
dated 23.09.2010
v)
5 Direct Recruitment
Method of Appointment :

6 Age : 18-36 Only candidates born between

02.01.1984 and 01.01.2002 (both dates
included) are eligible to apply for this post.
Candidates belonging to Other Backward
Communities and SC/ST candidates and
widows are eligible for usual age relaxation.

Note:- The provisional hands working in the above concern will be given age
relaxation to the extent of their provisional service put in subject to a
maximum of Five years from the upper age limit provided they were
within the prescribed age limit on the date of their first appointment in the
above concern. But the regular employees of the concern are not eligible
for the above concession for further appointment. The provisional hands
should obtain a certificate showing the period of their provisional service in
the concern and shall produce the same as and when required by the
Commission. It would also be clearly specified in the certificate that they
were not working in the regular service of the concern.

[for other conditions regarding the age relaxation please see Para 2(i),(ii),
(iii),(iv), (vi), (vii) ,(xii) & (xiv) of the General Conditions]

7. Qualifications:
1) Degree of a recognised University.
2) Ability to speak and write English,Hindi and Malayalam.

Note: 1. Rule 10 a (ii) of Part II of KS&SSR is applicable.

2. Candidates who claim equivalent qualification instead of qualification

mentioned in the notification shall produce the relevant Government
Order to prove the equivalency at the time of verification, then only
such qualification shall be treated as equivalent to the prescribed
qualification concerned.
 3. If the caste of candidates is wrongly mentioned in their
SSLC,they should claim their original caste in their applications
and should produce NCLC/ community certificate issued from
revenue authority concerned and the Gazette Notification for the
same at the time of certificate verification.

8 Mode of submitting applications:

Candidates shall register as per 'ONE TIME REGISTRATION ' system on the
Official Website of Kerala Public Service Commission, Viz., www.keralapsc.gov.in'
before applying for the post. Candidates who have registered shall apply by logging
in to their profile using their User- ID and password. Candidates shall click on the
'Apply Now' button of the respective posts in the Notification link for applying for a
post. No application fee is required. Candidates can view and have a print-out of the
details in the profile by clicking the link 'Registration Card', if required. Candidates
are responsible for the correctness of the personal information and secrecy of
password. Before applying for a post, candidates must ensure correctness of the
information in their profile. They must quote the User- ID for further communication
with the Commission. Applications once submitted will be received as provisional
and particulars shall not be deleted or altered after submission. Applications
submitted not in accordance with the conditions of the notification will be summarily
rejected if non compliance with the notification is found in due course of processing.
Documents to prove qualification, community, age etc. have to be produced as and
when called for .

9. Last date of receipt of applications: 09.09.2020 Wednesday up to

12 midnight

10 (a) Sub Paras v, viii, ix,x, xi and xiii in para 2 and paras 5,6 and 7 of the
General Conditions are not applicable to this post.
(b) The selection to the above concern will be subject to the rules and
regulations made by them from time to time.

11 If a Written/OMR/Online Test is conducted as part of this selection, candidates

shall submit a confirmation for writing the examination through their One
Time Registration profile. Such candidates alone can generate and download
the Admission Tickets in the last 15 days till the date of Test. The applications
of candidates who do not submit confirmation within the stipulated period,
will be rejected absolutely. The periods regarding the submission of
confirmation and the availability of Admission Tickets will be published in the
Examination Calendar itself. Information in this regard will be given to the
candidates in their respective profiles and in the mobile phone number
registered in it. Candidates who have downloaded the Admission Ticket will
alone be permitted to attend the examination.
 As per Rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure, appropriate disciplinary
action will be taken against those candidates who submit application for
the post with false claims of possession of prescribed qualification,
experience etc. and give confirmation for examination , irrespective of the
fact that they have appeared or not for the examination.
(for details regarding photograph,ID Card etc., please see the General
Conditions given in Part II of this Gazette notification.)

SAJU GEORGE,
SECRETARY,
KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.