NOTE:

(i) The qualification prescribed for the posts should have been obtained by passing the required qualification in the following order of studies: 10^th + HSC or its equivalent + Bachelors degree as required under Section 25 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016.

Results of the examination should have been declared on or before the date of notification

(Section 20(4)(iv) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).

(ii) Applicants claiming equivalence of qualification should upload and submit evidence for equivalence of qualification, in the form of government order issued on or before the date of this notification, when called for, failing which, their application will be summarily rejected. The government orders regarding equivalence of qualification issued after the date of this notification will not be accepted.

(For further details regarding equivalence of qualification refer to para.10 of the Instructions to Applicants )

EXPLANATION:

(i)

The expression active practice in Criminal Courts shall include the period of service rendered by a person as a temporary Assistant Public Prosecutor, Grade-II.

(ii)

For this purpose, a person will be deemed to possess an adequate knowledge of Tamil, if he / she has passed the S.S.L.C. examination or its equivalent examination with Tamil as one of the languages or studied the High School Course in Tamil Medium and passed the S.S.L.C. examination or its equivalent examination in Tamil Medium or passed the Second Class Language Test in Tamil conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.

[Explanation (i) under Section 21(1) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act 2016]

(Note (i) under paragraph 11 of the Commissions Instructions to Applicants will not apply to the recruitment to this post)

NOTE:

A certificate in the format prescribed in Annexure I should be obtained from a Senior Advocate or from a Judicial Magistrate in support of the applicants claim regarding the period of active practice in criminal courts and kept ready before applying online. The certificate should be produced when called for by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.

DEFINITION:

The term Senior Advocate includes Notary Public, Assistant Public Prosecutor / Public Prosecutor, President / Secretary of the Bar Associations and Advocates practising for seven years and more in Taluks and Districts, besides the Senior Advocates practising in the High Court and in the Supreme Court. (Letter Rc.No.8548/DOP/A1/1997, dated 01.12.1997 received from the Director of Prosecution)

TRAINING:

Every person appointed to the post of Assistant Public Prosecutor, Grade-II should on and from the date on which he/she joins duty, undergo training as prescribed by the Government. The training period shall count for probation and increment and during the training period he / she shall draw pay at the minimum in the time scale.

AGREEMENT:

Every person appointed to the post of Assistant Public Prosecutor, Grade-II should execute an agreement in the form prescribed by the Government binding himself / herself to serve the Government as Assistant Public Prosecutor, Grade-II, after the successful completion of training prescribed, for a period of two years or for such period as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time. If he / she resigns his / her post on grounds other than ill-health to be certified by the Civil Surgeon before the completion of the training period or before the expiry of the period of agreement, he / she should refund the pay drawn during the training period to the Government.

(C) CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS:

Applicants selected for appointment to the post will be required to produce a certificate of physical fitness in the form prescribed below:

Standard of vision	Form of certificate of physical fitness
Standard-III or better	Form prescribed for posts other than executive and ministerial

Applicants with defective vision should produce eye fitness certificate from a qualified eye specialist.

5. FEES:

(G.O.(Ms).No.32, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (M) Department, dated 01.03.2017).

a)	REGISTRATION FEE: Note: i. Applicants who have already registered in one time registration system within the validity period of five years are exempted from payment of registration fee. ii. Those who have registered in one-time registration system and paid the registration fee of Rs.150/and received the registration ID need not pay the registration fee i.e., Rs.150/and it is enough to pay the examination fee alone.	Rs.150/
b)	PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FEE Note: The Preliminary Examination fee should be paid at the time of submitting the online application for this recruitment if they are not eligible for the concessions noted below.	Rs.100/
c)	MAIN WRITTEN EXAMINATION FEE Note: The Main Written Examination fee should be paid later only by those applicants who are admitted to the Main Written Examination based on the result of the Preliminary Examination and on receipt of intimation from the Commission, if they are not eligible for fee concession.	Rs.200/-

NOTE:

(i)

Applicants who have registered under one -time registration system must pay the prescribed examination fee for this recruitment.( One time registration is only to avail exemption from payment of registration fee for a period of five years from the date of registration and it will not be considered as prescribed examination fee for this recruitment )

(ii)

Applicants who had already registered under one time registration system by paying Rs.50/-before 01.03.2017 and having validity are exempted from paying the registration fee for this recruitment.

