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Kerala Recruitment Polity & Governance

Half the notifications in Kerala PSC's September gazette are Special Recruitment or NCA vacancies

Five of the ten notifications in the Kerala Public Service Commission's Extraordinary Gazette dated 30/09/2026 are marked as Special Recruitment or NCA vacancies.
Cat.No.155/2026, Higher Secondary School Teacher-Statistics in Kerala Higher Secondary Education, is marked SR for ST Only.
Cat.No.156/2026, Draftsman Grade-II / Town Planning Surveyor Grade-II in the LSG Department, Group IV Planning Wing, is marked SR for SC/ST.
Cat.No.157&158/2026, Higher Secondary School Teacher (Jr.) Arabic, is marked VII NCA-SC&ST.
Cat.No.159/2026, Police Constable Driver/ Woman Police Constable Driver in Kerala Police, is marked I NCA-LC/AI, while Cat.No.160/2026 is IV NCA-ST and Cat.No.161/2026 is VIII NCA-ST, both Peon/Watchman in KSFE Ltd.
All of them carry the same last date, 04-11-2026.

Notifications marked SR or NCA: 5 of 10 Tag on Cat.No.155/2026: SR for ST Only Tag on Cat.No.159/2026: I NCA-LC/AI
Why it matters for exams: Reading the SR and NCA tags correctly decides whether a candidate is eligible at all, and the tags themselves are asked about in Kerala PSC general papers.
Kerala PSC
16 October 2026 Source: Kerala Public Service Commission

In plain words

NCA NCA vacancy — A vacancy readvertised for a reserved community when no candidate from it was available in the earlier recruitment.

SR Special Recruitment — A recruitment opened only to candidates of specified communities, here Scheduled Tribes or Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

LC/AI Latin Catholics / Anglo-Indians — A reservation category in Kerala, written together in the Commission's notifications.

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