RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT, JODHPUR

Notification No.: RHC/Exam Cell/RJS/DJC/2017/67

Dated: 10/02/2017

NOTIFICATION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR DIRECT RECRUITMENT IN THE DISTRICT JUDGE CADRE, 2017

1. On-line Applications are invited in the prescribed format from the eligible Advocates for direct recruitment to the 27 vacant posts in the District Judge Cadre of Rajasthan Judicial Service in accordance with the provisions of Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 (As amended) (hereinafter referred to as Rules) in pay scale of 51550- 1230-58930-1380-63070. (Unless contrary appears from the context, the pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female hereinafter in the Notification).

   Note:

   1. Candidates are advised to read carefully the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 (as amended), detailed Notification and instructions issued for filling on-line application thoroughly prior to filling of on-line application for the post, which are available on the official web-site of Rajasthan High Court (http://www.hcraj.nic.in) and ensure that they fulfil all the requirements of eligibility as per the Rules. If any of the candidates is found ineligible or his ineligibility is detected at any later stage, his candidature shall be liable to be rejected.

   2. Candidates must furnish all the relevant information required in the on-line application. Furnishing of false and/or incomplete information shall lead his application to rejection for which he will be solely responsible.

2. PARTICULARS OF VACANCIES AND RESERVATION:

   Total number of vacancies	General	Reserved
   		SC	ST	OBC
   10 (Current)	6 Out of which, one post for woman	1	1	2
   17 (Backlog)	-	10 Out of which, two posts for women	7 Out of which, one post for woman	-

   Note:

   1. The candidates of Special Backward Class (SBC) may apply against posts reserved for Other Backward Class (OBC).

   2. Number of vacancies may vary for which further Notification/Corrigendum may be issued.

   3. Candidates of Jat Community belonging to Districts of Dholpur and Bharatpur are advised to apply in General Category in light of Judgement dated 10.08.2015 passed by Honble Rajasthan High Court in Writ Petition Number DBCWP 6046/1999 Ratan Lal Bagri and Ors. Vs. The State of Rajasthan & Ors.

   4. Reservation for woman shall be Horizontal meaning thereby that selected woman will be adjusted in relevant category (SC/ST/OBC/General) to which she belongs.

   5. In case of non availability of eligible candidates of SC, ST and OBC category of Rajasthan and Women candidates, the reserved posts shall be filled in as per the procedure prescribed in the 'Rules'.

   6. In case of married woman, the benefit of reservation of SC/ST/OBC category shall only be applicable to her if she produces the caste/class certificate issued on the basis of Fathers name, residence and income and not on the basis of above particulars of her husband.

   7. Candidates of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes categories belonging to the States other than Rajasthan shall be treated as candidate of General category.

   8. Candidates of Reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC) selected against General category must have all required eligibilities as of candidate of General category.

3. AGE: A candidate for direct recruitment to the service must have attained the age of 35 years and must not have attained the age of 45 years on the 1st day of January 2018.

   1. Provided that the upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by 5 (five) years in case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Women Candidates.

   2. If a candidate would have been entitled in respect of his age to appear at the examination in any year in which no such examination was held, he shall be deemed to be entitled in respect of his age to appear at the next following examination.

   Explanation: The last Notification for direct recruitment in District Judge Cadre was issued in 2015, wherein age was calculated on the basis of the date 01.01.2016. For this recruitment, age is being calculated on the basis of the date 01.01.2018. Therefore, the candidates who would have been eligible in respect of his age as on 01.01.2017 are entitled to apply, if otherwise eligible, for the post.

4. ELIGIBILITY: A candidate for direct recruitment to the service:

   1. must be a Citizen of India;

   2. must hold a degree of Bachelor of Laws (Professional) of any University established by Law in India and recognized as such under the Advocates Act, 1961;

   3. must have been an Advocate for a period of not less than seven years on the last date fixed for submission of online application i.e. 06/03/2017; and

   4. must possess a thorough knowledge of Hindi Written in Devnagri Script and Rajasthani Dialects and Social Customs of Rajasthan.

      Note: Assistant Public Prosecutors having requisite eligibility are permitted to participate and appear in the examination for Direct Recruitment to the District Judge Cadre.

5. CHARACTER, FITNESS AND LENGTH OF ACTUAL PRACTICE:

   1. The character of a candidate must be such as to render him suitable in all respects for appointment to the Service. He must produce a certificate of good character, as to fitness and length of actual practice from the District Judge of the District in which he has been practicing as a lawyer and two such certificates, written not more than six months prior to the date of submission of application form, from two responsible persons not related to him.

      In case, the applicant is practising in the High Court, the certifying authority shall be Registrar of the concerned High Court.