EXAMINATION FEE CONCESSIONS :

Applicants can avail exemption from payment of the examination fee as per the following eligibility criteria :

Category	Concession	Condition(s)
(i) Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars) and Scheduled Tribes	Full Exemption	-
(ii) Differently Abled Persons and Destitute Widow of all communities	Full Exemption	(i) For Differently Abled Persons, the disability should be not less than 40%. (ii) For DWs, the DW certificate should have been obtained from the RDO / Sub Collector / Assistant Collector.
(iii) Most Backward Classes / Denotified Communities/ Backward Classes (Other than Muslims) / Backward Class (Muslim)	Those who have not availed three free chances so far in the previous recruitments may avail exemption from payment of examination fee.	Should not have availed three free chances in the previous recruitments.
(iv) Ex-Servicemen	Those who have not availed two free chances so far in the previous recruitments may avail exemption from payment of examination fee.	(i) Should not have availed two free chances in the previous recruitments. (ii) Fee concession will not apply to those who have already been recruited to any class or service or category.

NOTE:

(i)

The three / two free chances referred to above are not for EACH POST but for ANY THREE / TWO APPLICATIONS ONLY. The claim for exemption from payment of examination fee made in any application which has been rejected / admitted or withdrawn will be counted as free chance availed.

(ii)

Failure to pay the prescribed fee along with the application in-time will result in the rejection of application.

(iii) The number of free chances availed by the applicant means, the total number of free chances hitherto availed by the applicant in his/her earlier applications submitted to the Commission for any post / recruitment.

(iv) If the examination fee concession claimed in the application is found to exceed the admissible limits, as announced above, the application will be rejected at any stage of selection. The number of free chances availed by the applicants will be counted from all the previous applications submitted through One Time Registration and / or submitted directly without One Time Registration.

(For further details regarding examination fee concession, refer to para. 12 of the Instructions to Applicants ).

6. MODE OF PAYMENT OF FEE:

Preliminary Examination fee of Rs.100/-(Rupees one hundred only) is payable online through Net Banking / Credit card / Debit card or it can be paid offline at the State Bank of India / Indian Bank within two days from the date of submission of online application by choosing the option in the online application.

Applicants have also to pay the service charges as applicable.

Offline mode of payment in the form of demand draft / postal order etc. will not be accepted and the applications forwarded with such modes of payment will be summarily rejected.

7. CONCESSIONS:

(i)

Concessions with regard to age and examination fees allowed to SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BC(OBCM)s, BCMs, Destitute Widows, Differently Abled Persons and Ex-servicemen are given in paras. 12 to 14 of the 'Instructions to Applicants' .

(ii)

Persons claiming concessions referred to above and other claims made in the application have to produce evidence for such claims when called for, otherwise their application will be

rejected. Note:

In all cases, an ex-serviceman once recruited to a post in any class or service or category, cannot claim the concession of being called an ex-serviceman for his further recruitment

(Section 3(j) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).

8. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:

The selection will be made in three successive stages viz., (i) Preliminary Examination for selection of applicants for admission to the Main Examination, (ii) Main Examination and (iii) VivaVoce Test.

The candidates for admission to Main Examination will be shortlisted as decided by the Commission at a ratio not exceeding 10 times of the number of vacancies following the rule of reservation. However, in each reservation group, all the applicants, who secure the same marks as that of the cut off marks of their reservation groups shall also be admitted to the Main Written Examination, though the number of applicants to be admitted to the Main Written Examination may exceed 1:10 ratio.

