Category No: 326/2017

Applications are invited Online only through 'ONE TIME REGISTRATION' from qualified candidates for selection to the under mentioned post in Kerala Government Service.

1. Department : Kerala State Assistant Public Prosecutors' Service
   
   
2. Name of post : Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade - II
   
   
3. Scale of pay : R 40500 87000
   
   
4. Number of vacancies : 2 (Two)
   
   

The above vacancies are now in existence. The list of selected candidates published by the Commission in response to this notification shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year provided that the said list will continue to be in force till the publication of a new list after the expiry of the minimum period of one year or till the expiry of three years whichever is earlier. Candidates will be advised from the said list, against the vacancies noted above and that may be reported to the Commission in writing during the period of currency of the list.

Note: As per GO(P) No. 74/2013/SJD dated 09.09.2013, 3% vacancies are reserved for differently abled candidates with Locomotor disability.

1. Method of appointment : Direct Recruitment
   
   
2. Age Limit : 18 -36 Only candidates born between 02.01.1981 and 01.01.1999 (both date included) are eligible to apply for this post with usual age relaxation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Communities.(For other conditions regarding age relaxation, see para 2 of the General Conditions)
   
   
3. Qualifications :
   
   

i Must be a Graduate in Law

ii Must be member of the Bar and must have had not less than three years of active practice in Criminal Courts.

Note: Certificate of enrollment issued by the Bar Council and 3 years experience certificate of active practice in criminal courts as on First January 2017 issued by a Judicial Officer not below the rank of a First Class Judicial Magistrate should be produced.

8 Training i) A candidate appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade II shall, on and from the date of his/her appointment undergo a

training for a period of 6 months

ii) Such candidate until he/she completes the training be entitled to such allowances as may be specified by Government from time to time. The period of training shall not count for increments in the time scale of pay.

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Probation A candidate appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade II shall, after he/she completes the prescribed training, be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years.

10 Test A candidate appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade II shall, within the period of probation, pass the Account Test for Executive Officers of the Kerala State or the Account Test (Lower) of the Kerala State.

Note: Candidates who have already passed Account Test for subordinate officers Part I/Account Test for Executive Officers (Madras) shall not be required to pass the test.

11 Agreement A candidate appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade II shall, before undergoing the course of training, execute an agreement in such form as prescribed by the Government in this behalf binding himself.

i) To undergo the entire course of training

ii) To serve the Government after the completion of the training as Assistant Public Prosecutor for a period to be specified by the Government and

iii) To refund to the Government the pay drawn by him during the period of his training if he resigns his appointment before completion of the said period on any account except on the ground of ill-health which shall be certified by a Medical Officer not below the rank of Civil Surgeon.