   2. A person dismissed by Central Government or by the State Government or convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude or any such offence, which in the opinion of the Recruiting Authority renders him unsuitable for appointment in Judicial Service shall not be eligible for appointment.

   3. No person shall be appointed as a member of the Service unless he is in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of his duties as a member of the Service. Before a candidate is finally approved for appointment by direct recruitment, he shall be required to appear before a Medical Board which will examine him and certify if he is fit for appointment to the service.

6. DISQUALIFICATION FOR APPOINTMENT: No person shall be qualified for appointment to the Service or being in Service:

   1. if he has more than one spouse living;

   2. if he has been dismissed or removed from service by any High Court, Government or Statutory Body or Local Authority;

   3. if he was or is convicted for any offence involving moral turpitude or has been permanently debarred or disqualified by any High Court or Union Public Service Commission or any State Public Service Commission from appearing in any examination or interview;

   4. if he, being an Advocate, was found guilty of professional misconduct under the provisions of Advocates Act, 1961 (Central Act 25 of 1961) or other law for the time being in force;

   5. if he has more than two children on/or after the date of commencement of the "Rules".

      Provided that the candidate having more than two children shall not be deemed to be disqualified for appointment so long as number of children he has on the date of commencement does not increase:

      Provided further that where a candidate has only one child from earlier delivery but more than one child is born out of a single subsequent delivery, the children so born shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the total number of children.

      Explanation: For the purpose of this clause, child born within 280 days from the date of commencement of the "Rules" shall not constitute disqualification.

   6. if he has accepted or accepts dowry at the time of his marriage.

Explanation: In this clause, the word "dowry" shall have the same meaning as assigned it in Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (Central Act 26 of 1961).

Note: The Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 came into force w.e.f. 19.01.2010.

7.

The Examination Fee shall be accepted offline through Demand Draft of any bank in favour of Registrar General, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur payable at Jodhpur.

1. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION AND SYLLABUS: The Competitive Examination for Direct recruitment in the District Judge Cadre, 2017 shall consist of Written Examination and Interview.

   Note :-

   1. Recruiting Authority shall be at liberty to adopt the mode of short- listing, if required, in the event number of candidates to be admitted to the written examination is higher.

   2. Merit of the candidates securing same aggregate marks shall be determined on basis of the higher marks obtained in Interview. The merit of the candidates who are having same aggregate marks with equal marks even in Interview shall be determined by giving

      higher preference to the candidate who was enrolled as Advocate on earlier date.

      The Scheme of Written Examination and Syllabus are as under, which are also available on the official website of the Rajasthan High Court (www.hcraj.nic.in):-

      Scheme For Competitive Examination For Recruitment To The District Judge Cadre

      The Scheme of the written examination for competitive examination for recruitment to the District Judge Cadre shall consist of (a) a written examination in the subjects mentioned hereinafter, and (b) an interview to test the general knowledge of the candidate and his fitness for appointment to the Cadre.

      The examination will be in the following subjects, each subject carrying the number of marks shown against each:-

      SUBJECT MAXIMUM MARKS MINIMUM MARKS Duration

      For SC/ST For other Candidates Candidates

      1. Law Paper-I	100	40	45	3 hours
      Paper-II	100	40	45	3 hours

      2. Language 50 18 18 2 hours which includes

      translation, precis, essays etc. Translation may

      Include Hindi to English and English to Hindi.

      3. Interview 30 7.5 7.5 --

      Interview:- In interviewing a candidate, suitability for employment to the Judicial Service in the Cadre of District Judge shall be tested with reference to his record at the School, College and University, and his character, personality, address and physique. Question which may be put to him may be of a general nature and will not necessarily be academic or legal. The candidate will also be put questions to test his general knowledge including knowledge of current affairs and present day problems. Marks shall also be awarded for the candidate's proficiency in the Rajasthani dialects and his knowledge of social customs of Rajasthan. The marks so awarded shall be added to the marks obtained by each candidate in the written test.

      Syllabus For Competitive Examination For Recruitment To The District Judge Cadre

      Law Paper-I

      Duration Three hours

      The Constitution of India, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Court Acts, 2015, Indian Contract Act, 1872, Indian Partnership Act, 1932, The Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Law of Torts, Indian Easements Act, 1882, The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Chapter X, XI & XII and The Second Schedule), The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, The Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, The Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956, The Rajasthan Agricultural Credit Operations (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1974, The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, The Specific Relief Act, 1963, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, Muslim Law, The Transfer of Property Act, 1882, The Limitation Act, 1963, The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, General Rules (Civil), 1986, The Rajasthan Court Fees & Suits Valuation Act, 1961, The Registration Act, 1908, The Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998, The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, The Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009, The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, The Trade Marks Act, 1999, The Copyright Act, 1957, The Patent Act, 1970, Interpretation of Statutes, The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Chapter II, III, IV, VI, IX, XII & XIII), Judgement Writing and Land Mark Judgements of Supreme Court of India.

