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The Kerala PSC rotation chart and community turns

Kerala PSC allots vacancies against a rotation chart: a 100-point cycle in which each turn is assigned in advance to open competition or to a specific community. Open competition holds 50 of the 100 points, with the remainder distributed across the reserved communities. This is why a vacancy does not simply go to the next name on the ranked list.

Steps

  1. The chart is published by the Commission

    Kerala PSC publishes the rotation chart on its own site at keralapsc.gov.in/rotation-chart. Read the current chart there — the turn-by-turn allocation is what governs, and it is revised from time to time.

  2. Open competition takes half the cycle

    In the general 100-point cycle, open competition holds 50 of the 100 turns; the remaining turns are distributed across the reserved communities in fixed shares.

  3. Separate cycles exist for different post classes

    The Commission publishes a distinct cycle for last-grade services, whose community shares differ from the general chart, and a separate cycle for special recruitment.

  4. How a turn is filled

    When a vacancy falls on a reserved turn, the Commission looks for an eligible candidate of that community — from the main list if one is available there, otherwise from that community’s supplementary list. If your rank sits behind a reserved turn you cannot claim, that turn is not yours regardless of merit.

  5. Why supplementary lists exist at all

    They exist to fill a community’s turn when no main-list candidate of that community is available. That is the whole purpose, and it is why a supplementary list can carry a lower cut-off than the main list.

Frequently asked questions

Why was someone with a lower rank advised before me?#

Most often because the vacancy fell on a turn reserved for a community, and the Commission advised an eligible candidate of that community from the main or supplementary list.

How much of the rotation cycle is open competition?#

In the general 100-point cycle, 50 of the 100 turns are open competition. The remainder are distributed across the reserved communities.

Where is the official rotation chart?#

On the Commission’s own rotation chart page. We link it rather than reproduce the turn numbers, because the chart is revised and the Commission’s copy is the one that governs.

I am from a reserved community but scored above the open-competition cutoff. Does that use up my community’s turn?#

No. The rule states that where such a candidate is selected on merit, the number of posts reserved for that group is not in any way affected. There is also a rank-interchange provision so that a merit-selected candidate is not placed below a same-community candidate selected against the reserved turn.

What happens to a reserved turn when no eligible candidate exists?#

The community is passed over and the turn moves to the next community in the rotation order. If none of the communities in that chain has a suitable candidate, the rule provides that the selection is made from open-competition candidates.

I forgot to claim my community or sports benefit when applying. Can it be added?#

Not for that post. The General Conditions state that a claim not made in the profile at the time of applying will not be considered for that post under any circumstances, and that a claim added afterwards applies only to future selections.

Official sources

Steps last verified against official Kerala PSC sources on 25 August 2026.

Where the Commission has not published a rule, this guide says so rather than guessing. Anything marked “not officially published” is exactly that.

This is an independent guide for aspirants, written from the Commission’s own published instructions. Portal screens and rules change — always confirm on keralapsc.gov.in and in your own Thulasi profile before acting. PSC Mastery is not affiliated with the Kerala Public Service Commission.