Candidates for Viva Voce Test will be shortlisted in the ratio of 1:2 or 1:3 with reference to the number of vacancies as specified in Instructions to Applicants under the heading Procedure of Selection.

(i) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE)

Duration: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 100

Subject	No. of Questions	Marks	Minimum Qualifying Marks
			SCs, SC(A)s and STs.	MBC/DCs, BC(OBCM)s and BC(M)s.	Others
Law --I	20	20	30 Marks	35 Marks	40 Marks
Law II	20	20
Law III	20	20
Law --IV	20	20
Aptitude and Mental Ability	20	20
	100	100

NOTE:

a) No candidate who has secured less than the minimum qualifying marks specified above shall be eligible for Main Written Examination.

b) The preliminary examination is conducted for the purpose of short listing the candidates and the marks obtained in the preliminary examination shall not be counted for determining the final order of merit of the candidates.

c) The question paper will be set in both English and Tamil.

(ii) MAIN WRITTEN EXAMINATION (BACHELORS DEGREE STANDARD -DESCRIPTIVE TYPE) AND (iii) ORAL TEST

Subject		Maximum	Minimum Qualifying Marks ( in the aggregate)
PART A WRITTEN TEST	Duration	Marks	SCs, SC(A)s and STs	MBCs/DCs, BC(OBCM)s and BCMs	Others
1. Paper-I (Law I)	3 hours	100	140	160	180
2. Paper-II (Law II )	3 hours	100
3. Paper-III (Law III)	3 hours	100
4. Paper-IV (Law IV)	3 hours	100
PART B ORAL TEST (INTERVIEW)	-	60	18 (for all categories of candidates)
Total		460

NOTE:

a) The question paper will be set in both English and Tamil.

b) Refer para 22 of the Instructions to Applicants in regard to Instructions to be followed while appearing for Competitive Examination conducted by the Commission.

c) Candidates who have not appeared for any of the papers in the main written examination and oral test will not be considered for final selection. (For further details refer to para. 23 (b) of the Instructions to Applicants )

d) The syllabus for the written examination (preliminary and main) is available in the Annexure (III and IV) to this notification

9. CENTRE FOR EXAMINATION:

(A)

CENTRES FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:

(B)

CENTRE FOR MAIN EXAMINATION:

Sl. No.	Name of the Centre	Centre Code	Sl. No.	Name of the Centre	Centre Code	Sl. No.	Name of the Centre	Centre Code
1.	Chennai	0100	4.	Tiruchirappalli	2500	7.	Thanjavur	1900
2.	Madurai	1000	5.	Tirunelveli	2600	8.	Vellore	2700
3.	Coimbatore	0200	6.	Salem	1700	9.	Villupuram	2800

Main Written Examination will be held at Chennai only.

NOTE:

(i)

Request for change of examination centre / venue will not be entertained (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants ).

(ii)

The Commission reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of examination centres and to re-allot the applicants accordingly.

(iii) Applicants should appear for the written examinations / certificate verification / oral test at their own expenses

10. SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Selection will be made in three successive stages viz., (i) Preliminary Examination for selection of applicants for admission to the Main Written Examination [as proposed in para. 8] (ii) Main Written Examination and (iii) Oral Test in the shape of an interview. Final selection will be made on the basis of the total marks obtained by the applicants in the main written examination and oral test taken together subject to the rule of reservation of appointments. Applicants appearance in the main written examination and oral test is compulsory.

(For further details refer to paragraph 23 (b) of theInstructions to Applicants )

Note:

1. First, the selection will be made for the three carried forward vacancies. [ Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016]
   
   
2. Secondly, the selection will be made for 43 regular vacancies following the rule of reservation.
   
   

11. NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE / INFORMATION TO THE EMPLOYER:

No Objection Certificate obtained from appropriate authority shall be produced at the time of certificate verification. Failure to produce the same will lead to rejection of application. For details refer to para. 15 (g) of the Instructions to Applicants . Any violation of this instruction will result in rejection of application and forfeiture of his / her candidature.

