Advertisement No. 6 of 2016 Date of Publication:- 20.03.2017

Closing date for filling of online application form : 24.04.2017

Closing date for deposit of cost of application

form including examination fee in all branches

of State Bank of India or State Bank of Patiala : 27.04.2017

RECRUITMENT TO SUBORDINATE JUDICIAL SERVICES SELECTION COMMITTEE OF (PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT)

Through

Haryana Public Service Commission,

Bays No. 1-10, Block-B, Sector-4, Panchkula

H.C.S (Judicial Branch) Examination 2017

The Haryana Public Service Commission invites online applications from eligible candidates for 109 posts (These vacancies are included newly created and existing vacancies) of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch) Examination - 2017. The category wise break-up of vacancies is as under:-

Sr. No.	Category	No. of posts	Remarks
1.	General	49	Out of these posts, 29 posts are being advertised for the second time.
2.	Scheduled Castes of Haryana	14	All posts are being advertised for the second time.
3.	Backward Classes (A) of Haryana	08	Out of these posts, 4 posts are being advertised for the second time.
4.	Backward Classes (B) of Haryana	05	Out of these posts, 02 posts are being advertised for the second time.
5.	Economically Backward Person in General Category	08	Out of these posts, 05 posts are being advertised for the second time.
6.	Ex-Servicemen of Haryana	16	Out of these posts, 02 posts are being advertised for the fourth time, 04 posts are being advertised for the third time, 05 posts are being advertised for the second time.
7.	Physical Handicapped persons of Haryana	09	Out of these posts, 01 post is being advertised for the fourth time, 01 post is being advertised for the third time, 03 posts are being advertised for the second time.
	Total	109

Note : Break-up of posts reserved for Physically Handicapped candidates of Haryana is as under:-

(i) 04 (four) posts for low vision (if found fit for discharging the duties of a Civil judge by the Medical Board constituted under Rules).

(ii) 03 (three) posts for hearing impaired (if found fit for discharging the duties of a Civil judge by the Medical Board constituted under Rules). (iii) 02 (two) posts for Locomotors disability

1. The HCS (Judicial Branch) Examination will be conducted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Punjab Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Rules, 1951 as applicable to the state of Haryana, as amended from time to time and the amendment made vide notification No. GSR 1/Const./Art.234 & 309/2017 dated 09.01.2017.

2. The reservation of posts of different categories is governed by the instructions of state Govt. of Haryana as issued from time to time.

3. If suitable Ex. Servicemen of Haryana are not available, then eligible sons / daughters of Ex. Servicemen of Haryana will be considered as per Haryana Govt. instructions. Hence the Dependents of Ex. Servicemen of Haryana equal to ten times of number of vacancies reserved for Ex. Servicemen of Haryana shall also be shortlisted for Main Written Examination provisionally to consider their claim against unfilled Ex. Servicemen vacancies only otherwise they shall have no claim against open category posts on the basis of their merit in the Main Examination.

4. Reservation for Freedom Fighters & their children / grand children of Haryana:-

The reservation will be available only if quota reserved for Ex-servicemen or Backward Classes remains unfilled to that extend due to non-availability of suitable Ex-servicemen or their dependents or non-availability of suitable candidates from Backward Classes. Over all reservation either from the unfilled vacancies of Ex-servicemen or from the Backward Classes for Freedom Fighters / their children / grand children will remain limited to 2% only. This benefit will be available to all grand children i.e. sons and daughter of sons and daughters (parental as well as maternal) of the Freedom Fighters.

5. Adjustment of PH candidates selected on their own merit:-

Persons with disabilities selected on their own merit without relaxed standards alongwith other candidates, will not be adjusted against the reserved share of vacancies. The reserved vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible candidates with disabilities which will thus comprise physically handicapped candidates who are lower in merit than the last candidate in merit list but otherwise found suitable for appointment, if necessary, by relaxed standards. It will apply in case of direct recruitment only, wherever reservation for persons with disabilities is admissible. 6. The low vision candidate who wants the help of a scribe for writing his/her papers, will have to apply to the Commission for permission of having a scribe separately well in time i.e. at least 10 days before the commencement of the examination. No permission will be granted by the centre Supervisor in the Examination centre. 7. The pay scale for the post is ` 27700-770-33090-920-40450-1080-44770 or such as may be revised by the Govt. from time to time. Service conditions will be communicated to the recommended candidates alongwith the appointment letters issued by the Govt. to the recommended candidates.

8. Essential Qualifications: No person shall be eligible to be appointed a Civil Judge (Junior Division) unless he holds a degree of Bachelor of Laws from a University established by the law and approved/recognized by the Bar Council of India. The expression Degree of Bechalor of Laws means a degree entitling a candidate to be enrolled as an Advocate under the Advocate Act, 1961, and the rules made there under. 9. Age: Candidate should not be less than 21 years and not more than 42 years as on 24.04.2017 i.e. closing date. Upper age limit is relaxable upto 5 years for the Candidates belonging to following categories:-

(i) Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes of Haryana only (Wherever posts are reserved for them).

