Gujarat High Court Jobs
HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT, AT SOLA, AHMEDABAD.
Website : www.gujarathighcourt.nic.in
AND http://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in
ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT OF CIVIL JUDGES
No. RC/0719/2017
Starting date for submission of On-line application 23/05/2017(12.00 noon)
Closing date for submission of On-line application 22/06/2017 (23:59 Hrs.)
Tentative Schedule
Date of Preliminary Examination (Elimination Test) 13/08/2017
Date of Main Written Examination 10/09/2017 Viva-voce Test (Oral Interview) Month of October / November-2017
1 . Vacancy and Pay Scale :
(i) The High Court of Gujarat, in view of the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Case of Malik Mazhar Sultan & Anr. V/s. U.P. Public Service Commission & Ors., & as
per the provisionsprescribed under ‘The Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules, 2005’, invites Online Applications, from eligible candidates, for filling up approximately 97 Regular & 32 Ad-hoc Vacancies (existing & future), for selection, by way of Competitive Examinations, for the Cadre of Civil Judges,in the Pay-Scale of Rs. 27,700 – 770 – 33,090 – 930 – 40,530 – 1080 – 44,850+
Allowances, as admissible under the Rules. The category-wise break-up in respect of the Regular as well as the Ad-hoc vacancies, are as shown hereinbelow:
Regular Vacancies = total 97
Ad-hoc vacancies = 32
Notes :
(i) If suitable Candidates, belonging to the Reserved Categories are not available for selection in the Final Select List, the posts would be filled-up, as may be directed by the High Court in its Full Court Meeting.
(ii) The High Court reserves its right to alter the number of posts than notified.
(iii) ‘Online Recruitment Applications’ window will open on 23/05/2017 (from 12.00 Noon).
The closing Date & Time for the same will be 22/06/2017 (23:59 Hrs).
(iv) The Preliminary Examination(Elimination Test) is tentatively scheduled to be conducted on 13/08/2017.
(v) The Competitive Examinations shall comprise of:
(A) Main Written Examination, and
(B) Viva voce Test.
2.Essential Qualifications :
(i) A prospective Candidate must possess a Degree in Law from a University recognized by law in India & -must be practicing as an Advocate in Courts of Civil and / or Criminal Jurisdiction
on the last date fixed for submission of On-line Application. Candidates, who have passed the Degree in Law from the academic year 2009-2010 and onwards, must have also passed the
All India Bar Examination, in order to be considered as eligible for being termed as a Practicing Advocate.
OR -
must be working in the Courts or other Allied Departments on the last date fixed for receipt of applications.
[See instruction at Item No.11(7)]
Note:
Candidates working in the Courts or other Allied Departments, should be holding LL.B. Degree of 03 Years’ Course or 05 Years’ Course from the recognised University.
(ii) Must possess Certificate(s), certifying to be possessing Basic Knowledge of Computer Application / Operation, issued by a Government Institute or other recognized Institute, as
set out by the Government of Gujarat in General Administrative Department Resolution No. PRCH-102005-1532-K, dated 30/09/2006 and Resolution No.CRR-10-2007-120320-G.5 dated 13/08/2008.
3.Age Limit:
As on the last date fixed for submission of Online Application, a candidate belonging to General Category must not have crossed the age of 35 years and others i.e. in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Socially & Educationally Backward Classes, declared as such by the Government of Gujarat, as well as orthopedically Disabled Persons & Ex-Servicemen, must not have completed 38 years of age.
However, relaxation of 05 yearsi.e. up to 40 years in the Upper age limit, shall be granted to the eligible employees working in the Courts or other Allied Departments.
No further relaxation in Upper age limit, shall be granted to them, under any circumstances.
4.Fees and Mode of Payment :
(i) The candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Socially & Educationally Backward Classes
or
PhysicallyDisabledPersons & Ex-servicemen shall be required to pay Application Fees of Rs.400/- (plus Bank Charges) and all other Candidates shall be required to pay fees of
Rs.800/- (plus Bank Charges). The Candidates making payment of such Fees, shall remit the same in Current Bank Account No. 30725811785 with the State Bank of India, High Court Complex Branch, Ahmedabad, held in the name of Registrar General, High Court of Gujarat, Sola, Ahmedabad, through any of the Core Banking Service Branches of the State Bank of India using
the ‘Cash Voucher’ in the special ‘Format’, appended to this Advertisement, from 23/05/2017 to 22/06/2017 during Bank working Days and Hours.
(ii) Application Fees once paid, shall Not Be Refunded in any circumstances.
(iii) Application without payment of Application Fee will be treated as invalid.
