At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 113 Notification No. 303/R1/2025/KDRB dated 01.09.2025 notifies 113 vacancies of Lower Division Clerk / Sub Group Officer Grade II in the Travancore Devaswom Board under Category 39/2025.
- Education
- 12th Plus Two, together with computer word processing, per KDRB's mode-of-examination and syllabus note for Category 39/2025. KDRB also issued a separate clarification notice on the qualification for this category.
- Age
- 18-36. Candidates born between 2 Jan 1989 and 1 Jan 2007 (both dates included) are eligible, with the relaxations set out in the notification. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- Category 39/2025 prescribes an application fee of Rs 500, reduced to Rs 250 for the concessional categories listed in the notification. The fee table is printed only in Malayalam in the official notification — read that clause before paying. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Rs 26,500-60,700 Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Category 39/2025 State · Kerala
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Notification
1 Sep 2025
No. 303/R1/2025/KDRB - completed
Last date for applications
30 Sep 2025
- completed
Objective-type examination
29 Mar 2026
- current
Final answer key
Published; publication date not announced on the KDRB page
- tentative
Short list and ranked list
To be announced
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Applications are made online only, through the KDRB website.
- This category recruits for the Travancore Devaswom Board; the same 1 Sep 2025 batch separately notified posts for the Guruvayur, Cochin and Koodalmanikyam Devaswoms under their own category numbers.
- KDRB issued a notice to candidates clarifying the qualification for Category 039/2025 — read it before assuming eligibility.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Online application on the KDRB website
- 2Objective-type test with OMR valuation — 100 questions, 100 marks, one hour fifteen minutes
- 3Provisional answer key, objections and final answer key
- 4Short list, certificate verification and ranked list
Syllabus snapshot
- KDRB publishes a detailed 'Mode of examination and Syllabus' file for Category 39/2025: an objective-type OMR test based on the qualifications prescribed for the post, 100 questions for 100 marks in one hour fifteen minutes.
- The same file records that the question paper is set in Malayalam and in the other media it lists, including Tamil and Kannada; the Malayalam original is authoritative.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- KDRB Notification No. 303/R1/2025/KDRB — Category No. 39/2025, LD Clerk / Sub Group Officer Gr.II, Travancore Devaswom Board
- Published / changed
- Notified 1 Sep 2025; applications closed 30 Sep 2025; examination held 29 Mar 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 20:55 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.