Telangana Judiciary Exam 2025 - Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Selection Process & More

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On 1 February 2023, Telangana High Court released the official notification of the Telangana Judicial services to recruit the candidates for the Civil Judge cadre.

Candidates can get the complete details about Telangana Judiciary Recruitment 2023 through this post.

Through the Telangana Judicial Services Exam 2023, 10 vacancies are released, of which 8 will be filled through direct recruitment and 02 by transfer.

Interested candidates should have attained 23 years of age and not exceed 26 years as of 01 July 2023 to apply for the Telangana Judicial Services Exam 2023.

Candidates must complete the judiciary application form of the Telangana state on or before the last date.

As per the Judiciary Exam Pattern, the final selection of the candidate is based on the marks scored in the written exam and Viva-voce.

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Telangana Judiciary Exam Highlights

Exam	Telangana Judicial Service Recruitment 2023
Conducting Body	Telangana High Court
Name of the Post	Civil Judge
Number of Vacancies	10
Notification Release Date	1 February 2023
Age Limit	23-26 years
Educational Qualification	Degree in Law
Experience	Three years as a practising advocate in any court
Job Location	Hyderabad
Salary	INR 77,840 - INR 1,36,520
Application Mode	Online
Application Fee	General - Rs. 1000
	SC/ST - Rs. 500
Selection Process	Preliminary
	Written Exam
	Viva-voce
Official Website	tshc.gov.in

Telangana Judicial Court Recruitment Notification 2025

The Telangana High court released the official notification on 1 February 2023. Before proceeding with the application form, candidates must go through the Telangana Judicial Court Recruitment 2023 Notification.

Check the notification given below and know the complete details about the recruitment:

Check Telangana Judicial Recruitment Notification

Telangana Judiciary Exam Important Dates 2025

Check the table below for all the important events related to the Judiciary Recruitment Telangana 2023:

Events	Dates
Notification Release Date	1 February 2023
Application Starts From	1 February 2023
Last Date to Fill Application Form	1 March 2023
Download of Admit Card for the Preliminary Exam	1 April 2023
Preliminary Exam Test Date	23 April 2023

Telangana Judicial Services Recruitment 2023 Vacancy List 

Let us look at the table below to know the number of Judiciary vacancy Lists released by the High Court of Telangana State.

Vacancies Under Direct Recruitment

Candidates can go through the table below to know the vacancies for CJ of Telangana High Court:

Category	Vacancies
Open Competition (Orthopedically Handicapped) (Lower Portion of Body)	01
Socially & Educationally Backward Class (Group A )	04 (1 Woman)
Socially & Educationally Backward Class (Group B)	02 (Women)
Socially & Educationally Backward Class (Group E)	01
Total	08 (03 Women)

Vacancies Under Recruitment by Transfer

Check the table below for vacancies in the High Court of CJ of Telangana state:

Category	Vacancies
Open Competition	02
Total	02

Telangana Judiciary Recruitment Reservation Policy 2023

Telangana HC CJ Recruitment shall be subject to the Rule of Reservation in favour of the candidates belonging to SC, ST, socially and educationally backward class, women and physically handicapped as per the Telangana State Rules 2017.

• The reserved category candidates will be treated as OC candidates if their caste is not recognized as a socially and educationally backward class in the State of Telangana.
• The High Court has the authority to increase or decrease the number of vacancies after the release of the notification.

TS Judiciary Salary 2023

The PCS J Salary of a High Court judge ranges between INR 77,840 - INR 1,36,520 per month.

Apart from the salary, candidates are entitled to get many other allowances mentioned below:

• Dearness allowance
• HRA
• Travel Allowances
• Rent Allowance
• Pension after Retirement

Telangana Judicial Services Eligibility Criteria 2023

Before filling out the application form, candidates must make sure that they meet the Judiciary Eligibility Criteria set by the High Court. Here, we have provided the complete details of eligibility criteria for both direct recruitment and recruitment by transfer.

Direct Recruitment Eligibility Criteria

Candidates can review the required eligibility criteria for the TS J Recruitment 2023.

Nationality

A candidate must be a citizen of India to be eligible for Telangana Judicial Court Recruitment 2023.

• Candidates are not eligible if they are dismissed from service by any High Court, Government, and Statutory or Local Authority.
• Also, candidates having more than one living spouse, convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, directly or indirectly influence the recruitment authority by any means of their candidature, marries knowing a person having a spouse, or have been permanently debarred by the High Court or Union Public Service Commission or any State Public Service Commission or any other recruiting authority are not eligible to appear for the upcoming exam.
• All the eligible candidates applying for the post of Civil Judge must be able to read and write the Telugu language.

Age Limit

• Candidates in the OC category should have obtained 25 years of age and not exceeded 35 years.
• Candidates belonging to SC, ST, socially and educationally backward classes must not have exceeded 40 years of age as of 01 July 2023.

