In exercise of the powers
conferred by sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act,
1968 (19 of 1968), read with section 3 thereof, the Government of Kerala hereby
make the following rules further to amend the Special Rules for the Kerala Last
Grade Service issued under Notification G.O. (P) No. 82/66/Public (Rules)
Department dated 8th March, 1966 and published in Part I of the Kerala Gazette
No. 14 dated 5th April, 1966, as subsequently amended, namely: (1)
These rules may be called the Special Rules for the Kerala Last
Grade Service (Amendment), 2017. (2)
(a) sub-rule (1) (i) and sub-rule (3) under rule 2 shall be deemed
to have come into force on the 21st day of June, 2012. (b) sub-rule (1) (ii); and
sub-rule (2) (i) under rule 2 shall come into force at once. (c) sub-rule (2) (ii) under rule
2 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of December, 2014. (d) sub-rule (4) under rule 2
shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of January, 2002. In the Special Rules for the
Kerala Last Grade Service, (1)
in rule 1, (i) in Category 1, for item (e)
the following item shall be substituted, namely: "(e) Secretariat Traffic
Warden". (ii) in category 4, item (y),
'Night Watcher-cum-Sweeper in the Stationery Department' shall be deleted. (2)
in rule 3, (i)
after the figure '7' the following figure shall be inserted,
namely: "8" (ii)
after the figure '9' the following figure shall be inserted,
namely: "10(b)" (3)
in sub-rule (a) of rule 5, in category 1 for item (e) the
following item shall be substituted, namely: "Secretariat Traffic
Warden" (4)
in sub-rule (d) of rule 17, after the proviso, the following
proviso shall be added, namely: "Provided further that
nothing in this sub-rule shall prevent the Appointing Authorities from granting
Inter-district Transfer on request to a person appointed to a Headquarter
Vacancy in a Department back to a vacancy in the same Department in his opted
district, and in case if the Department does not have an extension office in
the opted district, to a vacancy in any other Department in that district
subject to the Notes 2 and 3 under rule 14".SPECIAL
RULES FOR THE KERALA LAST GRADE SERVICE (AMENDMENT), 2017
PREAMBLE