12. GENERAL INFORMATION:

(A)

The rule of reservation of appointments is applicable to this recruitment.

(B)

In G.O.(Ms.) No.145, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 30.09.2010 and G.O.(Ms.) No.40, Personnel and Administrative Reforms(S) Department dated 30.04.2014, the government have issued orders to fill 20% of all vacancies in direct recruitment on preferential basis with persons who have studied the prescribed qualification in Tamil Medium. The 20% reservation of vacancies on preferential allotment to Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) will apply to this recruitment. (Applicants claiming this reservation should have joined and studied the prescribed qualification in Tamil Medium and should have the certificate for the same. Having written the university examinations in Tamil language alone will not qualify the candidate to claim this reservation). If applicants who have studied

the prescribed qualification in Tamil medium are not available for selection for appointment against the vacancies reserved for PSTM, such vacancies shall be filled by Non-PSTM applicants, but belonging to the respective communal category. The PSTM certificate shall be produced / uploaded by the applicants in the prescribed format / proforma available on the Commissions website at www.tnpsc.gov.in which shall be obtained from the Head of the Institution and to be submitted when called for by the Commission. (For further details refer to para. 27 (XIX) of the Instructions to Applicants )

(C)

The selection for appointment to the said post is purely provisional subject to the final orders in the writ petitions, if any, pending on the files of the Honble High Court of Madras and its Madurai Bench.

(D) As per Sections 26 and 27(c) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016, reservation of appointment to Destitute Widows and Ex-servicemen will not apply to this recruitment.

(E)

The post of Assistant Public Prosecutor, Grade-II has been identified as suitable for LD, LC,

DF, AC categories of Differently Abled Persons as ordered in G.O.Ms.No.23 Welfare of

Differently Abled Persons (DAP 3.2) Department, dated 20.07.2018. [LD-Loco-motor

Disability, LC-Leprosy cured, DF-Dwarfism, AC-Acid Attack Victims]

(F)

The Differently Abled Persons should submit / upload a copy of Differently Abled Certificate obtained from the competent authority specifying the nature of physical handicap, the degree of disability and their capability to discharge the duties of this post as instructed in para. 14(b) of the Instructions to Applicants , when called for by the Commission. (Section 20 (5) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016)

(G)

Wherever vacancies are reserved for women, if no qualified and suitable women applicants are available for selection against the vacancies reserved for them, those vacancies will be filled by other eligible applicants belonging to the respective communal categories.

(Section 26 (5) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).

(H)

Wherever vacancies are reserved for Arunthathiyars on preferential basis, even after filling the vacancies reserved for SC (Arunthathiyars) on preferential basis, if more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, they shall be entitled to compete with the Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars in the inter-se-merit among them and if any posts reserved for Arunthathiyars remain unfilled for want of adequate number of qualified applicants, it shall be filled by Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars.

(Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).

(I)

Any claim made after the submission of online application will not be entertained. Evidence for all the claims made in the online application should be uploaded / submitted in time when the same are called for. Failure to upload / submit the documents within the stipulated time limit will entail rejection of application.

(J)

Correct and true information regarding arrest, convictions, criminal or any disciplinary proceedings initiated / pending or finalised, debarment / disqualification by any recruiting agency, participation in agitation or any political organisation, candidature in election for Parliament / State Legislature / Local Bodies etc, if any, should also be furnished to the Commission at the time of application. The details thereof, i.e. originals of the judgement / order / G.O. dropping further action in the departmental proceedings or any document that may prove the suitability of such applicants for appointment in such cases must be produced at the stage / time of certificate verification without fail. All such events that occur after the submission of application and till the date of his / her selection and appointment shall be reported to the Commission forthwith. Failure to report on the part of the applicant will be considered as suppression of material information and will attract suitable penal action.

