HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH: JABALPUR

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

For M.P. H.J.S. (District Judge-Entry Level) through Promotion from Civil Judges Senior Division Exam-2017 (Under Recent Proviso added to Rule-5(1)(c) of M.P. H.J.S., Rules 1994)

Advertisement Dated 24-03-2017

Last Date for Receiving Applications 31-05-2017

Date of Written Examination Continuous Two days to be notified later

Applications are being invited for 61 vacant posts in the cadre of

M.P. H.J.S. (District Judge-Entry Level) through Promotion from Civil Judges Senior Division amongst Eligible Senior Civil Judges of State of Madhya Pradesh, under recent Proviso added to Rule-5(1)(c) of M.P. Higher Judicial Service (Recruitment and condition of service) Rules 1994, in the pay scale of Rs. 51550-1230-58930-1380-63070.

Selection to these posts and conditions of service will be governed by the M.P. Higher Judicial Service (Recruitment and conditions of service) Rules 1994 (as amended upto date). The number of aforesaid vacancies may be varied depending upon the requirement of the High Court and exigency of the situation as and when necessary.

It is made clear that all steps taken on the basis of amended provisions, will be subject to the final decision of Writ Petition No.308/2016, W.P. No.5092/2016 & R.P. No.248/2016 pending before Honble M.P. High Court, with clear understanding that no equity will be claimed by them at a later stage.

Eligibility :-

Civil Judges (Senior Division), belonging to M.P. State Judicial Service having not less than 7 years of aggregate Judicial service and have attained the age of 35 years and have not attained the age of 48 years as on 1st January, 2017 shall be eligible to appear in the examination.

Note 1. Candidate must have been born on or after 01-01-1969 but before 01-01-1982.
Civil Judge Senior Division alongwith 7 years of aggregate Judicial Service shall be reckoned as on 31-05-2017.

Application :-

The Eligible Civil Judge desirous to appear in this Examination will have to submit an application in the given format, which must have been received on or before the last date mentioned herein. Last date for receiving the application is 31-05-2017..

The application in format given with this Advertisement on the website of High Court, must be sent to the Registrar (Exam), 2nd Floor Administrative Building, High Court of M.P., Jabalpur (M.P.), in such a manner that the same must have been received in Examination Cell on or before 31-05-2017.

It is made clear that after scrutiny of applications and completion of other process, the Examination Cell may upload a list of eligible candidates on the website of M.P. High Court (www.mphc.in).
Disqualifications :-

In any of the following cases, the Judicial Officer/candidate for aforesaid examination shall be disqualified and/or Departmental action for misconduct may be initiated against him:-
1. If he or she does not fulfill the provisions of M.P. Higher Judicial Service Rules 1994 and M.P. Civil Services (General Conditions of Service) Rules 1961, or
2. If he or she takes or attempts to take any favour in any form at any stage of Examination, or
3. Impersonation by or for the candidate/applicant, or
4. Making or submitting any forged document in support of his or her candidature, or
5. If he or she conceals any material information or provides any false information at any stage of selection process, or
6. If he or she uses or attempts to use, improper or illegal means, either for purpose of being permitted to appear in Examination or at any stage of Examination in Examination room/hall, or
7. If he or she, during written Examination harasses or threatens or causes physical injury to or misbehaves with, any Officer or employee engaged there, or
8. If he or she, disobeys any directions relating to Examination
  
  including oral directions by the invigilator or observer or any other Officer or employee engaged in conduction of Examination.
  
  Moreover, Canvassing in any form will also be a disqualification. Similarly, any attempt on the part of a candidate to enlist support for his candidature or selection/appointment, through persons of influence or officers of Government/High Court will also disqualify him for appointment.
Travelling Expenses

Travelling Expenses or allowances to the Civil Judge appearing in aforesaid examination, will be payable as per Rules in this respect in the same way as he was travelling on official duty.
Call Letters

After scrutiny of applications, the Call Letters shall be issued to such Judicial Officers who have been found eligible candidates for this examination, through the District & Sessions Judge/Head of the Department or shall be directly sent to such Judicial Officers by Speed Post at the address given in their Application Form.

Selection Process

The Selection process shall be completed in Two Stages -

Written Exam and (B) Interview.

Written Examination

Date & Time of the written examination shall be fixed after receipt of applications of eligible candidates. After last date of submission of Application, list of eligible and not eligible candidates will be ported on the High Court website after scrutiny of applications.