      Law Paper-II

      Duration Three hours

      The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, The Indian Penal Code, 1860, The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Chapter XVII), The Electricity Act, 2003 (Chapter XIV), The Information Technology Act, 2000, General Rules (Criminal), The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, The Rajasthan Prevention of Witch Hunting Act, 2015, Medical Jurisprudence, Judgement Writing and Land Mark Judgements of Supreme Court of India.

      Language

      Duration Two hours

      Language which includes translation, precis, essays etc. Translation may include Hindi to English and English to Hindi.

2. HOW TO APPLY:

   On-line applications shall only be accepted.

   1. The candidate may fill-in on-line application through his own computer & printer with internet facility or with help of service provider who provides service of computer & printer with internet facility like Cyber cafe, e-Mitra kiosk etc., the charges of which shall be borne by the candidate.

   2. Before filling on-line application, the candidates are required to carefully read instructions issued for filling on-line application.

   3. After filling online application, the candidate shall obtain a print- out of online application and after mentioning details of Demand Draft in the relevant coloumn manually, remit the same to the Registrar (Examination), Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur alongwith the documents specified in check-list and affixing his coloured passport size photograph and putting original signature on the places specified, personally on or before last date fixed for submitting print-out of online application.

   4. A candidate may also send print-out of his online application alongwith required documents by Registered/Speed Post (Not by Courier or ordinary post) at his own risk and in that event his application shall be accepted on being received in the office of Registrar (Examination), Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur on or before the last date prescribed for submission for print-out of online application.

   5. The print-out of online application with documents and fee received after last date for submission for print-out of online application shall not be scrutinized for admission to the examination.

      List of documents to be send alongwith print-out of filled- in on-line application :-

      1. Secondary/equivalent School Certificate;

      2. Senior Secondary/Higher Secondary School Certificate;

      3. Graduation/equivalent Degree;

      4. Bachelor of Law (Professional) Degree;

      5. Enrolment Certificate/Sanad;

      6. Original Experience, Fitness & Character Certificate issued by District & Sessions Judge/Registrar of concerned High Court in the prescribed format;

      7. Original Character Certificates of two Responsible Persons;

      8. Caste/Class Certificate for claiming benefit of reservation;

      9. Any other degree/diploma;

      10. Proof of length of service and permission of Department for appearing in the examination (if any);

      11. Attested copy(ies) of document relating to Dismissal/Removal/Termination (if any);

      12. Certified copy(ies) of Judgement/Order relating to conviction or acquittal (if any);

      13. Certified copy(ies) of FIR registered against you (if any);

      14. Certified copy(ies) of Charge-sheet filed against you in a Court of Law (if any);

      15. Certified copy(ies) of negative final report concerning you filed in a Court of Law and order passed thereon regarding acceptance/rejection/ present status, if any;

      16. Attested copy(ies) of Order relating to permanently Debarring/Disqualifying from appearing in any Examination or Interview (if any);

      17. Attested copy(ies) of Order relating to Professional Misconduct under Advocates Act, 1961 or any other Law for time being in force (if any);

      18. Particulars of Ten (10) Judgements of the preceding seven years in which candidate has argued personally in the prescribed format;

      19. Demand Draft of Examination Fee of any bank in favour of Registrar General, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur payable at Jodhpur.

          Notes:

          1. Before filling of on-line application, the candidates are advised to take a print out of format of application form available at official website of Rajasthan High Court (http://www.hcraj.nic.in) and fill-in it manually first and after ensuring that all the required entries/informations have been filled-in correctly, start filling-in on-line application through his own computer & printer with internet facility or service provider who provides service of computer & printer with internet facility like Cyber cafe, e-Mitra kiosk etc.

          2. The candidates should keep ready scanned images of his recent passport size coloured photograph and signature for uploading on on-line application. He may upload such images on his own or submit scanned copy to Cyber Cafe or e-Mitra kiosk in the pen drive to get uploaded.

          3. The on-line application, once submitted by clicking Save button, shall not be open for any kind of change/amendment/editing. The candidate shall be responsible for the consequences arising therefrom. No application shall be entertained for any kind of change/amendment in the entries of on-line application. The candidates are, therefore, advised to ensure before clicking on the Save button that all the information have been filled-in correctly in the relevant columns.