(K)

Incomplete applications and applications containing wrong claims or incorrect particulars relating to category of reservation / eligibility / age / communal category / educational qualification / medium of instruction / physical qualification / other basic qualifications and other basic eligibility criteria will be liable for rejection.

(L)

One Time Registration is not an application for any post / recruitment. Though the details / particulars have already been furnished by the applicants under One Time Registration system, the claims made in the online application for this recruitment alone will be taken into consideration. The Commission will not be responsible for any consequences arising out of furnishing of incorrect and incomplete details in the application or omission to provide the required details in the application for this recruitment.

(M)

Refer Annexure-II of this notification regarding determination of community and reservation in employment for third genders.

13. OTHER IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS: a) Applicants should ensure their eligibility for the recruitment. Applicants applying for the recruitment should go through all the instructions carefully and ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the recruitment. Their admission to all stages of the recruitment will be purely provisional subject to satisfaction of the eligibility conditions. Mere issue of memo. of admission to the applicants will not imply that their candidature has been fully cleared by the Commission.

b) Hall Tickets for eligible applicants will be made available on the Commissions website www.tnpsc.gov.in or www.tnpscexams.net or www.tnpscexams.in so as to enable the applicants to download the same. Hall Tickets will not be sent by post. Hence, applicants should watch the Commissions website before the scheduled date of examination.

c) Grievance Redressal Cell for guidance of applicants: In case of any guidance / information / clarification regarding applications, candidature, etc., applicants can contact the Commissions office in person or over Telephone No. 044-25332833 / 25332855 or the Commissions Toll-Free No. 1800 425 1002 on all working days between 10.00 a.m. and 05.45 p.m. or Commissions e-mail id contacttnpsc@gmail.com.

d) COMMUNICATION TO APPLICANTS: Individual communication regarding the date and time of certificate verification, oral test and counselling (as applicable) will not be sent to the applicants by post. The details will be made available on the Commissions website. Applicants will be informed of the above fact only through SMS and e-mail and they should watch the Commissions website in this regard.

e) MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ARTICLES BANNED : i) Except the permitted writing material (i.e. pen), applicants are not allowed to bring cellular phones, electronic or any other type of calculators, watches and rings with inbuilt memory notes, recording devices either as a separate piece or part of something used by the applicant such as watch or ring etc or any other electronic devices and non -electronic devices such as P&G design data book, mathematical and drawing instruments, log tables, stencils of maps, slide rules books, notes, loose sheets, rough sheets, hand bags etc., into the examination hall / room.

ii) If they are found to be in possession of any such things or instruments, they will not be allowed to write the examination further, besides invalidation of answer paper and / or debarment. If it is considered necessary, they will be subjected to thorough physical search including frisking on the spot (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants ).

iii) Applicants are advised, in their own interest, not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones to the venue of the examination, as arrangements for safekeeping of the same cannot be assured.

f) Unless specific instruction is given, applicants are not required to submit along with their application any certificates (in support of their claims regarding age, educational qualifications, physical qualification, community, physical disability etc.,) which should be submitted when called for by the Commission. Applicants applying for the recruitment should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the recruitment. Their admission at all the stages of recruitment for which they are admitted by the Commission will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification at any time before or after the written examination / certificate verification / oral test , it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the recruitment will be liable for rejection / cancellation by the Commission. (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants )

g) If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, it will lead to rejection of their candidature and suitable penal action including debarment.

h) UNFAIR MEANS STRICTLY PROHIBITED: No applicant shall copy from the papers of any other applicant or permit his / her papers to be copied or give or attempt to give or obtain or attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description. (For further details refer to the

Instructions to Applicants )

i) CONDUCT IN THE EXAMINATION HALL: No applicant should misbehave in any manner or create a disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of the examination. Any such misconduct will be viewed seriously and penalised. (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants )

j) For violation of Instructions to Applicants in any manner, suitable penalty will be imposed as per the Instructions to Applicants or as deemed fit by the Commission.

