(B) Experience Required :

Minimum 1 Year experience in the Central Government or State Government or Government Organization or Public Sector Undertaking or Reputed Organization / Company.

(C) Age Limit :

(i)

A Candidate applying to the said post, shall not be less than 18 years and not more than 35 years of age, as on the last date of submitting Online Application i.e. on 15/02/2018.

(ii)

Employees working in the Subordinate Courts or any other High Court shall be allowed on a uniform basis, relaxation of a maximum period of 5 years or to the extent of equal number of years for which service has been put in by him/her, whichever is less, in the upper age limit.

(iii) Relaxation of 5 Years in upper age limit shall be admissible to the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes & Socially & Educationally Backward Classes.

The Competitive Examination shall consist of :

(A)

Preliminary Examination (Objective Type-MCQs) [100 Marks]

(B)

Computer Aided Test [100 Marks]

(A)

Preliminary Examination (Objective Type-MCQs) [100 Marks] (Duration : 02 Hours) (to be conducted tentatively on 11/03/2018)

(i) The Preliminary Examination shall consist of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), each of 1 Mark with 2 Hours duration. For every wrong / Multiple Answers given, there shall be Negative Marking of

0.33 Mark. Language of the Question Paper shall be English only.

The Syllabus for such Preliminary Examination shall be as under :

(a)

Information Technology / Computer related topics

(b)

English Language

(c)

General Knowledge

(d)

Numerical & Mental Ability

(e)

Analytical & Reasoning Skills

(ii) It would be open to the High Court (on Administrative Side), to either conduct Preliminary Examination (Objective type MCQs) On-line,

i.e. through a Computer Based Examination System OR by conducting Preliminary Examination (Objective type MCQs) by OMR-Mode.

(iii) The Preliminary Examination will be conducted either at Ahmedabad or any District place/s as may be decided by the High Court, depending upon the number of Candidates applying. Candidates will have to make their own arrangements, for appearing at the Examination.

(iv)

The Candidates shall down-load their respective e-Call-letters, from Websites abovementioned, during the preceding one week of the Preliminary Examination.

(v)

In case, large number of Candidates qualifying in the Preliminary Examination, it will be open for the High Court to restrict the number of Candidates as deemed necessary, according to Merit, for the Next Stage

i.e. Computer Aided Test.

(vi)

Marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) will not be considered for determining the merits, for preparing the Final Merit List.

(vii) Candidates shall have to secure minimum 50 Marks in the Preliminary Examination and only those qualifying therein, shall be called for Computer Aided Test.

(B) Computer Aided Test [100 Marks] : (to be conducted tentatively on 15/04/2018) (Duration : 02 Hours)

(a) The Computer Aided Test will be conducted at Ahmedabad at the Center(s), which would be decided hereafter, for which the Candidates will have to make their own arrangements, for appearing at the Examination.

(b) Syllabus of Computer Aided Test :

(i)

Fundamentals of Computer

(ii)

Fundamentals of Networking (Internet & Intranet)

(iii) Linux & Windows Operating System

(iv)

Trouble Shooting

(v)

Language (PHP/JAVA/HTML)

(vi)

Database (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

6. PREPARATION OF SELECT LIST & WAIT LIST :

(a)

The Select List & Wait List shall be prepared on the basis of Marks obtained by the Candidates in the Computer Aided Test.

(b)

For being eligible to be included in the Select List, Candidates shall have to obtain minimum 50% Marks in the Computer Aided Test.

(c)

The High Court reserves the right to adopt appropriate method of shortlisting the Candidates at any stage.

(d)

The Wait List would consist of not more than 20% of the number of Candidates placed in the Select List and shall be operated only in case of non-joining of Candidate(s) or cancellation of candidature of Candidate(s) due to any reason, from amongst the Candidate(s) enlisted in the Select List.

(e)

The Select List / Wait List shall remain in force for a period of 2 (Two) years, from the date of its publication or until the publication of a fresh List(s), whichever is earlier. However, if the vacancies in a particular year are not substantially higher than the number of Candidates remaining in the existing Select List / Wait List, the period of such Select List / Wait List may be extended by the High Court not exceeding One year, so as to make appointment against such vacancies from the said Select List / Wait List.

(f)

Any Candidate who does not accept the offer of appointment within the time-limit, shall lose his/her right to appointment and the High Court shall operate the Select List / Wait List, as the case may be.

(g)

The Select List & Wait List shall be published on High Court website as well as on 'HC-OJAS' website, and/or through any other mode, as may be decided by the High Court.

7. DISQUALIFICATION FOR APPOINTMENT :

No person shall be eligible for appointment to the service

(a)

unless he/she is a citizen of India.

(b)

if he/she is dismissed from service by Central Government or any State Government or U.Ts. or any High Court or Statutory or Local Authority.

(c)

if he/she has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude or who is or has been permanently debarred or disqualified by the High Court or the Union/State Public Service Commission or by any Recruiting or Examination Conducting Authority from appearing in Competitive Examinations or Selections.

(d)

if he/she directly or indirectly influences the Recruiting Authority by any means for his/her candidature.

