1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA [Last Date of submitting of 'On-line Application, i.e. 15/12/2018]:-

Candidates having the below-mentioned criteria be treated as eligible, to apply:

(a) Age-limit :-

A Candidate for Appointment to the said Post, shall not be less than 18 years and not more than 35 years of age, as on Last Date of submitting of 'On-line Application, i.e. 15/12/2018, i.e. Candidates born between 15/12/1983 & 15/12/2000, shall be eligible to apply.

(b) Educational Qualifications :

Degree in Law from any University in India or any Institution recognized

by the University Grants Commission. Candidates studying in the Fifth Year of a Five Year Law Course, can also apply for the said Post, and their final selection would be subject to

their		passing	of	the	Fifth	Year	examination	of	LL.B.,	prior	to	their
Appointment.
(c)	Basic Knowledge of Computer Application / Operation.
(d)	Acquaintance of vernacular Language.

Note : It may be noted by all concerned that the existing Legal Assistants would neither be eligible nor required to appear in the selection process.

2. RESERVATION :-

Reservation policy shall not apply, as the Appointments are on Contractual Basis.

3. TENURE :

(a)

Legal Assistants shall be appointed initially for a period of 11 months, and their tenure may be extended upto a maximum period of 3 Years, upon recommendation of the Honble Judge concerned, subject to the approval of the Honourable the Chief Justice and such engagement shall in no case be extended beyond a period of 3 Years.

(b)

The appointment may be terminated by either side by giving one-month notice, or one month salary in lieu thereof, which requirement may be waived by the other side.

Provided that appointment of Legal Assistants shall be liable to be terminated at any time by the High Court of Gujarat, without notice or any compensation if his/her services are found to be unsatisfactory or if he/she violates any of the Rules.

4. REMUNERATION :-

The Candidates selected are presently entitled to draw a Fixed Remuneration of Rs. 20,000/-per month, as stipulated in the Legal Departments Resolution No. HCT/102004/4015/D, dated 16/07/2018 of the Government of Gujarat,

5. FEES AND MODE OF PAYMENT :

(a)

All Candidates shall be required to pay Fees of .250/-plus the usual Bank Charges via Print Application / Pay Fee Button through SBI e-Pay, provided on the webpage of HC-OJAS Portal-http://hcojas.guj.nic.in.

(b)

Carefully Read and Follow the Instructions/Help given thereat. Select the Mode of Payment i.e. Online Payment or Cash-Challan/SBI Branch Payment (Offline) (Challan will be generated Online at SBI e-Pay Website).

(c)

In case of Online Payment Mode, after successful payment, Candidate will get e-Receipt of the same. However, if Transaction / Payment fails due to any technical reasons, follow the Instructions thereat.

(d)

If Cash-Challan/SBI Branch Payment (Offline) Option is selected, Candidate is required to take printout of 'Challan' in TWO Copies and pay the requisite Fees before the Challan Expiry Date, at any of the SBI Branch, by submitting the said Challan to the Bank. The Concerned Bank Branch will retain one Copy of the 'Challan' and return the other Copy to the Candidate.

(e)

Candidates are advised to preserve the copy of the e-Receipt / Cash-Challan till the conclusion of the Recruitment Process.

(f)

Confirmed 'Online Application', submitted by the Candidate, will be considered as VALID Application, only after he/she remits the Examination Fees, as required, in the State Bank of India through SBI e-Pay, before due time.

(g)

Requisite Examination Fees, can be paid through either Mode i.e. Online (from 01/12/2018 to 15/12/2018) or Offline (Cash-Challan/ SBI Branch Payment) (till the Challan Expiry Date) and the same shall be considered as VALID.

(h)

Fees paid by any other mode, will NOT be accepted.

(i)

Fees once paid shall Not be Refunded OR shall NOT be Adjusted in any subsequent Recruitment Process, under any circumstances.

6. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEGAL ASSISTANT :-

Legal Assistant shall assist the Honble Judge in judicial as well as administrative work and in carrying out search and research in matters and on such legal issues as may be required by the Honble Judge to whom he/she, is assigned. His / Her duties shall include attending the Court, making notes, drafting of memorandum, opinions, comments or monographs on such legal matters and research from such material and sources as may be suggested by the Honble Judge to whom he / she is assigned.

7. OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE :

(a)

Appointment as Legal Assistant is a full time assignment and during the period of appointment the Legal Assistant shall not be entitled to practice as a lawyer or to take up any employment, engagement of whatsoever nature either on full-time or on part-time basis.

(b)

The headquarters of Legal Assistant shall be the High Court which he / she shall not leave during working hours of the High Court without permission of the Judge to whom he / she is assigned.

(c)

Legal Assistant may be required by the Judge to whom he/she is assigned to assist on public or weekly holidays and offered equal number of alternative holidays later on.

(d)

Legal Assistant shall be entitled to 11 days of casual leave of absence with pay in a year and shall not be entitled to any other leave of absence with pay except during Court Vacations when leave of absence with pay may be granted with the permission of the Judge to whom he / she is assigned.

(e)

If Legal Assistant is required to leave headquarters as part of duty on official work, he / she may be paid daily allowance in addition to actual fare paid for the travel as stipulated in the Government Resolution, Legal Department No.HCT/102004/4015/D dated 3.5.2007, as may be amended from time to time.

