Vide GO(P) No.74/2023/Fin Dated 15/07/2023, issued amendment to Kerala Service Rules, in Appendix VII, under the heading "SECTION II-SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE" in rule 19 A, for the words "six months" the words, figures and brackets "a period of 180 (one hundred and eighty) days" shall be substituted.

Vide GO(P) No.93/2025/Fin Dated 19/07/2025, amended Kerala Service Rule Part I, Rule 19, Appendix VII, and inserted “19 E. Special casual leave not exceeding 21 days shall be granted in a calendar year to a

KS&SSR Amendment (Second) 2024 - Paternity Leave, Miscarriage leave including abortion [Rule 101], Hysterectomy Leave [Rule 101A] also reckoned as duty for probation vide amendment Order No.G.O.(P)No.6/2024/P&ARD dated 23/09/2024

KS&SSR Amendment (Third) 2023 - Vide G.O. (P) No.17/2023/P&ARD dated 30/11/2023, in rule 3 inserted  "Provided that request for relinquishment of right for promotion/appointment by transfer to a post, under the above rule, shall not be allowed if such request for relinquishment is submitted by the employee on or after the date of order by which the person was promoted or appointed by transfer to the said post"

KSR Amendment (2) 2023- Vide GO(P) No.58/2023/Fin Dated 14/06/2023, inserted new sub rule (c) under rule 26, KSR Part III as "(c) If a Government servant is removed from service on the reason that the officer proceeded on leave as per Appendix XII A,XII B and XII C of Part I of the KSR and failed to return after the expiry of leave, then he/she will not be eligible for compassionate allowance envisaged under Rule 5 of this rules even if

KSR Amendment 2022 (Second) - Vide G.O. (P) No. 123/ 2022/ Fin Dated 07/10/2022, amended Part I of the Kerala Service Rules, in Appendix VII, under the heading “Section III – Compensation Leave,” in condition (vii), after the words “admissible to,” the words “Gazetted officers and” shall be inserted. 

KS&SSR Amendment (Third) 2022 vide order GO(P) No.10/2022/P&ARD Dated 14/08/2022,  A probationer in a service in the entry cadre who does not come under the purview of sub-rule (aaaa) of rule 10 and who has not studied Malayalam as one of the languages till Standard X or as a subject at Plus-two or at Degree level shall pass within the period of probation, a language test in Malayalam with not less than 40% marks conducted by

KSR Amendment (one) 2022 vide orderGO(P) No.87/2022/Fin Dated 03/08/2022, the maximum period of leave without allowance during the entire service of an officer, to take up employment abroad or within the country and to join spouse was limited to five years w.e.f 05/11/2020.

Vide G.O.(P) No.2/2022/P&ARD Dated 15/01/2022, issued Kerala State & Subordinate Service (Amendment) Rules 2022 for the amendment of Rule 13B, 27B in Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958,

KSR Amendment (4) 2021 - issued vide G.O. (P) No. 144/2021/Fin dated 30/10/2021. Special casual leave not exceeding 30 days shall be granted in a calendar year to a Government employee for undergoing angioplasty, subject to the conditions specified in rule 19 w.e.f 06/11/2019.

KSR Amendment (3) 2021 - issued vide G.O. (P) No. 143/2021/Fin dated 30/10/2021. The power to sanction leave without allowance upto 180 days has been delegated to the Heads of Departments and that of 120 days to the appointing authorities w.e.f 24/08/2017.

Vide GO(P)No.62/2021/Fin Dated 12/04/2021, Modified Rule 59 Note 2 of KSR, Part III  as " This rule authorise a reduction of pension not less than the 50% of the minimum pension"

Kerala Service Rules Amendment (V) 2020- Amendment of Rule 57, 64 & 65 of KSR, Part III vide GO(P) No.145/2020/Fin Dated 30/10/2020. Retained the rounding of  the length of service, fraction of a year, if any, in the service will be rounded to the nearest completed year, i.e., fractions less than half year, will be ignored and half year and above rounded to the next completed year:

KS&SSR Amendment (5th) 2020 - Inserted Economically Weaker Sections in Part-I sub rule 6(A) vide GO(P)No.14/2020/P&ARD Dated 23/10/2020. As per the amendment, 10% of the vaccancy is reserved for newly inserted Economically Weaker Sections in General Category.

Kerala Service Rules Amendment (IV) 2020- Amendment of Rule 57, 64 & 65 of KSR, Part III vide GO(P) No.130/2020/Fin Dated 01/10/2020. While calculating the length of service, fraction of a year equal to three calendar months and above but less than nine calendar months wouldbe treated as half year and the period of nine calendar months and above would be treated as acompleted year.