Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) Rules, 2018
S. R. O. No. 861/2017
2017
In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 2 of Kerala Public Service Act, 1968 (19 of 1968) read with Section 3 thereof and in partial supersession and consequent amendments, specified herein, to the Kerala Civil Service Executive Special Rules published under notification G.O.(Ms.) No. 377/63/PD dated 21/08/1963. in Part I of the Kerala Gazette No. 36 dated 10/09/1963 hereby makes the following rules in respect, of Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) namely:--
Read full Act(a) These rules may be called the Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) Rules, 2018.
(b) They shall come into force with effect from 01/01/2018.
(a) To build a cadre of Public Servants as a second line of managerial talent for Government for effective implementation of Government policies and programmes.
(b) To provide opportunities for growth for bright, talented and committed Officers in Government Service and prepare them for senior level administrative and managerial positions in Public Service.
(c) To constitute the feeder category for the recruitment of Indian Administrative Service Officers in Kerala Cadre through appointment by promotion from State Civil Service (SCS) category superseding the existing rules in this regard.
Government shall be the Appointing Authority for KAS:
(a) Entry Level: The cadre strength at the entry level in KAS shall be limited to 10% of the sanctioned strength of 2nd Gazetted Post in the departments and equivalent post in the common categories of posts in all departments as specified in Schedule - I.
The 10% Gazetted Posts so set apart shall include higher grade posts and posts on account of ratio promotions also.
Common Category posts shall include the post of Administrative Officer, Administrative Assistant, Accounts Officer, Financial Assistant and Posts earmarked for by transfer appointment through KPSC in the cadre of Financial Assistant.
(b) Senior Levels: Ten percent of all promotion posts in the promotion posts for the 2nd Gazetted Posts onwards in the Departments in Schedule -1 and promotion posts for the equivalent common categories of posts onwards in all departments that are specified in Schedule -1, shall be set apart for promotions for Officers in the KAS.
(c) Total C
1[(a)] The rules of reservation of appointment (General Rules 14 -17) shall apply to 2[the appointments to all Streams of KAS].
3[(b) The provisions regarding reservation of appointments for differently abled persons under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Central Act 49 of 2016) shall apply to appointments by direct recruitment.
(c) The relaxation of age limit to eligible categories as provided in General Rules and Government Orders, shall be applicable to the appointments under KAS. The maximum age limit shall, in no case, exceed fifty years.]
(a) KAS shall consist of the following categories of Officers:
(i) 1[KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) Trainee]
(ii) KAS Officer (Senior Time Scale)
(iii) KAS Officer (Selection Grade scale)
(iv) KAS Officer (Super Time Scale)
(b) An Officer joining the KAS shall start his career in the Junior. Time Scale in the State Service.
(c) The posts in the KAS shall be distributed between the Junior Time Scale, Senior Time Scale, Selection Grade Scale and Super Time Scale in the ratio 6:5:4:3. The number of posts in each level shall be determined by rounding off to the next lowest whole number.
Explanation:-- Example If the number of posts at the Junior Time Scale is 133 then there shall be 110, 88 and 66 posts in the Senior, Selection, and Super Time Scales, (computed as 133 x 5/6, 133x4/6and 133 x 3/6 respectively)
(d) Subject to satisfying conditions of promotion under the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment b
(a) The posts that are identified for determination of the cadre strength of KAS under Rule 4 above, shall be specified in Tables I to IV in Schedule - II, where Tables I to IV correspond to the Junior Time Scale, Senior Time Scale, Selection Grade Scale and Super Time Scale respectively.
(b) For each of the posts identified in Tables 1 to IV in Schedule - II, the cadre strength of the KAS shall be computed in the format specified in Tables I to IV in Schedule - III.
(c) In specifying the promotion posts for the 2nd Gazetted Posts onwards of the Departments in Schedule I and the equivalent Common Category Posts (specified in Schedule I of these Rules) onwards, shall be grouped into three slabs in Tables II to IV in Schedule - II, corresponding to the Senior Time Scale, Selection Grade Scale and Super Time Scale respectively:
Provided that, in assigning the posts against Tables II to IV in Schedule - II, only the third, fourth and fifth Gazetted Post, existing a
(a) The salary scale for each of the four levels of the KAS shall be the highest scale of pay allowable for the posts mentioned in Tables I to IV in Schedule - II.
(b) In addition to Scale of Pay, they shall be eligible for a KAS Grade Pay determined by Government from time to time, but which is not less than 10% of the lower end of the pay scale, determined as above.