          4. On submission of on-line application, an Application ID will generate which will be the proof of successful submission of application. Candidates are required to keep safe this application ID by taking print-out of submitted application. Application ID will also be required to take print-out of application later on and for future correspondence. After filling on-line application, following instructions for filling it, if any candidate does not receive the application ID due to any reason, he must contact on the helpline telephone number of Examination Cell of Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur immediately for assistance.

             Non-generation of Application ID shall mean that application has not been submitted successfully.

          5. Only print-out of filled-in on-line application alongwith documents & Demand Draft shall be accepted. Offline application in any form alongwith fee in the form of DD/Postal Order/Cheque/Banker's Cheque etc. shall not be accepted in any case.

3. IMPORTANT DATES:

   1. Date of Activation of link for filling-in the On-line Application :

      14/02/2017 (Tuesday)

   2. Date of Deactivation of link for filling-in the On-line Application (last date of submission): up to 11:59 pm on 06/03/2017 (Monday)

   3. Last date for receiving the Print-out of filled-in On-line Application alongwith required documents and Demand Draft by this office: 24/03/2017 (Friday) during office hours.

   Note: Candidates are advised to apply well in advance to avoid last minute hustle.

4. ADMIT CARDS:

   1. Scrutiny of Applications- The Committee constituted by the Chief Justice shall scrutinize the applications and shall satisfy itself before granting certificate in each case that the application has been made strictly in accordance with the provisions of Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 and the decision as to the eligibility or otherwise of the candidates for admission to the examination shall be final. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination unless he holds a certificate of admission issued by the person authorized by the Chief Justice.

   2. Admit Cards shall be issued through official website of Rajasthan High Court (www.hcraj.nic.in). Admit Cards shall not be sent to the candidates through any other mode. The candidates are advised to keep visiting the website regularly. The candidate can download Admit Card by entereing his Application ID, Date of Birth & Captcha. The candidates may obtain print-out of Admission Card through his own computer & printer with internet facility or with help of service provider who provides service of computer & printer with internet facility like Cyber cafe, e-Mitra kiosk etc.

5. DATE & PLACE OF EXAMINATION: The Written Examination is likely to be held at Jaipur and Jodhpur but in case the number of candidates applying for the post is large, the examination may additionally be held at other places also. The information regarding examination centres and date of the examination shall be published on the official web-site of Rajasthan High Court (www.hcraj.nic.in) separately.

6. IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

   1. Every candidate shall furnish particulars of 10 Judgements of the preceding seven years in which he has argued personally in the prescribed format available at the official web-site of this Court. He

      shall produce certified copies of such Judgments at the time of interview also.

   2. No candidate shall be allowed to bring/posses/keep with him Cellular Phone, Calculator, Bluetooth or any other electronic/communication device and Purse etc. in the examination centre. Candidates are allowed to bring only pen, pencil, admit card or any other material as specifically directed by the Rajasthan High Court in examination room. Centre Superintendent/Rajasthan High Court shall not be responsible for safety of above gadgets.

   3. Every candidate shall himself write answers to the questions in the examination, however, the facility of Scribe will be provided to such persons as specified in Rajasthan Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Rules, 2011 who are unable to write the answer at his own if they make request in writing to the Registrar (Examination), Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur to provide the facility of Scribe at least 15 days prior to the date of Examination with prescribed certificate of such disability. Such facility will not be provided to the persons who temporarily or accidentally get disabled.

   4. All the candidates shall comply with the instructions issued by the Rajasthan High Court/ Centre Superintendent/ Invigilator/ Officer authorised by Rajasthan High Court. If any candidate does not comply the instructions or found using unfair means, action as deemed appropriate by the High Court may be taken including under Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 1992.

   5. A candidate who is or has been declared by the Recruiting Authority or the Appointing Authority, as the case may be, guilty of impersonation or of submitting fabricated or tampered with documents or of making statements which are incorrect or false or of suppressing material information or using or attempting to use unfair means in the examination or interview or otherwise resorting to any other irregular or improper means for obtaining admission to the examination or appearance at interview shall, in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution, be debarred either permanently or for a specified period,-

      1. by the Recruiting Authority or the Appointing Authority, as the case may be, from admission to examination or appearing at interview held by the Recruiting Authority for selection of candidates, or

      2. by the Government from employment under the Government.

   6. No recommendation for recruitment either written or oral other than that required under the "Rules", shall be taken into consideration. Any attempt on the part of a candidate to enlist support directly or indirectly for his candidature by other means shall disqualify him for recruitment.

7. HELP LINE: Candidates may obtain relevant information on the official website of Rajasthan High Court (www.hcraj.nic.in). Apart from this, he may contact on the Help Line Nos. 0291-2541042, 2541388 or personally at the Control Room, Examination Cell,Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur during the office hours for any assistance/guidance/information/explanation.

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