14. HOW TO APPLY :

1) Applicants should apply only through online mode in the Commissions websites www.tnpsc.gov.in / www.tnpscexams.net / www.tnpscexams.in

2) One Time Registration (OTR) and Applicants Dashboard are mandatory before applying for

any post. Applicant should register only once in the One Time Registration by paying Rs.150/as registration fee. Successfully registered One Time Registration is valid for five years from the date of registration. All the applications should be submitted using the One Time Registration ID and password registered by the applicant.

3) To apply under One Time Registration system, applicants should have a scanned image of their photograph, certificates specified, if any, and signature in CD/DVD/Pen Drive to upload the same, as per the specifications given in the guidelines for scanning and uploading of photograph and signature.

4) Applicants who have already registered under One Time Registration system on or before

29.09.2015 shall use their existing user ID and password to create the applicants dashboard in the new One Time Registration system. No applicant is permitted to create more than one registration ID under One Time Registration system.

5) Applicants should enter the Unique ID and password to view the already available information and update them.

6) One Time Registration is not an application for any post. It is just a collection of information from the applicants and giving a separate dashboard to each applicant to facilitate them to maintain their own profile. Applicants who wish to apply for this recruitment shall click Apply against the recruitment notified in the Commissions website using the same USER ID and PASSWORD given for ONE TIME REGISTRATION.

7) Applicants should select the name of the post (s) and service to which they wish to apply.

8) Online applications uploaded without the photograph, specified documents and signature will be rejected.

9) All the particulars mentioned in the online application including name of the applicant, post applied, educational qualifications, communal category, date of birth, address, e-mail ID, examination centre etc. will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed after the last date specified for applying online. Since certain fields are firm and fixed and cannot be edited, applicants are requested to fill the online application form with utmost care and caution as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.

10) PRINT OPTION: a) After submitting the application, applicants can save / print their application in PDF format.

b) On entering user ID and password, applicants can download their application and print, if required.

c) Applicants need not send the printout of the online application or any other supporting documents to the Commission. Application and all the required certificates will be verified only when the applicants come up for certificate verification.

15. UPLOAD / SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS:

Applicants should upload / submit the required documents for proof in respect of all the claims made in the application with reference to this notification as and when called for. If the required certificates are not uploaded or submitted by the applicants, within the stipulated time, their applications will be rejected.

16. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION:

Online application can be submitted upto 31.10.2018 till 11.59 p.m., after which the link will be disabled.

(For detailed information, applicants may refer to the Commissions Instructions to Applicants at the Commissions website www.tnpsc.gov.in )

17. WARNING

• All recruitments by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission are purely merit based.
  
  
• Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission hereby cautions the candidates against touts and agents cheating by making false promises of securing job through unfair means.
  
  
• Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission shall not be responsible or liable for any loss that may be caused to any candidate on account of indulging in any sort of actions with such unscrupulous elements.
  
  

Secretary

DISCLAIMER

Government orders relating to equivalence of qualification have been hosted on the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commissions website. However, while applying for the recruitment, applicants should furnish the details of equivalence of qualification in the form of government orders issued on or before the date of this notification and produce a copy of the same when called for by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, failing which their application will be rejected. The government orders regarding equivalence of qualification issued after the date of this notification will not be considered for this

recruitment.

Secretary

ANNEXURE -I

EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr./Mrs./Ms son / daughter / wife of ..residing at has been actively practising as an advocate since .. in criminal courts.

As such, he / she has completed .. years of practice as on 03.10.2018 (date of notification for the post of Assistant Public Prosecutor, Grade-II).

His / her enrolment number is .

