Clerk, Various Departments (Kerala)

What you will actually do

• Maintaining files, registers and tapal in a section
• Drafting notes and letters in Malayalam and English
• Preparing bills, statements and returns
• Counter work and certificates in revenue and other public-facing offices
• Village Assistant duties when advised to the Revenue Department, after survey training

A typical day

You are advised to a department in your district and given a seat in a section: receiving papers, updating e-office files, drafting replies and attending to people at the counter. In the Revenue Department you may work as a Village Assistant, which adds field verification for land and certificate requests. Hours are fixed, and the same ranked list feeds many departments, so the work differs widely by where you land.

Promotion path

Timelines are ranges and vary by cadre. See how promotions and MACP work.

1. Clerk, Various Departments (Kerala) (joining)

   26,500–60,700

2. Senior Clerk / Upper Division Clerk

   Typically 5–10 years, after departmental tests · via departmental exam

3. Head Clerk / Junior Superintendent

   Further service and tests · via dpc

Promotion timelines vary by cadre and vacancies. If not promoted, MACP gives a pay upgrade after 10, 20 and 30 years.

How to get in

Eligibility: Pass in the SSLC examination or an equivalent qualification. Higher qualifications that presuppose SSLC are accepted. Age 18–36. SC, ST and Other Backward Communities get the usual relaxation, subject to a maximum of 50 years including all concessions. Typists with SSLC and four years' regular service can apply up to 40.

Postings

Ranked lists are prepared district-wise and candidates are advised to departments within that district. Inter-district and inter-departmental transfers are governed by state orders and need minimum service.

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