Haryana Public Service Commission
HCS (Judicial Branch) Examination-2010
The Haryana Public Service Commission invites applications from eligible candidates for the posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch). The number and category wise break-up of posts is as under:
1. Name of Category: General
No. of Post: 43
2. Name of Category: Scheduled castes of Haryana.
No. of Post: 26
3. Name of Category: Backward classes of Haryana.
No. of Post: 03
4. Name of Category: Ex-Servicemen of Haryana.
No. of Post: 07
5. Name of Category: Physical Handicapped persons of Haryana.
No. of Post: 04
Note: Two (2) posts (one from General Category and -one from Backward Classes category) have been kept reserved In view of the orders, dated 05.02.2009 passed by the Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court in CWP No. 3584 of 2008 titled as Neha Yadav Vs. Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Anticipated/Unforeseen Posts:
1. Name of Category: General
No. of Post: 12
2. Name of Category: Scheduled castes of Haryana.
No. of Post: 05
3. Name of Category: Backward classes of Haryana.
No. of Post: 03
4. Name of Category: Physically Handicapped persons & Ex-Serviceman of Haryana.
No. of Post: 04
5. Name of Category: Unforeseen
No. of Post: 10
1) *Forward Remote Areas comprise of States/UTs of North East Region, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Sikkim, Ladakh Region of J&K and Pangi Sub Division of H.P.
2) The HCS (Judicial Branch) Examination will be conducted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Punjab Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Rules, 1951 as amended from time to time and the amendment made vide notification No. GSR 3/Const.ArL234 & 309/2010 dated 10.02.2010.
3) The OMR Sheets (Answer Sheets) will be scanned by Computer. So there is no provision of re-checking/re-evaluation of these OMR Sheets.
4) The reservation of posts of different categories will be governed by the instructions of the State Govt. as issued from time to time.
5) If suitable Ex-Servicemen of Haryana are not available then eligible sonstdaughters of Ex-Servicemen. of Haryana will be considered as per Haryana Govt. Instructions.
6) The posts reserved for Physically handicapped persons (with atleast 40% disability) will be filled from the candidates belonging to below mentioned categories:
a. Two posts for a low vision (found fit for discharging the duties of a Civil Judge by the Medical Board constituted under Rules).
b. One post for Hearing impaired (found fit for discharging the duties of a Civil Judge by the Medical Board constituted under Rules).
c. One postfor Locomotors disability.
7) The low vision candidate who wants the help of a scribe for writing his/her papers, will have to apply to the Commission for the permission of having a scribe separately well in time i.e at least 10 days before the commencement of the examination. No permission to engage a scribe will be granted by the centre Supervisor in the Examination centre.
8 ) The result of Preliminary Examination and other announcements relating to this examination will be displayed on Haryana Govt. website www.finhry.gov.in of the commission likely to be made operational very soon & will be published in the news papers of Chandigarh and Delhi.
9) Pay Scale- Rs. 9000-250-10750-300-13150-350-14550/- or such as may be revised by the Govt. from timetotime.
10) Essential Educational 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.
11) Age: Candidate should not be less than 21 years and not more than 40 years as on 09.04.2010. Upper age limit Is relaxable upto 5 years for the Candidates belonging to following categories:
(i) Scheduled Castes 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) Upperage 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 ortill the end of emergency i.e. 10-1 -1 968subjecttoa 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 InitiaV 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.
12) 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 1 st 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 EastAfdcan countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly-Tranganyika and Zanzibar) Zambia, 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 Haryana Public Service Commission 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 bythe Govt. of India.
13) Competitive Examination: The selection of suitable candidates for appointment in HCS (Judicial 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
14) Syllabus for Preliminary Examination:
The Preliminary Examination shall be of objective type with multiple-choice (which can be scrutinized by Computer) as distinguished from the written examination which shall be subjective/narrative type.
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 one mark shall be deducted.
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 and aptitude. The standard of the question paper shall be of Law Graduate level. The object of the Preliminary Examination is to short list candidates for the Main Examination. There shall be no minimum pass marks 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 Examination. However, this number shall be subject to variation. If two or more candidates at the last number (the number at the end) get the equal marks, then all of them shall be considered eligible to sit for the Main Examination, warranting the corresponding increase in the stipulated ratio.
A candidate who qualifies for the Main Examination will have to apply again on separate application form for Main Examination. The application form can be down loaded from the website of State Govt/Commission.
Candidates thrice the number of advertised posts in order of merit of Main Examination will be called for Viva-Voce.
Note:- (i) The schedule of examinations shall be intimated to the candidates in due course while sending the admit cards to them.
(ii) Details of the syllabus for Main Examination and other conditions are contained in the information sheet to be supplied with the application forms (OCR Sheet).
15) Application form:
For application forms and detailed information please write to the Secretary, Haryana Public Service Commission, Bays No. 1-10, Block-B, Sector-4, Panchkula. (Phone No. 0172- 2560755) by remitting the fee as given below:-
1. For candidates including Dependent Son/Daughter of Ex-Servicemen of Haryana Rs. 1,000/- who applies against General Category.
2. For candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Backward Classes/ Rs.1,000/- Ex-Servicemen of other States as there is no reservation of posts for them.
3. Scheduled castes/Backward Classes/Ex-Servicemen/Physically handicapped Rs. 250/-persons (with atleast 40% disability) of Haryana only.
The fee shall be remitted through Indian Postal Orders, Treasury Challan or Bank Drafts (from any branch of Scheduled Bank of India) payable to the Secretary, Haryana Public Service Commission at Panchkula with self addressed envelop of 24x1 1 cm. size duly stamped worth Rs. 50/- for registered post prior to at least 10 days earlier to closing date, otherwise office will not be responsible for supplying the application form well in time or on cash payment atthe counterfrom 10A.M.to 1 P.M. and 2. P.M to 4 P.M. on all working days.
The candidate mustwrite his name, address in block letters, name of the post for which application form is required and category of form i.e. General including Dependent Son / Daughter of ESM of Haryana and another for reserved category.
No application form will be supplied to a candidate who does not remit the full prescribed cost of application form and envelope as stated above. No extra fee, other than the cost of application form and envelop as stated above, will be required to be paid along with the application form.
16) Submission of Application Form:
Candidates should ensure that the duly filled application forms for admission to the Preliminary Examination must reach Commission's office at Bays No.1-10, Block-B, Sector-4, Panchkula by post or by personal delivery or through courier agency by close of office working on or before the closing date i.e. 09.04.2010 (16.04.2010 for applicants from forward remote areas) failing which these will not be accepted. The Haryana Public Service Commission will not be responsible for any delay on the part of Postal Department or CourierAgency and all the applications received after the closing date will be rejected outrightly. Incomplete application forms shall render the candidates ineligible.
Notes:
1. Indian Postal Orders/Treasury Challan or Bank Drafts issued before the date of publication of this advertisement or after the closing date will not be accepted.
2. The eligibility of candidates with regards to age and educational qualifications will be determined as on 09.04.2010.
3. Refund of cost of application forms will not be allowed in any case.
4. Detailed Instructions regarding examination, syllabus for Main Examination, eligibility, relaxation in age and other general terms and conditions applicable to the candidates will be supplied along with the application forms (OCR Sheets).
5. Mobile phones, Pagers, or any other communication/electronic devices are not allowed inside the premises where s examination is being conducted.
Secretary
Haryana Public Service Commission,
Panchkula.
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