Date: Name and signature of the competent authority Station: with Enrolment No. and Date

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE -III

[ SYLLABUS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ]

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, GRADE -II

LAW -DEGREE STANDARD (Objective type)

Part I ( LAW I ) ( 20 Questions )

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (with amendments as on date)

Part II ( LAW -II ) ( 20 Questions ) 1) The Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (with Amendments as on date) 2) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (with Amendments as on date) 3) The Civil Procedure Code 1908 (The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2002)

(Specified Portions).

Part III ( LAW -III ) ( 20 Questions )

1) The Constitutional Law (as amended by the Constitution (One Hundred and First (Amendment) Act, 2016) (Specified Portions). 2) The Human Rights Act, 1993 (As amended by the Protection of Human Rights

(Amendment) Act, 2006 No.43 of 2006) 3) Legal Aid 4) Torts (Specified Portions).

Part IV ( LAW IV) ( 20 Questions )

1) The Central Criminal Acts. 2) The Tamil Nadu State Minor Acts.

Part V (APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY) (20 Questions) Conversion of information to data -Collection, compilation and presentation of data -Tables, graphs, diagrams -Parametric representation of data Analytical interpretation of data Simplification Percentage -Highest Common Factor (HCF)-Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)-Ratio and Proportion Simple interest Compound interest Area-Volume-Time and Work Behavioral Ability-Basic terms, Communications in information technology Application of information and communication technology (ICT)-Decision making and problem solving. Logical Reasoning: Puzzles-Dice -Visual Reasoning -Alpha numeric Reasoning -Number Series -Logical Number/Alphabetical/Diagrammatic Sequences.

ANNEXURE -IV

[ SYLLABUS FOR MAIN EXAMINATION ]

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, GRADE -II

LAW -DEGREE STANDARD (Descriptive type)

SUBJECT CODE: 300

PAPER I: LAW I

The Indian Penal Code 1860 (with amendments as on date) Final Report and Framing of Charge and Translation

(a)

Tamil to English

(b)

English to Tamil from

(i)

Deposition

(ii)

Judgement

(iii) Charge Sheet

PAPER II: LAW-II

1) The Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (with Amendments as on date) 2) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (with Amendments as on date) 3) The Civil Procedure Code 1908 (The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2002)

(Specified Portions).

PAPER III: LAW -III

1) The Constitutional Law (as amended by the Constitution (One Hundred and First (Amendment) Act, 2016) (Specified Portions). 2) The Human Rights Act, 1993 (As amended by the Protection of Human Rights

(Amendment) Act, 2006 No.43 of 2006) 3) Legal Aid 4) Torts (Specified Portions).

PAPER IV: LAW IV

1) The Central Criminal Acts. 2) The Tamil Nadu State Minor Acts.

PAPER I: (LAW I)

THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, FINAL REPORT AND FRAMING OF CHARGE, INCLUDING

TRANSLATION:
1) The Indian Penal Code
(Amended as per Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013) :				50 Marks
2) Final report and framing of Charges			:	30 Marks
3) Translation :	(10x2=20 Marks)	:		20 Marks
a) English to Tamil Translation
b) Tamil to English Translation				--------------
				100 Marks
				---------------

Note: Questions will be asked to test the practical knowledge, current case laws and issue based problems.

PAPER II: (LAW II)

1) The Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (Amended as per Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013): 40 Marks

2) The Indian Evidence Act (Amended as per Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013): 40 Marks

3) The Civil Procedure Code 1908

(Amended as per Amendment Act 2002) : 20 Marks Section 9 : Jurisdiction of Civil Courts Section 10 : Res Sub-judice Section 11 : Res-judicata Order VII : Plaint (Simple format)

Order VIII : Written Statement (Simple format) Sec.148A -CAVEAT

100 Marks PAPER III: (LAW III)

1. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW : 40 Marks

(i)

Fundamental Rights

(ii)

Directive Principles of State Policy

(iii) Writ Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and High Court.

