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Find your post, then check it against the requirements printed in its notification: age with the Kerala PSC relaxations, qualification and anything else the post asks for. Add your date of birth to see which open posts you fit.

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Step 1

Your post

Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector
Cat. 551/2014Motor VehiclesClosed 28 Jan 2015
Age limit as printed
21-44. Only candidates born between 2.1.1970 and 1.1.1993 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post [Including the relaxation as per the Para 2(i) of the General Conditions].
Step 2

Check your eligibility

Your details

As in your SSLC book. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year.

This notification allows no age relaxation, so community and other details don't change the result.

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What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: 21–44 yearsBorn on or after 2 Jan 1970 and on or before 1 Jan 1993.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: SSLC / 10th or aboveChoose your highest qualification.
  • Check yourself:
    ExperienceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
  • Check yourself:
    Driving licenceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
  • Check yourself:
    Physical standardsMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • Pass in SSLC or its equivalent. • Diploma in Automobile Engineering or Mechanical Engineering awarded by the State Board of Technical Education (3 year course) or any qualification in either of the above disciplines declared as equivalent to the above diplomas by the Central Government or State Government. Technical Qualifications: • Must hold a current valid driving licence authorizing him to drive Motor Cycle, Heavy Goods Vehicles and Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicles. Experience Required: Working experience of at least 1 (One) year in a reputed (Govt. approved) automobile workshop which undertake repairs of both Light Motor Vehicles, Heavy Goods Vehicles and Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicle fitted with Petrol and Diesel Engines. Physical Standards: Height: 165 cms for male candidates and 152 cms for female candidates (160 cms for male and 150 cms for female SC/ST candidates). Chest: 81 cms with minimum expansion of 5 cms (for male only). Visual Standards: Distant Vision 6/6 Snellen (Right & Left Eye), Near Vision 0.5 Snellen (Right & Left Eye) without glasses. Full field of vision, no colour blindness, squint, or morbid conditions. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS & SSR Part II Rule 10 (a) ii is applicable.

A guide, not a decision of the Kerala PSC. Confirm everything in the official notification before you apply on Thulasi. Age limit looks wrong? Report it.

How the age check works

Kerala PSC gives the age limit as a range of birth dates, for example “18–36: only candidates born between 02.01.1989 and 01.01.2007 (both dates included)”. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year, so an upper age of 36 in 2025 means you must be born on or after 2 January 1989. Relaxations move that earliest date back.

OBC+3 yearsEzhava, Muslim, LC/AI, Viswakarma and other backward communities
SC / ST+5 yearsScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Differently abled+15 yearsAdded on top of the community relaxation
Ex-servicemenup to +5The length of military service

With relaxations, the upper age cannot go beyond 50.

Worked examples

For a 2025 post with the range 18–36 (born 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007).

  • EligibleGeneral, born 15 Jun 1995Inside 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007, age 29 on 1 Jan 2025
  • EligibleOBC, born 10 Mar 1987Two years too old for the general range, but OBC +3 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1986
  • Not eligibleSC, born 20 Aug 1983SC +5 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1984, still after the birth date (age 41)

What the checker does not decide

Some notifications say relaxations do not apply, and the checker then uses the range as printed. By-transfer posts, special recruitments, NCA notifications and rules for widows are flagged with “Check the notification” instead of a verdict. The qualification guide compares levels only, not subjects. Always confirm in the official notification before you apply.

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