THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA

website:www.hckrecruitment.nic.in Phone: 0484-2562235

e-mail:recruitment.hckerala@nic.in Fax: 0484-2391720
REC1-37749/2021 Kochi : 682 031
Dated :16.08.2022
NOTIFICATION
Applications are invited from qualified Indian Citizens for appointment to the NCA
and Regular vacancies in the following post in the High Court of Kerala. Candidate shall
apply online through the Recruitment Portal (www.hckrecruitment.nic.in). No other
means/modes of application will be accepted.
1. Name of the Post : Chauffeur Grade II
2. Scale of Pay : ₹26,500 – 60,700
3. Number of vacancies and Validity of Ranked List:

Recruitment No. No of vacancies Method of Appointment

12/2022 Direct Recruitment (from

(First NCA notification candidates belonging to the
Hindu Nadar - 1
for the selection year community mentioned here in
21.06.2019 – 20.06.2021) the state of Kerala)
18
Direct Recruitment (Regular
13/2022 (including anticipated
Vacancies)
vacancies)

Note:- Ranked Lists will be prepared for each recruitment number in pursuance of
this notification. The ranked lists so prepared for NCA vacancy (Rec No.
12/2022), shall remain in force until candidates are advised and appointed
against the vacancies earmarked for the respective community. The ranked list
prepared pursuant to Recruitment No.13/2022 shall remain in force for a
minimum period of one year from the date on which it is brought into force and
shall continue to remain in force until the publication of a fresh list or till the
expiry of two years, whichever is earlier.

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 4. Age Limit :
(i) Candidates born between 02/01/1986 and 01/01/2004 (both days inclusive)
are eligible to apply.
(ii) Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes born between 02/01/1983
and 01/01/2004 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
(iii) Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribe born between
02/01/1981 and 01/01/2004 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
(iv) A candidate who is an Ex-serviceman or Ex-general Reserve Engineer Force
person or a disembodied Territorial Army person, in reckoning the age for his
eligibility for appointment can exclude the period of his service in the defence
forces or in the General Reserve Engineer Force or in the Territorial Army, as
the case may be, and the period of unemployment on discharge up to a
maximum of five years provided he has not completed the age of 50 years.
(v) Age relaxation up to 5 years will be granted to widows, subject to the
condition that in no case upper age limit shall exceed 50 years.
5. Qualifications:
1. S.S.L.C.
2. Valid Light Motor Vehicle driving licence.
Note 1:- The candidates must have acquired all the qualifications on
or before the date of closure of Step II process of online
application.
Note 2:- The driving licence should be valid on the dates of closure
of STEP II process, written test, practical test and interview.
Note 3:-: Differently abled Candidates are not eligible to apply for the
post.
6. Mode of Selection:
(i) Selection will be on the basis of Written Test, Practical Test (Driving Test) and
Interview. The written test will be of objective type containing 100 questions.
The syllabus for the written test will be general knowledge, current affairs and
matters relating to traffic rules and driving.
(ii) The number of candidates to be included in the Short List of candidates to be
called for the practical test will be decided by the High Court having regard to
the number of vacancies notified, the number of candidates appointed from

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 the previous list, nature of the post and chances of occurrence of vacancies.
(iii) Maximum marks for the interview is 25. To be included in the Ranked List, a
candidate has to obtain a minimum of 20% marks for the interview.
7. Application Fee: ₹500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only). (Candidates belonging to
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are exempted from remitting application fee).
For payment of fee, candidates should either use system generated Fee Payment
Challan or pay online through Debit Card/ Credit Card/Net Banking by following
instructions on the screen. Bank Transaction charges for Payment of application fee, if
applicable, will have to be borne by the candidate.
8. Examination will be conducted at all districts in Kerala. Candidates should choose the
name of the Centre where he/she desires to take the examination in the online
application. No change in the choice of examination centre will be entertained under
any circumstances. The High Court reserves the right to add or delete any centre at its
discretion. The High Court also reserves the right to allot a candidate to any centre
other than the one he/she has opted for.
9. Documents in original to prove age, qualifications, Community, Non Creamy Layer
status, EWS Status etc should be produced as and when called for, failure of which
will entail cancellation of candidature.
10. Candidates, who are in the service of the Government of India or any of the State
Governments, while applying, should indicate the same in the online application form
and they should submit the NOC/Service certificate as and when called for.
11. The candidate should ensure that the particulars furnished by him/her are correct in all
respects. Anything not specifically claimed in the application against the appropriate
field will not be considered at a later stage. In case it is detected at any stage of the
recruitment that a candidate does not fulfil the eligibility norms and/or that he/she has
furnished any incorrect/false information or has suppressed any material facts, his/her
candidature will stand cancelled. If suppression of material facts or furnishing of any
incorrect/false information is detected even after appointment, his/her service is liable
to be terminated.
12. Applications not submitted in accordance with the eligibility and other norms
mentioned in this Notification as well as the instructions published in the Recruitment
Portal of the High Court will be summarily rejected.
13. Canvassing in any form will entail cancellation of candidature.

