THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The new appointments in the Kerala Administrative Service (KAS), which was implemented three years ago by the Left government as Kerala's civil service, have stopped. The PSC has not been able to issue new notification for two years as new vacancies have not been reported.

It was announced that more than 100 people will be appointed every year. However, the appointment was made only in 105 vacancies in the first phase. If no new notification is issued by December, the age limit of many KAS aspiring students will be exceeded.

On July 13, Chief secretary-level committee was tasked to amend the rules by correcting the errors in finding the posts in the first batch, but further work has not made much progress. The first rank list was cancelled on 7th of last month. The announcement that the notification will be published once in two years also became vain. The first notification was issued on November 1, 2019. The second notification was supposed to come out in November 2021.

Six months more till completion of first batch training

Six more months to complete the 18-month training of the first batch of KAS. The syllabus was prepared under the leadership of IMG Director K Jayakumar following the footsteps of LBSNAA training at Mussoorie. The next six months are for practicing administrative procedures in major departments.

Chief secretary chaired committee is looking into:

* Irregularity in determining of entry cadre strength as per special rules. Entry cadre is 105 posts including Class 2 gazette officer in 23 departments and common category in Schedule I.

* The four posts found were excluded as they were class 3 gazetted post. Four others were included instead. Later, the class 3 gazetted posts in many departments were added in the entry cadre. This shortcoming should be addressed.

Those included in cancelled rank list

(Category -Main List -Supplementary -Disability -Total Recruitment)

Stream 1- 68 -109 -13 -190-35

Stream 2- 70 -101 -14 -185-35

Stream 3- 69 -106 -12 -187-35

Total- 207 -316 -39 -562-105

Appointment as per rank list - 105 people

Not appointed - 454 people