Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) Departments and Posts

KAS shall consists of the following categories of officers:

Serial No.	Category
1	KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale)
2	Trainee 2 KAS Officer (Senior Time Scale)
3	KAS Officer (Selection Grade Scale)
4	KAS Officer (Super Time Scale

Successful candidates of KAS Examination will be posted as Gazette II officer. (Junior Time Scale) in various departments of Kerala

Category	Mode of Appointment	Qualification
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.1	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	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
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.1	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must have obtained a Bachelor Degree including professional course in any subject
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.2	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must have completed 21 years and must not have completed 40 years of age as on the first of January of the year in which applications for appointment are invited.
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.2	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must have obtained a Bachelor Degree including professional course in any subject
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.2	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must be a Full Member or an approved probationer in any Government Department and must not be a 1st Gazetted officer or above8 in the Departments in Schedule – 1
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.2	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must have been regularized in service in any cadre as per Rule 10 (b) in the Kerala State & Subordinate Services Rules 1958 or must have served for a period of not less than two years in a supernumerary post in Government and against whom no major penalty has been imposed or proceedings for major penalty or criminal proceedings is in progress.
KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.3	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must not have completed 50 years of age on the 1st January of the year in which applications for appointment are invited.
(Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.3	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must have obtained a Bachelor Degree in any subject including professional course
(Junior Time Scale) (Trainee) Stream.3	Direct selection through Examination by PSC	Must have satisfactorily completed probation in any Cadre in Government or probation has not been declared in the current post even after the period of probation, due to administrative delay but against whom no major penalty has been imposed or proceedings for major penalty or criminal proceedings are in progress.
KAS Officer (Senior Time Scale)	By Promotion	Must have satisfactorily completed the probation in the post KAS (Junior Time Scale)
KAS Officer (Senior Time Scale)	By Promotion	Must have completed 8 years in the post KAS (Junior Time Scale).
KAS Officer (Selection Grade Scale	By Promotion	Must have completed 6 years in the post KAS (Senior Time Scale)
(4) KAS Officer (Super Time Scale	By Promotion	Must have completed 8 years in the post of KAS (Selection Grade Scale)