The third stream is for the existing first gazetted post by appointing through transfers. Education qualification is a university degree and the age limit is 50 years. In the direct recruitment process, reservation policy is maintained. Last month, IUML MLA T A Ahmed Kabeer urged the Chief Minister to leave the recruitment process fully to the PSC and ensure reservation for all the streams while calling attention in the Assembly.
The Kerala Minority Commission had also urged the government to extend reservation to second and third streams. When the government has sought a legal opinion from the Advocate General, it was reported there was no need to adopt a reservation policy in two streams. However, the government had categorically decided to grant reservation for all the three streams through special recruitment.