(e)

if he is a man, has more than one wife living. And, if a woman, has married a man already having another wife.

8. HOW TO APPLY :

(a) Before filling-up the On-line Application, Candidate is advised to thoroughly read and understand the Detailed Advertisement and the Instructions therein and should ensure that he/she fulfills all the eligibility criteria and other norms mentioned above and that the particulars filled-in by him/her are true and correct in all respects.

In case, it is detected at any stage of Recruitment Process or even after Appointment, that a Candidate does/did not fulfill the eligibility criteria/ norms and/or that he/she has/had suppressed / twisted or truncated any material facts, his/her Candidature shall be liable to be Cancelled. If, any of these shortcomings is/are detected even after Appointment, his/her service will be liable to be terminated with immediate effect.

(b) Candidate should have his/her own/family member's registered Mobile Number and the same should be kept active during the entire Recruitment Process as SMS alerts for the various Tests are also likely to be sent on the said Mobile Number, registered in the On-line Application.

(c)

Candidate should scan his/her photograph having 5 c.m. of height and

3.6 c.m. of width (15kb) and signature having 2.5 c.m. of height and 7.5 c.m. of width (15kb) in jpg format for uploading the same at relevant space in the On-line Application.

(d)

Steps for submitting On-line Application through the OJAS Module:1) Fill-up all the Fields given in On-line Application including mandatory Fields, carefully.

2) Save the On-line Application, by clicking Save button. 3) Thereafter, a new pop-up window will appear, displaying the

Application Number, meaning thereby the Application is saved

successfully. Candidate shall, note down the entire string of the Application Number (e.g. HCG/201718/1/11111). By clicking Show Application Preview Button, on-screen preview of the Application will be displayed.

4) Thereafter, by entering Application Number and Date of Birth, upload scanned photograph and signature at relevant space on the application and ensure that, the uploaded Photograph & Signature, are distinctly recognizable, after uploading.

Note:Please ensure that the Scanned Signature of the Candidate alone should be uploaded, as the same will be verified by the High Court, at each stage, and if the same does not match with the signature of the Candidate, at the time of successive verifications during the Recruitment Process, his/her Candidature is likely be rejected forthwith.

5) If necessary, by using his/her Application Number and Date of Birth, a Candidate can edit his/her On-line Application through Edit Application Button until his/her Application is Confirmed by the Candidate.

6) After filling-up all the required/mandatory fields in the On-line Application, correctly and duly verified by the Candidate, he/she is required to CONFIRM the Application, by clicking Confirm Application Button/Tab on the Main Menu. Thereby a pop-up window will appear, wherein the Candidate has to enter his/her Application Number and Date of Birth and then click on Confirm Application Button.

7) Please note that, after Confirmation, further editing of ones Online Application will not be permitted by the System and the

same will be treated as Final Application for the particular post. 8) Thereafter, the Candidate should ensure that he/she receives a

System generated SMS conveying his/her Confirmation Number,

on his/her 'registered' Mobile Number.

9) The Candidate should preserve his/her Application Number and Confirmation Number for future reference and use, till the conclusion of the Recruitment Process.

10) The Candidate is now required to pay the requisite Fees by clicking

Print Application / Pay Fee Button. Carefully follow the

Instructions / Help given thereat. Select the Mode of Payment i.e. Online Payment or Offline-Cash (Challan will be generated Online, by Selecting 'Cash' Option)

Note : (a) If 'Cash' (Offline) Option is selected, Candidate is required to take the printout of 'Challan' in TWO copies, generated through SBI e-Pay and pay the Fees at any of the SBI Branch by submitting the said Challan to the Bank.

(b) ONLY After Payment of requisite Examination Fees, through either Mode i.e. Online (from 01/02/2018 to 15/02/2018) or Offline (Cash-Challan) (till the Challan Expiry Date), Confirmed Online Application shall be considered as VALID.

11) At the end of the process, the Candidate shall take the Print Out of his/ her Confirmed Application by clicking Print Application Tab in the Main Menu and retain atleast TWO copies of the same for future reference & use.

12) Please note that the Candidate is not required to and should not send copy of his/her Online-Application and/or any testimonials/ documents to the High Court. They should produce the same, as and when called for.

13) Please note that the above is the general procedure for applying On-line. No other mode of Application or incomplete Application(s) shall be accepted and in such cases, the Application(s) are liable to be rejected outright.

14) A Candidate shall not apply more than once, for any reason at all.

9. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :

(a)

General Candidate(s) born before 15/02/1983 & the Candidates belonging to Reserved Categories [ST/SEBC/PH (only Orthopedically disabled)/Ex-Serviceman], and Candidates working in Subordinate Court & any other High Court born before 15/02/1978, as the case may be, shall not be eligible to apply.

(b)

Benefit(s) of Relaxation in Upper Age Limit / Examination Fees / Reservation shall be granted to the Candidates belonging to Reserved Categories i.e. SC/ST/SEBC (PH) (only Orthopedically disabled)/ Ex-Servicemen, provided that requisite Certificate in respect thereof, issued by the Competent Authority, is provided by the Candidate as and when called for. The final decision, as to the suitability of a Candidate, for the Post, shall rest with the High Court. Note : Candidates belonging to SC Category, shall only be entitled for relaxation in

Examination Fees.