(ii) Un-married women of Haryana State only. (iii) Women of Haryana State whose husbands have been ordered by civil/criminal courts to pay maintenance to them; women whose husbands have remarried; widows; women who are legally separated from their husbands or have been divorced; women living separately from their husbands for more than two years because of desertion; wives of serving disabled military personnel and widows of those who were killed in action. Women living separately from their husbands due to desertion will be required to submit with her application, an affidavit to the effect that she has been deserted by her husband and has been living separately from him for more than two years and this affidavit should be countersigned by two responsible persons such as members of the Legislative Assembly, Local Bodies Panchayats and the Bar Association. Where however, a woman who has re-married she would not be eligible for the above concession in the matter of age. (iv) Upper age limit is also relaxable: For an ex-military person whether he joined military service before or after the declaration of emergency to the extent of his military service added by three years subject to a maximum of 5 years provided he had rendered continuous military service for a period of not less than six months before his release and further provided that he had been released otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency. A disabled military person is entitled to exclude from his age the period from the date he was disabled upto the date of his application or till the end of emergency i.e. 10-1-1968 subject to a maximum of 5 years.

(v) The persons recruited from 1-1-1963 onwards as whole time Cadet Instructors in the N.C.C. and who are released after the expiry of their initial/extended tenure will also be entitled for relaxation in age limit for purpose of employment under the State Government. The period of service rendered by them in N.C.C. may be deducted from their actual age and if the

resultant age does not exceed the prescribed upper age limit of a particular post by more than three years, they may be deemed to be satisfying the conditions for appointment to that post in respect of the maximum age. Such of the whole time Cadet Instructors in N.C.C. who are released from the N.C.C. before expiry of their initial / extended tenure, would also be given these concessions subject to the conditions that they have served in the N.C.C. for the period of not less than six months prior to their release from the N.C.C. (vi) Upper age limit is also relaxable for Physically Handicapped category candidates of Haryana by 10 years (15 years for SCs / BCs of Haryana) as per Govt. instructions issued vide letter No. 22/10/2013-1GS-III dated 15.07.2014. 10. Nationality: Candidate must be (a) citizen of India or (b) a citizen of Nepal, or (c) a subject of Bhutan or (d) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly-Tranganyika and Zanzibar) Zabia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt. of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be provisionally admitted to the examination conducted by the Selection Committee on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Govt. of India. 11. Competitive Examination: The selection of suitable candidates for appointment in HCS (Jud. Branch) will be made by holding an examination. The examination shall be conducted in three stages namely:-

(i) Preliminary Examination,

(ii) Main Examination,

(iii) Viva-Voce.

12. Syllabus for Preliminary Examination: The Preliminary Examination shall be of objective type with multiple-choice questions as distinguished from the main written examination which shall be of subjective/narrative type. The OMR Sheets (Answer Sheets) will be scanned by Computer. So there is no provision of re-checking/re-evaluation of OMR Sheets. The question paper for Preliminary Examination shall be of two hours duration. It shall consist of 125 questions and each question shall carry 04 marks and for every wrong answer 0.80 mark shall be deducted. There will, however, be no negative marking in respect of un-attempted questions.

The objective type multiple-choice question for the Preliminary Examination shall be from the syllabus for the Main Examination. The candidate shall be expected to have a general and basic over view of the main subjects and also the ability to answer questions on current events of national and international importance, Indian legal and constitutional history and governance. The candidate shall also be tested for his analytical skills, reasoning and aptitude. The standard of the question paper shall be of Law graduate level. The object of the Preliminary Examination is to short list the candidates for the Main Examination. No candidate shall be allowed to appear in the Main Examination unless he/she secured minimum 150 marks (read 100 marks for all reserved category candidates) in the Preliminary Examination. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination shall not be counted towards final result. Candidates equal to 10 times the number of vacancies advertised, selected in order of their merit in the respective categories shall become eligible to sit in the Main Written Examination. However, the number shall be subject to variation. If two or more candidates at the last number (the number at the end) get equal marks, then all of them shall be considered eligible to sit in the Main Examination, warranting the corresponding increase in the stipulated ratio. 13. Candidate who qualifies for the Main Examination will have to apply again on separate application form for the Main Examination for which they will be informed through an announcement displayed on Commissions website. Candidates thrice the number of advertised posts including bracketed candidates, if any, in order of merit of Main Examination will be called for viva-voce.

The Schedule of Examination, result of Preliminary Examination and other announcement relating to this exam will be displayed on the Punjab & Haryana High Court website i.e. www.highcourtchd.gov.in or website of the Commission i.e. http://hpsc.gov.in or www.hpsconline.in & will also be published in the Newspapers of Chandigarh & Delhi.

Details of the syllabus for Main Examination and other conditions are contained in the information for candidates which is available on the Commissions website i.e. http://hpsc.gov.in . 14. APPLICATION FEES: - The online application fees which is payable at all branches of State Bank of India or State Bank of Patiala, is as under:-

Sr. No.	Categories of candidates	Fees
1.	(i) For Male candidates of General category including Dependent Son of Ex-Servicemen of Haryana. (ii) For Male candidates of General and all reserved categories of other States.	` 1000/-
2.	(i) For all Female candidates of General category including Female Dependent of ESM of Haryana only. (ii) For Male & Female candidates of SC / BC-A&B / EBP(GC) / ESM categories of Haryana only. (iii) For Female candidates of General and all reserved categories of other	` 250/-

	States.
3.	For all Physically Handicapped candidates (with at least 40% disability) categories of Haryana only.	NIL

Notes:-

1. The eligibility of candidates with regards to age and educational qualifications will be determined as on 24.04.2017.

2. Refund of cost of application forms will not be allowed in any case.

3. Detailed Instructions regarding examination, syllabus for Main Examination, eligibility, relaxation in age and other general terms and conditions are available on Commissions website i.e. http://hpsc.gov.in or www.hpsconline.in .

4. Mobile phones, Pagers, or any other communication/electronic devices are not allowed inside the premises where Commissions examination is being conducted.

Secretary Haryana Public Service Commission Date: 17-03-2017 Panchkula