High Court of Kerala
Munsiff-Magistrate: 60 Posts
Methods of recruitment: (i) Direct Recruitment; and (ii) Recruitment by Transfer
A candidate for appointment as Munsiff-Magistrate by direct recruitment shall satisfy the following general conditions, namely;
a) He/She shall be a citizen of India.
b) He/She shall be holder of a degree in Law recognised by the Bar Council of India for the purpose of enrolment as an Advocate.
c) He/She shall not have completed 35 years of age on the first day of January, 2012. The upper age limit shall be raised by five years in the case of candidates belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or adult members of such castes and their children when such adult members are converted to other religions, or Scheduled Tribes, and by three years in the case of candidates belonging to any of the Other Backward Classes, as provided in Rule 10(c) of Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958.
d) He/She shall be of good character.
e) He/She shall be of sound health having no bodily infirmities, which renders him/her unfit for appointment.
While applying for the post, the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfils the eligibility and other norms mentioned in the notification. The qualification prescribed for the post shall be the one acquired by the candidate on or before the last date fixed for receipt of the applications.
II. Recruitment by Transfer:
No officer in service shall be eligible for appointment as Munsiff-Magistrate by transfer, unless he is a holder of a degree in law recognised by the Bar Council of India for the purpose of enrolment as an advocate and is an approved probationer in any one or more of the feeder categories enumerated as Sl.Nos. (i) to (viii) below.
A person who is otherwise qualified for appointment by transfer but is not holding any of the posts enumerated below at the time of his application for appointment by transfer, shall be eligible for appointment if he has held any one or more of such posts and is holding a post in a higher scale of pay in any of the offices from which appointment is to be made. There is no age limit for the
candidates who opt recruitment by transfer.
Note:- Save as otherwise provided, eligibility to apply shall be determined with reference to the last date fixed for the receipt of applications.
Feeder categories of officers for Recruitment by Transfer:
i. Assistant Public Prosecutor Grade I & II
ii. Assistant Registrars and other officers of the High Court in the same scale of pay of Assistant Registrars, Personal Assistant to the Chief Justice, Additional Personal Assistant to the Chief
Justice, Section Officers, Librarian, Reference Librarian, Court Officers, Court Fee Examiners, Accountant, Head Translator, Private Secretary to Judges including Higher Grade, and Selection Grade Shorthand Writers in the High Court of Kerala.
iii. Under Secretaries, Section Officers and Librarian in the Advocate General’s Office.
iv. Section Officers and Librarian in the Law Department, Government Secretariat.
v. Sheristadars of District Courts, Additional District Courts, Special Courts, the Office of the
Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals, the Office of the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Family Court and Wakf Tribunals and Sub Courts, Senior Superintendents of the District Courts and Additional District Courts and Selection Grade Confidential Assistants in the
Subordinate Civil Courts.
vi. Sheristadars of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Courts and Selection Grade Confidential Assistants in the Subordinate Criminal Courts.
vii. Full time Lecturers of Government Law Colleges.
viii.Officers working in the High Court, Subordinate Courts, Advocate General’s Office and Law Department in the Government Secretariat not covered by categories (i) to (vii) and having not
less than ten years of total service in any one of the four offices or in the four offices taken together.
Last date: 3rd March 2012