(c)

The Candidate who has successfully submitted CONFIRMED Online Application and paid the requisite Examination Fees, shall only be eligible for appearing at the Preliminary Examination /Computer Aided Test, subject to their qualifying therefor.

(d)

The decision of the High Court as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the Preliminary Examination / Computer Aided Test, shall be final. No candidate, to whom Call Letter has NOT been issued by the Recruiting Authority, shall be allowed to appear for the Preliminary Examination /Computer Aided Test.

(e)

The Candidate shall have to appear at their own expenses, to-and-fro, for the Preliminary Examination / Computer Aided Test and for Verification of Original Documents, if called for, at the place and time that may be decided by the High Court.

(f)

Candidate shall be required to download his/her Call-letter from the website-http://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in , during the Preceding Week, by using Advertisement No., his/her Confirmation No. and Date of Birth, for appearing at the respective Examination and the same may be communicated at the relevant time, through Press-Note/Brief Advertisement and/or vide SMS on the Mobile Number registered in the On-line Application, of the candidate concerned.

(g)

The list of eligible candidates will be placed on High Court website as well as on HC-OJAS portal, at the relevant time.

(h)

At every stage of Examination, Candidate shall produce, Identity proof

i.e. Election Card / PAN Card / valid Driving License / valid Passport / Aadhar Card , etc. in original & a copy thereof, along with the Call Letter-cum-Admission Slip.

(i)

Entry in the Compound of the Examination Centre with Mobile/Cell Phone, Tablets, Laptop, Electronic Gadgets etc. is strictly prohibited. No arrangement for safe keeping, will be arranged, which may kindly be noted.

A Candidate who is found indulging in unfair practices, viz. copying or misconduct during the course of examination, using electronic gadgets or Mobile Phones etc., tampering with Question Paper / Examination Material, influencing any Official concerned with the Examination Process, will be debarred from the present Recruitment Process as also from future Recruitment Processes to be conducted by the High Court for any number of years or permanently, as may be decided by the High Court.

(j)

Result of all Examinations / Tests will be made available on the High Court websites and/or by any other mode that may be decided by the High Court.

(k)

ONLY after conclusion of the Recruitment Process, Results (Marks) of each stage of Examination shall be made available to each Candidate, by providing a link to a webpage on the HC-OJAS website http://hc ojas.guj.nic.in, with individual password (One-Time Password-OTP) via, SMS on his/her registered mobile number.

(l)

Mere success in the Examination shall not confer any right to appointment and no Candidate shall be appointed to the post unless the High Court is satisfied, after such inquiries as may be considered necessary that the Candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the post.

(m)

The High Court reserves the right to adopt appropriate method of shortlisting the Candidates at any stage.

(n)

The selected Candidate will not be appointed unless the Medical Authority specified by the High Court, certifies him/her to be fit to discharge the duties ascribed to the post.

(o)

Candidate is required to produce the following original testimonials / documents as well as one set of self-attested copies thereof alongwith recent passport size colour photograph, as and when called for, by the High Court :

(i)

Print-out of the duly filled-in (Confirmed) On-line Application alongwith e-Receipt/Challan.

(ii)

School Leaving Certificate or Birth Certificate issued under Birth & Death Registration Act.

(iii) Educational qualifications i.e. Mark-sheets and Certificates of SSC, HSC, B.E./B.Tech. with Computer Science or Information Technology with 60% Marks, MCA with 60% Marks, Certificate of Work Experience as per requirement / applicable.

(iv)

Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority of the State of Gujarat, in case, the Candidate has applied under Reserved Category (SC/ST/SEBC) and if belongs to SEBC Category, valid Non-Creamy Layer Certificate.

(v)

In case of Differently Abled (PH) Candidate, (a) a Certificate from a Competent Authority to the effect that he/she has a locomotor disability of not less than 40% and (b) a Certificate from the Standing Medical Board at Ahmedabad, to the effect that he/she would be able to perform the duties of the post in question.

(vi)

Certificate of Discharge from Service, in case of Ex-Servicemen.

(vii) No Objection Certificate (NOC), in case, if employed in State/Central Government.

(viii) Certificates from Two Respectable Persons being Professionals/ Dignitaries like Doctor, Engineer, M.L.A., M.Ps., certifying of his/her good moral character (original).

(ix)

Government Gazette, showing change in name/surname etc, if any.

(x)

In case any Criminal Case(s) / Complaint(s) have been filed against the Candidate concerned, authenticated / attested copies of the relevant documents, viz. FIR / Charge-sheets, Judgment etc.

(xi)

Original Identity Proof as prescribed at 9(h).

Any Application, even under the R.T.I. Act, seeking any information, will NOT be entertained till the completion of the entire Recruitment Process.

The decision of the High Court of Gujarat in respect of all matters pertaining to this Recruitment Process would be final and binding on all Candidates.

High Court of Gujarat,	Sd/-
Sola, Ahmedabad.
Date : 30/01/2018	Registrar (Recruitment & Finance)