Last Date for Submission of Application is on 06th June, 2022.
No.of Posts and Vacancies :-
Civil Judge - 50 Posts
Job Location - Hyderabad
Education Qualification :
Applications are invited through 'ONLINE' for General Recruitment to 50 posts of Civil Judge in the Telangana State Judicial Service notified for the years 2021 and 2022, comprising of 41 vacancies to be filled under Direct Recruitment, and 09 vacancies to be filled under Recruitment by Transfer.
1. Position: Civil Judge
2. No of Post: 50
3. Pay Scale: As per the revised pay scales which came into effect from 1.1.2006, the Scale of Pay of the post of Civil Judge is Rs.27,700/- to Rs.44,770/-.
4. Qualification: Only those candidates who possess the qualifications and eligibility prescribed under Telangana State Judicial (Service and Cadre) Rules 2017 and as per subsequent amendments issued to the said Rules, vide G.0.Ms.No.3, Law (LA&J-SPL.B) Department, dated 06.1.2020, shall be eligible to apply.
a) Direct Recruitment: As per Rule 20 of the Telangana State Judicial (Service and Cadre) Rules 2017, "Direct Recruitment" means appointment of a person; who is not in the service of the Government of India or the Government of the State; to any category in the service through the process of inviting applications directly from all eligible and qualified persons. A person to be appointed to the category of Civil Judge -
i) Must posses a Degree in Law of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act or an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission and enrolled in the Bar Council of Telangana or in the Bar Council of any other State. (and)
ii) Must have been practicing as an Advocate or Pleader in any Court for a period of not less than 3 years on the date of Notification for recruitment to the post. (and)
(II)(a) Must be a Law Graduate possessing a Degree in Law from a recognized University as mentioned in Clause (1) above, who is eligible to be enrolled as an Advocate and who has secured an Overall 60% and above marks in acquiring such a Law Degree in case of open categories and 55% and above marks in respect of other reserved categories (SC/ST/BCs) and has not enrolled as an Advocate. To fall into this category, candidate must have obtained Degree of Law within a period of three years prior to the date of Notification. (and)
(b) Must have attained the age of 23 years as on 01.07.2022 and must not have completed the age of 26 years as on the 1st day of July of the year i.e., as on 01.07.2021. The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years in case of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections. (or)
(III) Persons who have enrolled as an Advocate, but do not possess three years practice at the Bar would be eligible to appear in the recruitment for the post of Civil Judge, under the category of fresh Law Graduates, provided they satisfy the other requisite eligibility criteria.
Age Limit
Must have attained the age of 25 years as on 01.07.2022 and must not have attained the age of 35 years in the case of OC Category and 40 years in the case of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Socially and Educationally Backward Class and Economically Weaker Sections as on the 1st day of July of the year i.e., as on 01.07.2021.
Application Fees
The applicants who belong to OC/BC categories have to pay an amount of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) towards Online Application processing fee/Examination fee, whereas the applicants belonging to SC/ST/EWS categories have to pay Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) towards Online Application processing fee/Examination fee.
Important Dates
1. Starting Date for submission of online Application. 06.05.2022
2. Closing Date for Submission of online Application. 06.06.2022
3. Date for conducting Screening Test (computer based Test). 13.08.2022 (Time of Screening Test will be mentioned in the Hall Ticket)
4. Download of Hall Tickets for Screening Test. 28.07.2022
5. Placing of Question Paper/Preliminary Key/Response Sheets in the website of the High Court. 16.08.2022
6. Written objections on Preliminary Key, if any, to be submitted to the Registrar (Recruitment), High Court for the state of Telangana, Hyderabad- 500066, in-person/ Speed Post/Courier.: Up to 31.08.2022
Selection Process
a) Minimum Marks to be secured in the Written Examination to qualify for Viva-Voce:
1. The candidate applying for being appointed under direct recruitment or by transfer who secures not less than 60% of marks in Papers I and II each in the written examination shall be eligible for viva voce carrying 50 marks.
2. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates who secure not less than 50% marks in Papers I and Il each in the written examination shall be eligible for the Viva Voce carrying 50 marks.
3. From among the candidates qualified and eligible, the High Court shall call the candidates for Viva Voce in the ratio of 1:3 proportionate to the vacancies notified.
4. Further, if more than one candidate secures same cut off marks, all such candidates shall be called upon to appear for Viva Voce.
5. The final selection of the candidates is based on the aggregate marks obtained in written examination (only Paper-I and lI) and Viva Voce.
b) Viva Voce: Viva Voce, shall carry 50 marks. Any candidate who remains absent for the Viva Voce shall be deemed to have been disqualified for selection. (The object of Viva Voce 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.)
c) Merit List:
1. After result of written examination is announced, qualified candidates in the ratio of 1:3 proportionate to the vacancies notified in the respective categories shall be called for Viva-Voce.
2. Provided that if there are more than one candidate who have secured same cut off marks, for maintaining the ratio of 1:3, all such candidates shall be called upon to appear for Viva Voce.
3. No TA and DA will be paid to any of the candidates appearing for Screening Test/Written Examinations/Viva Voce.
How to Apply
The application will be available in the website of the High Court "tshc.gov.in" FROM 06.05.2022 to 06.06.2022. The Last date for submission of Online' Application is 06.06.2022 upto 11.59 p.m. The Hand written / Typed / Photostat copy/ Printed Application Form will not be entertained either directly or by Post or by Courier or in person.