5.Scheme ofExaminations & Syllabus :
(I)The Preliminary Examination(Elimination Test) : (Tentatively scheduled for 13/08/2017.)
The Candidates would be able to download their ‘e-Call-letter-cum-Admission Slip’ from the OJAS Portal ofNIC i.e. http://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in
from 07/08/2017.
(i)The Preliminary Examination (Elimination Test) shall be of 100 Marks,the duration whereof will be 2 Hours, consisting of Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs)
each of 01 M ark with Negative Marking of 0.33Mark for each Wrong / Multiple Answer, and would be based on the following Syllabus :
Part – A
(1)The Indian Penal Code, 1860
(2)The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(3)The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
(4)The Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 (Old Bombay Prohibition Act)
(5)The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Only Chapter XV
II) Part – B
(6)The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(7)The Limitation Act, 1963
(8)The Indian Contract Act, 1872
(9)The Constitution of India - [Part-III- Fundamental Rights (Articles 12 to 35A) & Part-IVA - Fundamental Duties]
Part – C
General Knowledge, English Language, Test of Reasoning, Numerical & Mental Ability and Basics of Computer Applications.
(ii)The language of 75 Questions in the Preliminary Examination, will be English, whereas the remaining 25 Questions will be in Gujarati.
(iii)Preliminary Examination Paper (Objective Type) shall be assessed / evaluated by the Computer, as per entries made on OMR Sheet. As the evaluation is being done on the
Computer by Scanning, there is no human intervention and hence, queries relating to rechecking of the OMR Sheets, subsequent to the Preliminary Examination, will
not be entertained by the High Court.
(iv) The Candidates securing a minimum of 50% Marks in the Preliminary Examination shall be declared as eligible for being called for Main Written Examination.
However,the Marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination, shall not be taken into consideration for preparing the Final Merit List of the candidates.
(II) (A) Main Written Examination (Descriptive Type) :
(Tentatively scheduled for 10/09/2017) The Candidates would be able to download their ‘e-Call-letter-cum-Admission Slip’ from the OJAS Portal ofNIC i.e. http://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in
from 04/09/2017.
(i)“The Main Written Examination shall consist of Three Papers, based on the Syllabus given below :
Paper- I : (CRIMINAL)
[Marks : 75, Duration : 02½ Hours, Timings : 08.00 am to 10.30 am]
(1) The Indian Penal Code, 1860
(2)The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(3)The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
(4)The Probation of Offenders’ Act, 1958
(5)The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
(6) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
(7) The Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887
(8) The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
(9) Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994
(10) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881(Only Ch.XVII)
(11) The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
Paper – II : (CIVIL)
[Marks : 75, Duration : 02½ Hours, Timings : 11.30 am to 02.00 pm]
(1) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(2) The Limitation Act, 1963
(3) The Indian Contract Act, 1872
(4) The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
(5) The Specific Relief Act, 1963
(6) The Gujarat Court Fees Act, 2004
Paper – III : (GUJARATI LANGUAGE)
[Marks : 50, Duration : 01½ Hours, Timings : 03.30 pm to 05.00 pm]
(1) જરાતી યાકરણ
(1) જોડણી
(2) સમાનાથ અને િવ ધાથ શ દો
(3) #ઢ%યોગોના અથ' અને વા(%યોગ, વગેર*(આ િવભાગ-ું ધોરણ ુજરાત સેક*/ડર0 એኒ3ુક*શન બોડ'ના ધોરણઆ િવભાગ-ું ધોરણ ુજરાત સેક*/ડર0 એኒ3ુક*શન બોડ'ના ધોરણઆ િવભાગ-ું ધોરણ ુજરાત સેક*
ડર0 એኒ3ુક*શન બોડ'ના ધોરણઆ િવભાગ-ું ધોરણ ુજરાત સેક*/ડર0 એኒ3ુક*શન બોડ'ના ધોરણ-12 12 12 12 ના ુજરાતી િવષય ના ુજરાતી િવષય ના ુજરાતી િવષય ના ુજરાતી િવષય ((((ઉ7ચતર ક9ાઉ7ચતર ક9ાઉ7ચતર ક9ા
ઉ7ચતર ક9ા) ) ) ) ની સમક9 રહ*
શેની સમક9 રહ*શેની સમક9 રહ*શેની સમક9 રહ*શે....)
(2) ભાષાંતર (ુજરાતીમાંથી ሶ=ે> અને ሶ=ે>માંથી ુજરાતી)”
(ii) Language of Question Paper-I & Question Paper-II of Main Written Examination shall be English. Answers to Questions of Papers I & II of Main Written Examination may be given either in
English or in Gujarati, if not instructed otherwise.
