Calcutta High Court 2020 Jobs Recruitment. Calcutta High Court has released official notification for the job openings of District Judge vacancies. Check the eligibility and notification prior to apply for the positions.

Closing date is on :- 09th July, 2020. 

No.of Posts and Vacancies :-

District Judge - 06 Posts

Job Location - Kolkata

Other Qualification Details :-

Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for selection of the District Judge, as referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 24 of the West Bengal Judicial (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2004 as per time schedule fixed by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Malik Mazhar Sultan’s case.

1. Posts: District Judge

2. Six (6) (but likely to vary subject to the result of Civil Appeal No. 1867 of 2006 (Malik Mazhar Sultan’s case now pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India).

3. Qualification: No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment unless: - (a) he/she is a citizen of India; (b) he/she has attained the age of 35 years and has not attained the age of 45 years (relaxation of 3 years on upper age for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) on the first day of January of the year in which applications for recruitment are invited; (c) he/she has been practicing for not less than seven years as an advocate as on 01-01-2020, and (d) he/she has good character and is of sound health and free from any bodily defect which renders him/her unfit for such appointment.

4. Pay Scale (Unrevised) (1) Entry Level – Rs. 51550-1230-58930-1380-63070/- with other perks like free Newspapers, Magazine, Medical Reimbursement facilities, the entitlement of 75/50 liters of petrol or diesel or cash equivalent if own car is used instead of pool car, Robe Allowance and other allowance as admissible under Rules. (2) Selection Grade (available on merit-cum-seniority to 25% of the cadre posts of the District Judges and would be given to those having not less than five years of continuous service in the cadre) – Rs. 57700-1230- 58930-1380-67210- 1540-70290/-. (3) Super Time Scale (available on merit-cum-seniority to 10% of the cadre of District Judge who have put in not less than three years continuous service as Selection Grade District Judges) – Rs. 70290 – 1540 - 76450/- All appointments to the posts mentioned above shall be made by the Governor in accordance with the recommendation of the High Court and all selections to the posts mentioned above shall be made by the High Court.

Age: He/she has attained the age of 35 years and has not attained the age of 45 years (relaxation of 3 years on upper age for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) on the first day of January of the year in which applications for recruitment are invited;

Application Fee: Each application must be accompanied by (a) Application Fee of Rs. 2,000/- (Rupees two thousand only), Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only) for SC/ST candidates only by Bank Draft which must be purchased on or after the date of publication of this advertisement and before the last date of submission of application and drawn in favour of Registrar General-cum-Secretary, Selection Board, High Court, Calcutta.

Address :-

Calcutta High Court 3, Esplanade Row W, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001

Selection Process :-

1. Candidates should fill in the application form in own handwriting. Incomplete applications with defect or application not accompanied by requisite documents or received after the due date are liable to be rejected summarily. Candidates are required to submit all original documents related to educational qualifications, professional qualifications, age and others before viva-voce/personality test.

2. In case of failure to furnish the original documents, candidature shall be cancelled. If at any stage of the process, a candidate is found to be ineligible for admission to the test in terms of the advertisement, his/her candidature shall be cancelled without making any reference to him/her and without assigning any reason. Permission to appear in written test or viva-voce/interview will not confer any right of selection on the candidate.

3. The candidates should conform to all the instructions as may be passed from time to time in respect of the preliminary stage, written examination and viva-voce/interview. In case of any non- conformity, candidature may be cancelled

4. Viva-voce: The Selection Board shall call such number of successful candidates in the written test in the second phase for viva voce/personality test as it thinks fit strictly according to merit list prepared on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by those candidates but such number in no case should exceed five times the number of vacant posts. The High Court reserves the right to relax above eligibility criteria and qualifying marks in each subject or aggregate, if required. The final merit list will be published on the basis of the total marks obtained by the successful candidates on the written test in the second phase and the viva voce/personality test

Steps to Apply :-

Each application must be accompanied by

(a) Application Fee of Rs. 2,000/- (Rupees two thousand only), Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only) for SC/ST candidates only by Bank Draft which must be purchased on or after the date of publication of this advertisement and before the last date of submission of application and drawn in favour of Registrar General-cum-Secretary, Selection Board, High Court, Calcutta. (b) Four

(04) recent and identical coloured passport size photographs duly signed on the frontal side by the candidate (one to be pasted on the top right hand corner of the application and other three

(03) to be stitched with the application) (said other three

(03) identical coloured photographs should be preserved for issuance of Duplicate Admit Cards, if necessary)

(c) Documents as mentioned above,

(d) Two character certificates, in original (One of the character certificate must be obtained from the President / Vice-President / Secretary of the Bar Association where the candidate is practicing and other by any respectable person).

(e) Two Self addressed envelopes affixing therewith a postage stamp of Rs. 45/- (Rupees Forty Five only) each.

(f) Self- attestation in all respect will be allowed. The last date for submission of application is by 4:30 P.M. on 09th day of July, 2020.
Official Notification