1. HUMAN RIGHTS : 20 Marks The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (full text)
   
   
2. LEGAL AID : 20 Marks
   
   

Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 Lok Adalat System

4. TORTS : 20 Marks Negligence Malicious Prosecution -Abuse of Legal Process Accident claims Vicarious liability --------------100 Marks

PAPER IV: (LAW IV) CENTRAL ACTS : 50 Marks

1. The Arms Act, 1959.
   
   
2. The Cable Televisions Network Regulating Act 1995( Amendment 2012)
   
   
3. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,2006 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act 2016
   
   
4. The Cinematograph Act, 1952
   
   
5. The Copy Rights Act, 1957(Amendment Act, 2012)
   
   
6. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.( Amendment Act 1986)
   
   
7. The Electricity Act, 2003 (Amendment Act, 2007)
   
   
8. The Essential Commodities Act 1955 (Amendment Act 2010)
   
   
9. The Explosives Act, 1884.
   
   
10. The Explosives Substances Act, 1908 (Amendment Act 2001)
    
    
11. The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. (Amendment Act 1986)
    
    
12. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Child Act, 2000. (Amendment Act 2015)
    
    
13. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.
    
    
14. The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. (Amendment Act 2009)
    
    
15. The Public Gambling Act, 1867
    
    
16. The Railway Property unlawful Possession Act, 1966. (Amendment Act 2012)
    
    
17. The SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989. (Amendment Act 2015)
    
    
18. The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.
    
    
19. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. (Amendment Act 2005)
    
    
20. The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994. (Amendment Act 2011)
    
    
21. The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. (Amendment Act 2012)
    
    
22. The Information Technology Act, 2000. (Amendment Act, 2010)
    
    
23. The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.
    
    
24. The Mental Health Act, 1987. The Mental Health Care Act 2017
    
    
25. The Indecent Representation of Woman (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
    
    
26. The Foreigners Act, 1946(Amendment Act 2004)
    
    
27. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985.
    
    
28. The Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016.
    
    
29. The Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994.
    
    
30. The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984.
    
    

(Ten questions will be framed in the above Acts, each carrying five marks)

TAMIL NADU STATE ACTS: 50 Marks

1. The Tamil Nadu City Police Act, 1888.
   
   
2. The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum-Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 (TN Act 14 of 1982) As Amended /Modified as of Acts 19 & 20 of 2014
   
   
3. The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937 (Amendment Act, 2008)
   
   
4. The Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930
   
   
5. The Tamil Nadu Forest Act No. 4 of 1882.
   
   
6. The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act. 1998 (TN Act 44 of 1998).
   
   
7. The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997.
   
   
8. The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of charging of Exorbitant Interest Act, 2003.
   
   

9. The Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992 (Amended Act 46/1994).

10. The Tamil Nadu Open Places Disfigurement Prevention Act, 1959.

11. The Tamil Nadu Prize Schemes (Prohibition) Act, 1979.

12. The Tamil Nadu Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes Banning Act, 1978.

13. The Tamil Nadu Exhibition of Films of T.V. Screen through VCR and through Cable Television Network (Regulation) Rules. 1984.

14. The Tamil Nadu Kidneys (Authority or use of Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1987.

15. The Tamil Nadu Open Places (Regulation of pasting of Posters and Fixing of Thatty Boards) Rules, 1995.

16. The Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1997.

17. The Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments(Regulation) Act, 1997

18. Tamil Nadu Police Standing Order.

(Ten questions will be framed in the above Acts, each carrying five marks)

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Annexure V Tentative Timeline for the Recruitment Process

Sl. No.	Process	Timeline
1.	Publication of Preliminary Results	February 2019
2.	Main Examination	May 2019
3.	Publication of Main Examination Results	August 2019
4.	Date of Oral Test & Certificate Verification	October 2019
5.	Final Selection List	October 2019

Secretary

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