Advertisement No. RC/B/1304/2013

Direct Recruitment of Deputy Section Officers at High Court of Gujarat

The High Court of Gujarat invites 'On-line Applications', from eligible candidates for filling up a total of 122 vacant posts (including 31** Fixed Pay posts) of Deputy Section Officer, in the Pay-Scale of Rs.9,300-34,800/- with Grade Pay of Rs.4,400/-, on the establishment of the High Court of Gujarat, by Direct Recruitment.

Deputy Section Officer

Essential Educational Qualification :

• Graduate from recognized University.
• 10th or 12th Standard Examination passed with English as One of the Subjects.

Note :- Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications / Operations (As per requirements of G.R. No.CRR-10-2007-120320-G.5, dtd. 13/08/2008, G.A.D., Government of Gujarat).

Age Limit :

• A Candidate for appointment to the said post, should have completed 18 years of age and should not be more than 35 years of age, as on the date of Advertisement i.e. 28/06/2013.

• Employees working in the Subordinate Courts or any other High Court, shall be allowed on a uniform basis, relaxation of a maximum period of 5 years or to the extent of equal number of years for which Service has been put in by him/her, whichever is less, in the Upper Age Limit.

• Relaxation of 5 years in upper age limit shall be admissible to the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
  Tribes, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes, Physically Disabled and Ex-servicemen categories.

Application Fee & Mode of Payment :

• Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Socially & Educationally Backward Class & Physically DisabledPersons are required to pay Examination Fees of Rs.250/- plus the usual Bank Charges

• All other Candidates are required to pay Examination Fees of Rs.500/- plus the usual Bank Charges.

•  The candidates shall remit the same in the Current Bank Account No. 30725811785 with the State Bank of India, High Court Complex Branch, Ahmedabad, held in the name of Registrar General, High Court of Gujarat, Sola, Ahmedabad, through any of the Core Banking Service branches of the State Bank of India using the 'CASH VOUCHER' in the Special Format as appended to this Advertisement, from 08/07/2013 to 31/07/2013 during the BankWorking Days and Hours.

• The concerned Bank Branch, will retain one Copy of the Challan and return the other two Copies to the Candidate. Candidates will have to preserve the said copies of the Challan and produce the same at the time of Viva-Voce Test (Oral Interview).

• 'On line' Application, submitted by Candidate, will be considered as 'Valid' Application, only after he/she remits the Examination Fees, as required in the State Bank of India (Core Banking Services Branches) concerned, before the stipulated closure time.

• Fees paid by any other mode, will not be considered valid / accepted.

• Fees once remitted, into the concerned Account, shall not be refunded under any circumstances.

Selection Procedure :

The Competitive Examination shall consist of :

• Elimination Test (Objective type - MCQs) : 100 Marks

• Main Written Examination : 80 Marks

• Viva-voce Test (Oral Interview) : 20 Marks

Tentative Dates of Examination/Test

• Elimination Test : 15/09/2013

• Main Written Examination : 13/10/2013

• Viva-voce Test (Oral Interview) to be held in the month of  December, 2013 / January, 2014

How to Apply :

1. All eligible Candidates after payment of their respective Examination Fees in the Bank Account as mentioned in Para No. 4 above, should apply 'On-line', through the link provided in High Court Website www.gujarathighcourt.nic.in  OR http://hc ojas.guj.nic.in  in the prescribed format from 08/07/2013 to 15/07/2013.

2. Candidates should have his/her own 'registered' Mobile Number and the same should be kept active during the entire recruitment process, as 'SMS' alerts for the Tests, are also likely to be notified on the Mobile Number, registered o the 'On line' Application

3. Steps for submitting On-line Application through the ‘OJAS’Module :

• Fill up all the Fields given in On-line Application Format, carefully, as per the instructions, after thoroughly reading & understanding the entire Detailed Advertisement & the Instructions given at the appropriate places.

• ‘Save’ your ‘On-line Application’, by clicking on ‘Save’ button.

• Thereafter, a new window will be opened which displays the Candidate’s Application Number. This means, the Application is saved. Candidates shall, note down the entire string of the Application Number (e.g. HCG/201213/1/11111). In this window, by clicking “Show Application Preview” Button, preview of the Application will be displayed on the screen of the Computer.

• Thereafter, by entering his/her Application Number and Date of Birth, the candidate is required to Upload his/her ‘Scanned
  passport size Photograph’ (latest) and ‘Scanned Signature’, in the stipulated size & format [refer para 8(q)]. The Candidate shall ensure that, the uploaded ‘Photograph’ & ‘Signature’, are distinctly recognizable, after uploading.
  Note :- Please note that the scanned signature of the Candidate concerned, shall ONLY be uploaded, which shall be verified at each stage, and if the scanned signature does not match with the signature of the Candidate, at the time of successive verificationsduring the Recruitment Process, his/her Candidature is likely tobe rejected forthwith.

• Now, if necessary, by using the said Application Number & Date of Birth, a candidate can edit his/her ‘On-line Application’ through 'Edit Application Button' until he/she confirms the ‘On-line Application’, by clicking at the ‘Confirm Application’ icon. Please note that, after such ‘Confirmation’, further editing of one’s ‘On-line Application’, will not be permissible.

• Please note that only after ‘Confirmation’, the ‘System’ will register your ‘On-line’ Application.

• Thereafter, Candidate will get an SMS communication conveying his/her Confirmation Number, on the 'registered' Mobile
  Number, which should be preserved by the Candidate till the end of the recruitment process.

• At the end of the process, the Candidate shall take ‘print outs’\ of his/her Confirmed Application by clicking “Print Application” Tab of the Main Menu.

4. The Candidates shall fill up the required data in the 'On line' Application in accordance with the 'Instructions'. Applications
which are not in accordance with the 'Instructions', shall be summarily rejected.

5. Take a note that the above is the general procedure for applying 'On line'. No other mode of Application or incomplete application will be accepted and in such cases, the Application will be rejected.

Important Dates :

• Starting date for submission of On-line Application : 08/07/2013 (12:00 Noon)

• Closing Date for submission of On-line Application : 31/07/2013 (12:00 Midnight)

Courtesy : High Court of Gujarat