(iii) The Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes, securing minimum 45% Marks and all other Candidates securing minimum 50% Marks in the Main Written Examination shall be eligible for being called for Viva-voce (Oral Interview) Test, provided the Candidate has secured minimum 40% Marks in each paper.
(II) (B) Viva-voce (Oral Interview) Test :
(Tentatively scheduled for the month of October/November,2017)
(i)Viva-voce Test shall be of 50 Marks.
(ii)The objectof the Viva-voce Test is to assess the suitability of the Candidate for the cadre by judging the mental alertness, knowledge of law, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, skills, attitude, ethics, power of assimilation, power of communication, character and intellectual depth and the like, of the Candidate.
In view of the amended Rules viz. Sub Rule (1)(i) of Rule-11 of ‘The Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules, 2005’, since ‘Character’ and ‘Suitability’, of a Candidate, holds an important and para
mount place, for being considered, for Appointment to the State Judicial Service, therefore, kindly note that, these aspects can be inquired into, by the Competent Authority, prior to the Viva-Voce (Personal Interview), as per Annexure -‘A’: Annexure-‘A’
Name of the Candidate
Advocate / Employee
Place of Employment, if any / Place of Practice, if any 1.
Whether the Candidate lives beyond his known means of income? If yes, please mention specific details in support of
your opinion. (Please attach the documents, if any).
2.Whether he mixes with such persons as he should not? If yes, please mention specific details in support of your opinion. (Please annex the documents, if any).
3.Whether any adverse report / complaint doubting integrity of the candidate in relation to the cases attended by him is received? If yes, please mention specific details and its outcome,
in support of your opinion. (Please annex the documents, if any.
4.As a Competent Authority if you have learnt about doubtful integrity of the candidate from any other source, please mention the specific details in support of your opinion (Please
annex the documents, if any). |
Name of the Candidate Advocate / Employee
Place of Employment, if any / Place of Practice, if any
5.If the Competent Authority has no knowledge of the above facts, it may inquire from the source like (i) Judicial Officer at Taluka level (ii) Head of the Department in which the
candidate is serving, (iii) concerned Bar Council, giving details of complaint if any, received against the candidate, and submit the specific details as indicated above.
6.In addition to what is stated above, the Competent Authority must mention the specific details of adverse remarks, if any, departmental inquiry, if any, whether pending or
concluded, in relation to the integrity of the candidate, supported by necessary material.
(iii) For being eligible to be included in the Select List, the Candidate must have obtained a minimum of 40% Marks in the Viva-voce Test.
Note :
At the time of Viva-voce Test, a Candidate may be required to demonstrate his / her practical knowledge in ‘Basic Knowledge of Computer Application’.
6. Preparation of Select-List :
(i) Selection of candidates shall be made on the basis of aggregate marksobtained by the candidates in the Main Written Examination& Viva-voce Test.
(ii) The Select List shall contain, on the basis of merits, the number of candidates equal to the vacancies notified.
7. Conditions for Ad-hoc appointment :
1) The candidate shall be appointed for a fixed period up to 29/02/2020, the period vis-à-vis sanction has been granted, or till the posts are abolished, whichever is earlier.
2) Appointment shall be purely on ad-hoc and temporary basis which may be terminated at any time without notice.
3) (a) During the period of ad-hoc service, a candidate shall not be eligible to receive any Increments. He/She shall receive pay and other allowances and perquisites in the minimum of the
Scale of Civil Judge including official residential accommodation as per Rules, subject to availability.
(b) He/She will be entitled to seek only Casual Leave and Leave Without Pay as per Rules applicable to Regular employees.
(c) He/She would be liable to be transferred and posted anywhere in the State.
4) The appointees shall have to undergo the same period and nature of Training which the candidates appointed on regular basis have to undertake.
5) His/Her Service would be liable to be terminated at any time, if the performance is not found satisfactory.
6) The appointee on the basis of such ad-hoc and temporary service shall have no right to be regularized in permanent establishment.
He/She however, would be considered for appointment on regular basis, in his/her turn, subject to suitability and satisfactory service record which shall be judged by the High Court, if durin
g the period of his/her ad-hoc service, regular vacancies are available as per Rules.
7) However, upon eventual regular appointment, if any so made, the period spent by the employee on ad-hoc basis shall not count towards seniority or for any other purpose including pay
fixation, but shall be countable for pensionable service.
8) Upon appointment on regular post, the candidate shall be placed on probation as per the Rules and shall be regularized only upon satisfactory completion of probation. He/She however, s
hall not be required to undergo the Induction Training, again.
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