NOTE : THIS NOTIFICATION IS ISSUED FOR 26 VACANCIES IN THE CADRE OF CIVIL JUDGES (21 UNDER DIRECT RECRUITMENT AND OS UNDER RECRUITMENT BY TRANSFER). HOWEVER, THIS NOTIFICATION IS ISSUED FOR BOTH THE STATES OF TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH AS THE STATE JUDICIARY IS NOT BIFURCATED. THE VACANCIES. NOTIFIED NOW WILL BE APPORTIONED IN BETWEEN THE TWO NEW STATES AS PER THE
DECISION OF THE HIGH COURT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF A.P. REORGANISATION ACT, 2014. FURTHER THE  ALLOCATION OF OFFICERS BETWEEN THE STATES OF TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.85 OF 2015 AND SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NOS. 18787 – 90 OF 2016.

Applications are invited through ONLINE for General Recruitment to 26 posts of Civil Judge in the State Judicial Service, comprising of 21 vacancies to be filled under Direct Recruitment, and OS vacancies to be filled under  Recruitment by Transfer. The application will be available in the official  website of the High Court “hc.tap.nic.in” FROM 4.10.2018 to 3.11.2018. The  Last date for submission of Online Application is 3.11.2018 upto 11.59 p.m. The Hand written/ Typed/Photostat copy/Printed Application Form will not be entertained either directly or by Post or by Courier or in person.

As per the revised pay scales which came into effect from 1.1.2006,
the Scale of Pay of the post of Civil Judge is Rs.27,700/- to Rs.44,770/-.

The Abstract of vacancies is detailed here under.
I. VACANCY POSITION :
ABSTRACT
Break up of Vacancies                  Break up of Vacancies
          under                                                           under
Direct Recruitment                        Recruitment by Transfer

OC =  08 (3 W)                                    OC =  05
BC-A =  02                                                      ———-
BC-B  = 03 (lW)                                Total    05 
BC-D  = 01                                                       ———
BC-E  = 01
SC      = 03(1 W)
ST      = 03 (1 W)
              ————
               21 (06 W) 
              ————–

Important Dates

II. RESERVATION:
1) The recruitment shall be subject to the Rule of reservation in favour of the candidates belonging to S.C., S.T., B.C., Women and Physically  Handicapped{Orthopaedically Handicapped(lower portion of the body)} as per  the Telangana State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules 2017 and the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules, 2007. The reservation in  respect of BC-E category shall be subject to the result of Civil Appeal Nos. 2628-2637 of 2010, on the file of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

2) The High Court reserves the right, either to increase or decrease the  number of vacancies after issuance of the notification or may also cancel the notification at any stage, if the situation warrants.

III. QUALIFICATIONS:
Only those candidates who possess the qualifications prescribed under Telangana State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules 2017 and the Andhra  Pradesh State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules, 2007 which are mentioned below, shall be eligible to apply.

a) DIRECT RECRUITMENT:
A person who has been practicing for not less than three{3) years as an Advocate, as on the date of publication of the notification/advertisement in the news papers, shall be eligible to apply for the post of Civil Judge under Direct Recruitment.

b) RECRUITMENT BY TRANSFER:
A person applying under Recruitment by Transfer must possess a Degree in Law awarded by any University established by Law in India.
No person is eligible for appointment under Recruitment by Transfer, who is facing disciplinary charges or has undergone any punishment or is in subsisting punishment for any irregularity in discharge of his/her duties.

Confirmed members or approved probationers in the categories named hereunder are eligible to apply for the vacancies earmarked for Recruitment by Transfer.

i) Section Officers, Court Officers, Scrutiny Officers, Accounts Officer, Court Masters, Personal Secretaries to Judges, Personal Secretaries to Registrars, Translators and Deputy Section Officers, Overseer, Assistant Section Officers, Computer Operators, Assistant Librarian, Assistants, Readers, Examiners, Telex Operator, Telephone Operator, Typists and Copyists of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of
Andhra Pradesh.

ii) Chief Administrative Officers, Senior Superintendents, Stenographers  Grade-I, II Superintendents, & III, Senior Assistants, Junior Assistants, and  Typists of the Judicial Ministerial Services of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh;

iii) Assistant Public Prosecutors, Senior Assistant Public Prosecutors, Additional Public Prosecutors Grade-II; of Prosecution Services of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh;

iv) Section Officers in the Law Department of Secretariates of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh;

v) Section Officers in the Legislature Departments of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh; and

vi) Managers of the Offices of the Advocate General; Government Pleaders and Public Prosecutors of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh;