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 14. Appointment to the post from the Ranked List prepared as per this notification will be
made in accordance with the rules of reservation prescribed in Rules 14 to 17 of Part
II of Kerala State & Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 and in accordance with the
rules made for the purpose from time to time.
15. How to Apply:
a) The online application process has two parts - Step-I and Step-II. 'Step-I/ New
Applicant' is the first part for registration of the applicants. 'Step-II/ Registered
Applicant' is the second part of the process for those applicants who had
completed Step-I. A candidate's online application is complete only if he/she
completes both the steps which include the submission of application by
completing the 'FINAL SUBMISSION' option available in Step –II process
and payment of application fee (if applicable).
b) Candidates are advised to have a valid Mobile Number / valid personal e-mail
ID. It should be kept active during the recruitment process. No request for change
of Mobile Number/e-mail ID will be entertained. The High Court will send
various intimations relating to the recruitment as SMS/e-mail to this Mobile
Number/e-mail ID.
c) In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she may create
his/her e-mail ID before applying online.
d) If the candidate does not mention his/her Mobile Number/e-mail ID, no intimation
relating to the recruitment will be sent to the candidate. Such candidates will have
to visit the recruitment portal frequently for getting information about the
recruitment.
e) The online application form is common for Recruitment No. 13/2022 (Regular
Vacancies) and Recruitment No.12/2022 (NCA Vacancy).
f) Candidates applying for more than one Recruitment Number should not
apply separately. In Step-I, they should select all the recruitment numbers for
which they want to apply by clicking the relevant category available in the drop
down menu against the appropriate recruitment numbers. They need to pay the
application fee only once. If they opt to apply separately, they will have to
remit separate application fee for each recruitment and they will lose the
‘common candidate’ status in the examination. So, the eligible candidates who
desire to apply for more than one recruitment should avoid applying separately to

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 get the status of the ‘common candidate’ in view of the fact that common
examination is prescribed for recruitments to Regular and NCA vacancies.
g) Before applying online, candidates should keep with them scanned (digital)
image of their photograph and signature (in a pendrive or CD) as per the
following specifications;

Dimensions
Sl. No. Image File size (should be the exact size)

Height Width
1 Photograph 20 KB to 40 KB 200 pixels 150 pixels

2 Signature 10 KB to20 KB 100 pixels 150 pixels

h) For further details the candidates are advised to visit the link "Guidelines for
Photograph & Signature" available on the main page. Candidates should take
care to upload good quality photograph. Otherwise it would be difficult to
identify the candidate from the photograph on the Admission Ticket. If the
candidate cannot be identified from the photograph printed on the Admission
Ticket, he/she will not be allowed to write the examination.
i) The candidate should also keep the particulars of educational qualifications and
other personal details ready before applying as these details are required to be
entered in the online Application Form. The detailed requirements are given in the
link “Sample Application Form” available in the main page.
j) To start the application process, the candidates should click the link 'Step-I/ New
Applicant’ in the web page or the 'Apply online' button available against the
notification link. This will take the candidate to the next page where the options of
'POSTS' are displayed. The candidates can access the ‘RECRUITMENT OF
CHAUFFEUR GRADE II’ main page (hereafter called the main page) by
clicking the option ‘CHAUFFEUR GRADE II’ available there. Before
proceeding further, the candidate should read the detailed notification in the home
page and How to Apply, Guidelines for Photograph & Signature, FAQ and Sample
Application Form provided in the main page.
k) In Step-I (Registration for New Applicants), the candidate has to fill in basic
information about him/her. The information provided during Step-I process cannot
be modified after submission with key number.

