Final answer key published; ranked list awaitedNotice verifiedState · Kerala39/2025

Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board

KDRB Lower Division Clerk / Sub Group Officer Grade II, Travancore Devaswom Board (Category 39/2025)

The Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board's largest clerical recruitment — Lower Division Clerk / Sub Group Officer Grade II in the Travancore Devaswom Board, part of the 1 Sep 2025 batch covering posts across the Travancore, Guruvayur, Cochin and Koodalmanikyam Devaswoms.

01

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
02

Vacancies & reservation

What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.

Current published count113
Check source ↗

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.

03

Complete timeline

One record from notification to final outcome.

  1. Notification

    1 Sep 2025

    No. 303/R1/2025/KDRB
    completed
  2. Last date for applications

    30 Sep 2025

    completed
  3. Objective-type examination

    29 Mar 2026

    completed
  4. Final answer key

    Published; publication date not announced on the KDRB page

    current
  5. Short list and ranked list

    To be announced

    tentative
04

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.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
05

Selection process & syllabus

Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.

Selection stages

  1. 1Online application on the KDRB website
  2. 2Objective-type test with OMR valuation — 100 questions, 100 marks, one hour fifteen minutes
  3. 3Provisional answer key, objections and final answer key
  4. 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.
06

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

07

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.