(c) The pay drawn by an Officer selected 1[from STREAM 2 and STREAM 3] to the KAS shall be protected at the time of entry into the Junior Time Scale. If such pay that is protected is at the maximum of the scale to which such an Officer is entitled, then such officer shall be entitled to a stagnation increment till the Officer's next promotion in the KAS:
Provided that the pay on subsequent promotion in the KAS to a higher scale shall not be less than the pay in the previous scale arrived at for protecting an officer's pay at the Junior Time Scale.
(a) Promotions shall be subject to the cadre strength fixed by Government and on completion of the specified number of years of service prescribed under these rules.
(b) One-third of the vacancies arising every year in the 2nd Gazetted Post in each Department and Common Category, specified in Table - 1 in Schedule - II, shall be set apart for appointment from the KAS. Provided that the maximum share of 10% of the total posts, specified in Column (4) in Table 1 of Schedule - 11 shall not be exceeded:
Provided that, in doing so, the first, fourth, seventh and vacancies in that order shall be the vacancies that shall be set apart for appointment from the KAS.
(c) For promotion of an Officer at any level in the KAS against a vacancy in a post specified in Table II to IV in Schedule - II, one-third of the vacancies arising every year in such post shall be set apart for promotion for Officers from the KAS:
Provided that the maximum share of 10% of the total pos
(a) Every person appointed to KAS (Junior Time Scale) 1[as trainee] shall undergo training for a period of 18 months or for such duration as may be prescribed by Government from time to time.
(b) Such person shall during the period of training draw allowances/ pay as may be decided by the Government time to time.
(c) The period of training shall count for increment and probation.
(d) The training will be partly or fully residential and shall be provided at such institutions and places as Government may decide from time to time, of which not less than 15 days of training shall be in a premier national institute specializing in development or planning and not less than 15 days of training shall be in a premier national institute of management.
(e) The training shall be arranged by the Institute of Management in Government, Thiruvananthapuram in accordance with these Rules and in the manner decided by Government from time to time.
(f) Gover
1[Every person appointed to KAS] (Junior Time scale) 2[x x x x] shall from the date on which he/she joins duty be on probation for a total period of 2 years on duty within a continuous period of 3 years, inclusive of the period of training.
(a) A candidate 3[shall be appointed to KAS] in the manner specified in Column-2 and shall 4[possess] the qualification prescribed in the corresponding entry in Column-3 in Table below:
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(1) KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) STREAM 1
| By Direct Recruitment
| (1) Must have completed 21 years and must not have completed 32 years of age as on 1st < S.13 Age Limit.--(a) Direct Recruitment (Stream -1): Must have completed 21 years and must not have completed 32 years of age as on 1st January of the year in which applications for appointment are invited. 2[x x x x] S.14 Mode of Recruitment.--3[(a) The scheme of examination shall be decided by the Kerala Public Service Commission in consultation with the Government.] S.15 Tests:--(a) Officers at the Junior Time Scale shall have passed the following tests for satisfactory completion of probation. S.16 Restriction of Application of Special Rules in Departments.--The Kerala Administrative Service Rules 2018 shall apply to all posts identified for inclusion in the Cadre of KAS, in supersession of the Special Rules in any of the Departments listed in Schedule - I of these Rules, notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein. S.17 Amendment to the Kerala Civil Service (Executive) Special Rules.--[Published under notification G. O. (Ms.) No.377/63/PD. dated 21/08/1963 in Part I of the Kerala Gazette No. 36 dated 10/09/1963]: S.18 Direct Recruitment under the Kerala Civil Service (Executive) Rules 1963.--1[(a)] One fifth of the substantive posts of Deputy Collectors set apart for Direct Recruitment under Rule 2 of the Kerala Civil Service (Executive) Special Rules 1963, arising or not filled as on the date of notification of the KAS Rules shall be automatically assigned to the cadre of KAS. S.19 Promotion/Selection to the Indian Administrative Service.--(a) The Officers who have joined Government service prior to the date of effect of these Rules, and to whom the Kerala Civil Service (Executive) Special, Rules, 1963 applies, would have priority for being appointed by promotion under the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955 in the quota set apart for the State Civil Service on completion of the required service and subject to satisfying other qualifying conditions laid down for such promotion from time to time, regardless of whether they have joined the KAS or, their rank in the KAS, if they have joined the same: S.20 Rectification of Errors.--Government may issue orders from time to time rectify errors or omissions in assessing the Cadre Strength at any level in the KAS with prospective or retrospective effect as it deems fit. S.21The Service Conditions of Officers of KAS shall be prescribed, not subordinate to the existing regulations for Government Employees of the State of Kerala. S.22Government shall prescribe a Mandatory Training Program for Officers appointed to every scale in the KAS. S.23A Medical Certificate of Fitness shall be prescribed as criteria for the selection to the KAS. S.24
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