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 l) Towards the end of Step-I process, the candidate will be asked to generate a Key
Number. The Key Number should be eight digit long and it should contain at
least one upper case letter (A,B,C,....), one lower case letter (a,b,c,.....), one
numerical digit (0,1,2,3,....) and one of the special characters (! @ # $ % ^ * ( )_ +
{ } ; : < . >). The candidate is advised to note down the Key Number and to
keep it securely till the selection process is over since it is required to be entered
each time he/she log into the system. Under no circumstances, he/she should
share/mention Key Number with/to any other person. Before proceeding with
the completion of the Step-I (Registration) process, the candidate should
ensure that the reservation category, Religion, Caste, and other entered
details are shown correctly in the 'confirmation screen'.
m) On completion of Step-I, the candidate will be assigned an Application Number
which will be displayed on the screen and intimated to the candidates through
SMS/e-mail. Candidate can continue the application filing process by clicking on
the 'Proceed' button available in the above screen and complete the application
filing process in one go, if he/she so desires, or exit the page.
n) If he/she opts to exit the page, he/she has to log into the system by clicking on the
link “Step-II / Registered Applicant” and then entering the Application Number
and Key Number. The candidate will then have access to the Step-II process.
o) In Step-II/Registered Applicant, the link 'Upload Photograph and Signature ‘will
be available. Only after completion of uploading of photograph and signature, the
link – 'Application’ will be visible. Final Submission link will be available only
if all the required details are furnished in the link 'Application' and its other
dynamic sub links (Employment details, Service Particulars, Civil/Criminal cases
etc.). The candidate should fill all the required information in these links. The
details furnished by the candidates during Step-II process can be modified till the
Final Submission of online applications. However, the photograph and
signature once uploaded cannot be changed.
p) On satisfying that the information furnished are correct and complete, the
candidate must finally submit the Application by clicking the link 'Final
Submission', and furnishing the details required therein. The process of online
filing of application will be complete only on successful Final Submission of
application as stated above. Once an online application is finally submitted, no

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 further change can be made in Step-II. Therefore, the candidates are instructed to
ensure the accuracy and correctness of details furnished before proceeding to the
'Final Submission' button.
q) Payment of application fee is the last stage of the online application process.
After making 'Final Submission' as indicated in clause (p) above, the candidate
shall make the payment of application fee within the stipulated time. An
application will be incomplete if application fee is not remitted and such
applicants will not be considered for the selection process.
r) The application fee can be paid through online mode (Debit Card/Credit
Card/Net Banking) or offline mode (Cash payment at the branches of the
State Bank of India using the system generated fee payment challan).
Payment of fee by Demand Draft/Cheque/Money Orders/Postal Orders etc. will
not be accepted. Fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can it be
held in reserve for any other examination. The candidates are instructed to refer to
the Terms & Conditions and policies with respect to payment, available in the
payment page of the website. Fee payment by either mode can be made only
after the final submission of application. The candidates should ensure that the
web browser used by them is compatible with the same of the Bank to make
hassle free payment of application fee.
i. Online payment facility will be available from the date of commencement of
Step I process. For making online payment of application fee, the candidate
should click the link 'Fee Payment' available in the profile of the candidate
and follow the instructions available on the screen.
ii. Payment through offline mode can be made only after the last date fixed for
closure of Step II process. The challan for offline mode of fee payment can be
downloaded from fee payment page available in the profile of the candidate
till the date fixed for closure of Step II process. After that date, the system
generated challan will not be available. So, the candidates should ensure
that the challan is downloaded on or before the date fixed for closure of
Step II process. However, payment through offline mode can be made till the
date fixed for the same.
s) The successful remittance of application fee marks the end of online application
filing process.

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 t) The candidates should take printout of Application and keep it for future
reference. They need not send the printout of the online application or any other
documents to the High Court.

16. Admission Tickets/Call Letters for Written Test/ Practical Test/ Interview:
(i) The candidates should download the Admission Tickets/Call Letters from the
link “STEP-II” from the recruitment portal www.hckrecruitment.nic.in.
(ii) The Admission Tickets for written test will be ready for download three weeks
prior to the date of the written test and Call Letters for Practical Test/
Interview will be ready for download two weeks prior to the date of the
Practical Test/ Interview and the candidate will be intimated through SMS/e-
mail.
(iii) If a candidate is unable to download his/her Admission Ticket/Call Letter,
he/she should contact the High Court at 0484-2562235. In case no
communication is received in the office of the High Court from the candidate
regarding non-receipt of his/her Admission Ticket/Call Letter at least one
week before the Written Test/Practical Test/ Interview, as the case may be,
he/she himself/herself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of his/her
Admission Ticket/Call Letter. The candidates are also advised to visit the
recruitment portal of the High Court (www.hckrecruitment.nic.in) at least
once in a week to know about the schedule of the written test/ Practical Test/
Interview.
(iv) The candidates should note that their admission to the written test/ Practical
Test/ Interview will be purely provisional based on the information given by
them in the Online Application Form. This will be subject to verification of all
the eligibility conditions by the High Court.
(v) The mere fact that Admission Ticket/Call Letter has been issued to a candidate
does not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the High
Court or that entries made by the candidate in his/her application for the post
of Chauffeur Grade II have been accepted by the High Court as true and
correct. The High Court takes up the verification of eligibility conditions of a
candidate, with reference to original documents, at the time of certificate
verification.

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