Syllabus/Pattern of Written Examination The Written Examination shall be held on two consecutive days in First and Second shift. There shall be Four Descriptive Question papers. Each paper shall be of three hours duration and shall carry 100 Marks each. Candidates have to answer all paper in one language either in Hindi or in English except question on Article & Summary Writing and Translation of 2nd Question Paper as per language mentioned therein. On first day there may be examination of 1st and 2nd Question Paper and on Second day there may be examination of 3rd and 4th Question Paper. The Written Examination shall be conducted simultaneously with the Main Written Exam of H.J.S. (Entry Level) Direct Recruitment from Bar. In fact date, time, paper, Syllabus/Pattern of the Written Exam shall be the same as provided for the Examination of H.J.S. (Entry Level) Direct Recruitment

from Bar, as mentioned below :

Sr. No.	Paper	Maximum Marks
1st	Civil Laws & Procedure	100
2nd	Writing Skill & Current Legal Knowledge	100
3rd	Criminal Laws & Procedure	100
4th	Judgment Writing etc.	100

Syllabus for Written Examination :- Syllabus for Written Examination shall include the following subjects, each subject to carry the marks shown against it, as given below -

1st Paper - Civil Laws & Procedure

Sr. No.	Subjects	Maximum Marks
1	Constitution of India	22
2	Civil Procedure Code,1908	22
3	Transfer of Property Act,1882	16
4	Indian Contract Act, 1872	16
5	Specific Relief Act,1963 (Chapter I,II & VI to VIII)	8
6	Limitation Act,1963 (Part II & III)	8
7	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Sections 5, 9, 10, 13A, 13B, 24 to 27)	8

2nd Paper Writing Skill and Current legal knowledge

Sr. No.	Subjects	Maximum Marks
1	Article on Legal Topic (in Hindi)	20
2	Summary Writing (in English) (For Summary Writing, a matter like copy of Plaint, Written Statement or Charge Sheet / Complaint may be given and the candidate shall be asked to summarize it into 200 words).	20
3	Knowledge of Current Leading Cases (Leading/Latest Supreme Court Decisions and Full Bench & Double Bench Decisions of M.P.High Court since last five years.)	30
4	Translation :- (1) From Hindi to English (2) From English to Hindi	15 15

3rd Paper - Criminal Laws and procedure -

Sr. No.	Subjects	Maximum Marks
1	Indian Penal Code,1860	24
2	Criminal Procedure Code,1973	24
3	Evidence Act,1872	24
4	Negotiable Instrument Act,1881 (Sections - 138 to 147)	14
5	S.C. & S.T. (Prevention of Atrocity) Act,1989 (Sections 2 to 8, 14 and 18)	14

Sr. No.	Subjects	Maximum Marks
1	Settlement of Issues	10
2	Framing of Charges	10
3	Judgment Writing (Civil )	40
4	Judgment Writing (Criminal )	40

Centre/ Venue

Written Examination may be conducted in one or more college situated at Jabalpur depending on the number of candidates.
Result of Written Examination & Minimum Marks

After valuation of Answer Books of Written Examination, the Result shall be prepared and declared without any delay. Every endeavor shall be made to declare the Result as early as possible. The candidates will have to secure at least 55% marks in Total of all Four Papers in order to be declared successful for Interview/viva voce. Result shall be prepared Merit Wise, in the ratio of 1:3, subject to the availability of qualified candidates. However, all candidates securing marks equal to the cut-off Marks, shall be eligible for Interview/Viva Voce.

The Result, the Roll No. Wise List of candidates successful for Interview/Viva Voce, shall be made available on Website of M.P. High Court as well as Notice Board of the High Court (Examination Cell). However, the marks obtained by candidates in Written Exam shall not be disclosed at this stage and shall be disclosed only with the Final Result.

Interview/Viva Voce

After declaration of Result of Written Examination, Interview/Viva Voce shall be held at Jabalpur in the premises of M.P. High Court. Candidates, securing minimum aggregate marks in all four papers, shall be called for Interview. Interview shall carry 50 marks. The Candidates who fail to appear for Interview/viva voce shall not be considered for selection.

Final Select List / Result

After completion of process of Interview / Viva voce, Final Result shall be prepared. Provisional Select List subject to the approval by the Full Court of M.P. High Court keeping in mind suitability of the candidate on the basis of his past performance and reputation shall be prepared, as early as possible. Candidates who do not secure minimum marks shall not be included in the Select List and the Final Result shall be declared and published in order of Merit on the website of the M.P. High Court (www.mphc.in).