(f)

Legal Assistant attached to a particular Honble Judge shall not be entitled to appear before the Honble Judge with whom he/she was attached for a period of one year from the date of termination of the appointment.

(g)

Legal Assistant shall not be entitled to appear in any case handled by the Honble Judge to whom he / she was attached, if the Legal Assistant had worked on that case.

(h)

Legal Assistant shall perform his / her duties with due diligence and discipline maintaining confidentiality about all matters and information that he / she may come across during the discharge of his / her duties.

(i)

The assignment as Legal Assistant shall not confer any right of any employment under the High Court or the State Government.

(j)

Legal Assistant shall abide by such other Rules and Conditions of Service, as may be prescribed by the Honourable the Chief Justice.

(k)

Legal Assistant shall, upon acceptance of his/her appointment as such, undertake in writing to abide by the Rules and shall, in particular, undertake that he / she shall perform his / her duties with due diligence and discipline maintaining confidentiality about all the matters and information that he / she may come across during the discharge of his / her duties.

8. SELECTION PROCESS :

[A] Written Test (Objective Type -MCQs) -Computer Based (Online)

Examination System: (Tentatively to be conducted on 20/01/2019)

(a) The Written Test (Objective Type -MCQs) , shall be conducted at

Ahmedabad at the venue, as may be decided by the High Court,

comprising of 100 Marks, of 2 hours duration, consisting of 100 -

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) each of 01 Mark, with Negative

Marking of 0.25 Mark for each Wrong Answer. The Syllabus for

said Written Test (Objective Type -MCQs), shall be as follows :

1. The Constitution of India
   
   
2. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
   
   
3. The Indian Penal Code, 1860
   
   
4. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
   
   
5. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
   
   
6. The Indian Contract Act, 1872
   
   
7. The Specific Relief Act, 1963
   
   
8. The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
   
   
9. The Limitation Act, 1963
   
   
10. General Knowledge
    
    
11. English Language
    
    
12. Computer Skills/Applications knowledge
    
    
13. General I.Q. Test
    
    

(b)

The Language of Question Paper of Written Test (Objective Type MCQs) will be English.

(c)

The Written Test (Objective Type -MCQs) shall be administered On-line, through a Computer Based Examination System & it shall be evaluated as per entries made by the candidate on Computer itself, immediately, upon conclusion of the said Written Test. The evaluation being done real time by the Computer, rechecking of entries / answers, subsequent to Written Test, shall not be entertained by the High Court.

(d)

The candidates securing minimum 50% Marks in the Written Test (Objective Type MCQs), alone shall be eligible for being called for Viva-Voce Test (Oral Interview).

(e)

In case, large number of Candidates qualify in the Written Test, it shall be open for the High Court, to restrict the number of Candidates as deemed necessary, according to Merit, to proceed to the next stage.

[B] Viva-voce Test : (Tentatively to be conducted in the Month of February/March, 2019)

(a)

Candidate shall download their Viva-voce Test (Oral Interview) e-Call-letter, from the Websites abovementioned, during the preceding One week of the Viva-voce Test.

(b)

Viva-voce Test shall be of 40 Marks.

(c)

Suitability of the Candidates, at the Viva-voce Test, will be assessed on the basis of ones Personality, Aptitude and Orientation, Computer Application Skills, People Skills, Communication Skills, Legal knowledge of candidates, etc.

(d)

For being eligible to be included in the Select List/Wait List, the candidate shall have to obtain minimum 40% Marks in the Vivavoce Test.

[C] Selection of Candidates

The Select List & Wait List will be prepared on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the Candidates in the Written Test (60% Weightage will be given to the marks obtained in Written Test) & Marks obtained in Viva-voce Test.

[D] The Wait List shall be operated only in case of non-joining of candidate(s) or cancellation of candidature of candidate(s) due to any reason(s), amongst the candidates enlisted in Select List.

9. 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 more than one husband living.

(f)

if he/she may be found in possession of any electronic gadget(s) during any of the Examination / Test.

10. 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 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 '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 (10kb) and signature having 2.5 c.m. of height and 7.5 c.m. of width (10kb) in jpg format for uploading the same at relevant space in the On-line Application.

(d)	Steps for submitting OJAS Module :	On-line	Recruitment	Application through	the
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/201819/1/11111). 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.
6)	After filling-up all the required/mandatory fields of the On-line Application, correctly and duly verified by the Candidate, he/she is required to CONFIRM the Application. However, Candidate can alter/modify the details before he/she CONFIRM his/her Application.
7)	Please note that, after Confirmation, further editing of ones Online Recruitment Application will not be permitted by the System and the same will be treated as Final Application for the particular post.

8) Thereafter, Candidate has to click on 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.

9) Please note that only after Confirmation, the System will register candidates On-line Application. Further, only Confirmed Applications will be considered/processed for the Recruitment Process.

10) Thereafter, the Candidate should ensure that he/she receives a System generated SMS conveying his/her Confirmation Number, on his/her 'Registered' Mobile Number.

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

12) 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. On-line Payment or Offline-Cash (Challan will be generated On-line, 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. On-line (from 01/12/2018 to 15/12/2018) or Offline (Cash-Challan) (till the Challan Expiry Date), Confirmed On-line Application shall be considered as VALID.

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

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

(e)

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.

(f)

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