No: 7/1852 Dated: Feb, 16 2017
1. Short title, extent and commencement :(i)These rules shall be called the "Bihar Superior Judicial Service (Amendment) Rules, 2017".
(ii) It shall be extended to the whole of the State of Bihar;
(iii) It shall come in to force with immediate effect.
2. The opening line of sub clause (c) of Rule 5 of the said Rules "The recruitment shall be made in the following manner" will be replaced by the following:
"The recruitment shall be made, as far as possible, on yearly basis, in the following manner."
3. In the sub clause (c) of Rule 5, (iv) will be added as following:
"If for any reason, the posts meant for direct recruitment falling in clause 5 (c) (iii) are not filled in any year of recruitment, then the High Court may fill such vacancies from amongst the Civil Judge (Senior Division), on the principle of meritcum-seniority from amongst eligible Officers of Civil Judge (Senior Division), but such promotion shall be ad hoc till such time their term matures for regular promotion, when they will be considered for promotion in terms of Rule 5 (b).
Provided that in the next recruitment year, the vacancy, so filled, will be added back to the quota of direct recruits."
4. In Rule 16 (e), Explanation (2) will be added by the following: -
"The roster for the cadre will operate on yearly basis as per the British calendar year from the date of selection/ appointment process is set in motion by the High Court in respect of three different sources of promotion/appointment."
5.Clause 1 of Appendix C of the said Rule will be substituted by the following:
"He must be of the age of 35 years and below the age of 50 years as on 15' January of the year in which advertisement is issued."
6.Clause 3 of Appendix C of the said Rule will be substituted by the following:
"Any applicant who has not completed 7 years of practice on the last date of receipt of application as specified in the advertisement and who do not give declaration of appearance in at least 24 cases per year in the last three years, shall not be eligible for consideration for such appointment."
7. Clause 6 Appendix C of the said Rule will be substituted by the following:
"The screening test will be of 300 marks. Candidates, ten times the number of vacancies advertised will be called for the written test."