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(1) Provisional Select List, (2) Roll No.-Wise Marks List of all candidates who appeared in Interview & (3) Marks Lists (question paper

. wise & Interview) of the all candidates who have qualified for Interview

and (4) Roll No.-Wise Marks List of all candidates who appeared in Main

Examination shall be prepared and a notice regarding declaration of the result shall be affixed on the Notice Board of the High Court.

Rechecking/Revaluati on : - There is no provision for Rechecking of Marks or Revaluation of Answer Sheet/Books of written examination. Any representation I application in this regard shall not be entertained and shall stand rejected without assigning any reason.
Elimination I disposal of Used Examination Materials :-

All used Answer-books/sheets of Written Examination & Interview, Application Forms and other Examination Material except Application Forms of finally selected candidates, shall be eliminated/disposed of after one year from the date of declaration of select list.

\i 1>11;, (MANOHAR MAMTANI) REGISTRAR GENERAL

HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH : JABALPUR

APPLICATION FOR

M.P. H.J.S. (District Judge-Entry Level) through Promotion from Civil Judges Senior Division Exam-2017

(Under Recent Proviso added to Rule-5(1)(c) of M.P. H.J.S., Rules 1994)

Please Affix Your Recent Passport Size Colour Photograph & Sign Across

Note : Kindly, read the Advertisement available on the website of M.P. High Court (www.mphc.in), before filling of this application.

Particulars of Officers -

(1) Name of the Judicial Officer . (Civil Judge Class-I) (in Block Letters)

(2) Fathers/Husbands Name .. (3) Date of Birth ..

Date of joining as Civil Judge Class-II ....
(a)Present place of posting .. District . (b)Correspondence Address ....

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.... (6) Phone No. (O) (R)(Mob.)....

(7) E-mail Address ...

Date of completion of period of 7 years as Civil Judge......

Yes

No

Yes

No
Is any Disciplinary Proceeding pending against you ?

If yes, mention briefly the charges levelled against you & stage of proceeding(s) ..

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Details of Educational Qualifications :-

S. No.	Name of the Exam	Board/University	Year of Passing	Percentage of Marks Obtained	Special Remarks, If any
1.	High School
2.	Higher Secondary
3.	Graduation
4.	Post Graduation
5.	LL.B.
6.	LL.M.
7.	Any other qualification

Declaration

I declare that the particulars furnished above are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. In the event of any information being found false or incorrect or ineligibility being detected at any stage, action may be taken against me and I may be disqualified /dismissed by the High Court of M.P.

Place :- .................................

Date : - ................................. Signature of Judicial Officer

List of Documents to be Attached : -

Documents related to the Date of Birth (Self Attested photo copy).
Mark-sheets & Certificates of All Educational Qualification (Self Attested photo copy)
Two Recent passport size coloured photograph of the candidate matching the one affixed on the Application Form.
Other Documents (If Any) (Self Attested photo copy).

Note :- Candidate after filling up this application must sign on the place prescribed for and attach self attested copies of all documents, testimonial certificates and he/she must send this application, alongwith all documents, kept in an envelope writing the words M.P. H.J.S. (District Judge-Entry Level) through Promotion from Civil Judges Senior Division Exam-2017, on the top of the envelope, to the Registrar (Exam), 2nd Floor, Administrative Block, High Court of M. P., Jabalpur (M.P.), in such a manner that it must reach on or before 31.05.2017 and it shall be the sole responsibility of the candidate. Application received after aforesaid date shall not be entertained on any ground what so ever it may be including ground of postal delay.

Place :- .................................

Date : - ................................. Signature of Judicial Officer

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Important Dates

	Start Date	End Date
Applications		31-May-2017

Notification Issued By

Organization : Madhya Pradesh High Court
Organization City, State : jabalpur, madhya pradesh
Organization Website : http://www.mphc.gov.in

Recruitment for the position of Civil Judges

HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH: JABALPUR

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

For M.P. H.J.S. (District Judge-Entry Level) through Promotion from Civil Judges Senior Division Exam-2017 (Under Recent Proviso added to Rule-5(1)(c) of M.P. H.J.S., Rules 1994)

Eligibility :-

Note 1. Candidate must have been born on or after 01-01-1969 but before 01-01-1982.

Application :-

Disqualifications :-

Travelling Expenses

Call Letters