Provided that no person shall be eligible for appointment to the post of Civil Judge, if
(i) he/she is not a citizen of India;
(ii) he/she does not have good character, and not free from any infirmity, which renders him/her, unfit for such appointment.
(iii) he/she has been dismissed from service by any High Court, Government and Statutory or Local Authority;
(iv) he/she has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude;
(v) he/she has been permanently debarred or disqualified by the High Court or Union Public Service Commission or any State Public Service Commission from appearing for examinations or selections conducted by it in the selection
process for any post in public service;
(vi) he/she attempts to directly or indirectly influences the recruiting authority by any means for his/her candidature;
(vii) he/she is not of sound health and active habits;
(viii) he has more than one wife living; and
(ix) being woman, she marries knowingly a person that he is having a wife.
(x) he/she has been arrested in connection with any crime involving moral turpitude and concerned with the same.

A person to be appointed to the category of Civil Judges under Recruitment by Transfer shall be-
” A person who is maintaining good character and conduct”.

IV. AGE LIMIT:
i) An applicant applying under Direct Recruitment shall be a person who has  not completed the age of 35 years as on first day of the month in which the  notification inviting applications for such appointment is published in the news papers i.e.01-09-2018.

Provided that the upper age limit of 35 (thirty five) years is relaxable by five  years in respect of the persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled  Tribes and Backward Classes.

Provided further that the upper age limit of 35 years is relaxable by 10 years in  respect of Physically Handicapped persons [Orthopaedically  Handicapped(Lower portion of the body)] as per the Telangana State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules, 2017 and the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules, 2007.

Provided further that in the case of an applicant who served in the defence  services of the Indian Union and who is otherwise qualified and suitable, the period of service rendered by him in the defence service, shall be excluded in computing the age, for appointment by direct recruitment.

ii) An applicant for Recruitment by Transfer shall be a person who has not  completed the age of 48 years as on the first day of the month in which the notification inviting applications for such appointment is published in the news
papers i.e.,1-09-2018.

V. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION, MINIMUM MARKS AND SYLLABUS:
The process of selection shall comprise of,

a) For the purpose of short-listing the candidates, the High Court will conduct Screening Test (Computer Based Test) for 100 marks comprising of 100   multiple choice objective type Questions. The duration of examination will be two(2) hours. The Venue and Time will be mentioned in the Hall Ticket to be downloaded by the applicant at appropriate point of time.

The candidates who secure 40% and above marks in the screening test will be short listed in the ratio of 1: 10 of the available vacancies, for calling for a  written examination. The marks obtained in the screening test shall not be added to the marks obtained in the written examination and they shall not be
counted for determining final order of the merit of the candidates, as the screening test is conducted for the purpose of short listing the candidates.

b) Written Examination consisting of the following three (3) papers will be held. (The object of written examination is to test the academic knowledge of the candidates.)
I) Civil Law,
II) Criminal Law and
III) English Translation test for 30 marks and Essay Writing test for 70 marks. (Translation has to be made from English language to either Hindi or Telugu language only.)
Each paper shall carry 100 marks. The duration of each paper is three (3) hours.

VI. Minimum Marks to be secured in the Written Examination to
qualify for Viva-Voce:

a) Under Direct Recruitment:
The candidates applying under Direct Recruitment who belong to OC category must secure not less than 55% of marks in each paper and not less than 60% of marks in aggregate in the written examination to become eligible for Viva-Voce.

The candidates belonging to Backward Class category under Direct Recruitment must secure not less than 50% marks in each paper and not less than 55% of marks in aggregate in the written examination for calling for Viva-Voce.

The candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories must secure not less than 45% marks in each paper and not less than 50% of marks in aggregate in the written examination for calling for Viva- Voce.

b) Under Recruitment by Transfer:
The candidates belonging to OC and BC categories applying under Recruitment by Transfer must secure not less than 55% marks in each paper and not less than 60% marks in aggregate in the written  examination to become eligible for Viva-Voce.

The candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories applying under Recruitment by Transfer must secure not less than 45% marks in each paper and not less than 50% marks in aggregate in the written  examination to qualify for Viva-Voce.

VII. Viva-Voce:
Viva-Voce, shall carry 50 marks. Any candidate who remains absent for the Viva-Voce for the post of Civil Judge shall be deemed to have been disqualified for selection. (The object of Viva-Voce is to assess the suitability of the candidate for the cadre by judging the mental alertness, knowledge of law,  clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, skills, attitude, ethics, power of assimilation, power of communication, character and intellectual depth and the like of the candidate.)

VIII. Minimum aggregate Marks to be secured in the Written Examination and Viva-Voce for selection to the post of Civil Judge:
For selection to the posts of Civil Judge under Direct Recruitment and Recruitment by Transfer, the OC/BC category candidates must secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in Written Examination and Viva-Voce and SC/ST category candidates must secure at least 50% marks in aggregate in written examination and Viva-Voce. (Candidates who secures less than the said percentage will become ineligible for selection to the post).

The Questions in the examinations shall be answered only in English ( except translation test).

In the selection process (Screening test, Written Examination and VivaVoce), the proficiency and knowledge of applicants will be tested in the following,

Civil Laws:
1) Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
2) Indian Contract Act, 1872.
3) Hindu Marriage Act 1955,
4) Hindu Succession Act 1956,
5) Indian Easements Act 1882,
6) Specific Relief Act 1963,
7) Limitation Act 1963,
8) Transfer of Property Act 1882,
9) Civil Rules of Practice
10) Registration Act 1908, and Indian Stamp Act 1899,
11) A.P.Land Encroachment Act, 1905
12) Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent & Eviction) Control Act 1960,and
13) Indian Evidence Act, 1872

CRIMINAL LAWS:
1) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
2) Indian Penal Code, 1860
3) Indian Evidence Act, 1872
4) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
5) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
6) Criminal Rules of Practice
7) A.P. Excise Act, 1968
8) A.P.Gaming Act, 1974
9) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.

IX. MERIT LIST:
After result of written examination is announced, qualified candidates in the ratio of 1: 3 of the available vacancies in the respective categories shall be called for Viva Voce.

Provided that if there are more than one candidate who have secured identical cut off marks, for maintaining the ratio of 1 :3, all such candidates shall be  called upon to appear for Viva-Voce.

No TA and DA will be paid to any of the candidates appearing for Screening Test/Written Examination/Viva Voce.

X) a) Application and Examination Fee:
The applicants who belong to OC/ BC categories have to pay an amount of Rs. 500/- {Rupees Five hundred only) towards Online Application  processing and Examination fee, whereas the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories have to pay Rs.250/- {Rupees Two hundred and fifty only) towards Online Application processing and Examination fee.

Applicants belonging to SCs/STs, hailing from other than the States, of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have to pay Rs.500/- instead of Rs.250/-  towards Online Application processing and Examination fee, unless the caste to which they belong, is recognized as Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, as the case may be, by the Governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

b) THE PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION {USER GUIDE), MODE OF PAYMENT OF APPLICATION/ EXAMINATION FEE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES, WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE HIGH COURT ON 4.10.2018.

A computer based “Mock Test” will be made available in the official  website of the High Court “hc.tap.nic.in”, for the sake. of practice purpose to the candidates from 15.9.2018.

XI.EXAMINATION CENTRES
Computer Based Test (Screening Test) will be held in the following Centres and candidates have to opt for any three (3) Centres in the order of preference for their allotment. However, the High Court reserves the right to allot  candidates to any centre other than the centre chosen by the applicant or to  abolish/creat a new centre for administrative reasons. Request for change of  the centre will not be entertained.

i) Hyderabad
ii) Warangal
iii) Karimnagar
iv) Visakhapatnam
v) Rajahmundry (Rajamahendravaram)
vi) Vijayawada
vii) Tirupati
viii) Kurnool

After declaration of Screening Test results, written examination will be held at the venue to be specified by the High Court separately.

Note : If any of the candidate suppresses any information/furnishes any false information in his/her application form and the same is detected at any later stage i.e. during the stage of conducting of examinations, selection and appointment to the post, action will be taken aginst such candidate in accordance with law.

Reference Link : Original Notification

Website :  hc.tap.nic.in