Educational Qualification

• Must have been practicing as an Advocate or Pleader in the High Court or Courts working under the control of the High Court for a period of not less than 3 years as on the date of Notification for recruitment to the post i.e., 01.02.2023.
• Candidate shall produce certificate of practice obtained from the concerned Bar Association as proof.
• The candidate must be a law graduate and have secured a minimum of 60% marks and 55% for reserved category candidates. They must have obtained a Degree in Law within three years before the date of Notification.
• Aspirants must have obtained the age of 23 years and should not exceed 26 years. As per the notification, five years of age relaxation is provided for SC/ST/socially and educationally backward class categories.
• A person who has enrolled as an advocate but does not have three years of practice would be eligible to appear in the recruitment for the post of Civil Judge.

Eligibility Criteria for Recruitment by Transfer

Here, we have provided in-depth information about the CJ of Telangana eligibility criteria for the post of Civil Judge.

Nationality

• The candidate must be a citizen of India to apply for the post of Civil Judge.
• Candidates are not eligible if they are dismissed from service by any High Court, Government, and Statutory or Local Authority.
• Also, candidates having more than one living spouse, convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, directly or indirectly influence the recruitment authority by any means of their candidature, marries knowing a person having a spouse, or have been permanently debarred by the High Court or Union Public Service Commission or any State Public Service Commission or any other recruiting authority are not eligible to appear for the upcoming exam.
• All the eligible candidates applying for the post of Civil Judge must be able to read and write the Telugu language.

Age Limit

As per the eligibility, a candidate should not exceed 40 years of age as on 01 July 2023 to be eligible to apply for the Civil Judge post.

Educational Qualification

The candidates must hold a Law Degree from a recognized University established by the Law in India.

Telangana High Court Civil Judge Application Form 2023

Candidates must note that they can only complete the Telangana Judicial Application Form online.

Here is the detailed information to fill out the Telangana Judiciary Application Form without committing any mistakes:

• Visit the official website of Telangana High Court
• On the Home Page, look for the "Latest Updates Section."
• Click on the appropriate application link present under the updates section.
• A login window will be displayed on the screen
• Click on the "New Registration" tab
• Enter all the details and click on the "Register" button
• New User ID and password will be generated, and the same will be sent to the registered mobile number.
• Re-login to the website using the Registration ID and password
• On the Home page, click on the "All" section tab
• A drop-down list will be displayed on the screen. Candidates must click on the "Application Form" link for Civil Judge.
• Fill in all the details correctly, i.e., personal information, qualification details, preference, and other details.
• The next step is uploading the documents in the specified format.
• Then, pay the application fee as per the category.

Photo & Sign Dimensions for the Telangana Judiciary Application Form 2023

Candidates must upload the photo and signature in the application form per the instructions below:

• Upload the scanned copy of the recent passport-size photo.
• The size of the passport photograph must be less than 80 kb.
• Upload the scanned copy of the signature.
• The size of the signature should not exceed 80kb.

List of Documents Required While Filling the Telangana Judiciary Application Form 20231) Law Degree

2) S.S.C. in proof of date of birth
3) Advocate practice certificate obtained from the concerned Bar Association in respect of candidates who have enrolled as Advocate, wherever is applicable.
4) Caste Certificate in respect of reserved category candidates.
5) Medical Certificate showing the nature and percentage of disability in respect of the Physically disabled candidates.
6) Discharge Certificate in respect of Ex-Servicemen candidates.

Telangana Judiciary Application Fee

The candidates belonging to OC/ BC categories have to pay an amount of Rs. 1000, whereas the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories have to pay Rs.500 as an application fee.

• SC/ST candidates other than Telangana State have to pay Rs. 1000 as an application fee.
• Candidates can pay the fee using a debit card, credit card, net banking, or Paytm.

Category	Application Fee
OC/BC	Rs. 1000
SC/ST	Rs.500
SC/ST (other than Telangana State)	Rs. 1000

Telangana Judiciary Exam Pattern 2023

As per the notification, the TS Judiciary Exam pattern consists of three stages:

• Preliminary Exam
• Written Exam
• Viva-voce

Preliminary Exam

• To shortlist the candidates, the High Court will conduct the screening test.
• The test consists of 100 objective-type questions, and each question carries one mark.
• The total time duration of the exam is 2 hours. 
• The candidates scoring above 40% of marks in the screening test will get shortlisted for the written examination.

Written Exam

• The written exam consists of three papers: Civil Law, Criminal Law, and English.
• The written exam tests the candidates' proficiency and knowledge in all three subjects.
• Each paper consists of 100 multiple-choice questions for 100 marks.
• The duration of each paper is 3 hours.

Vice-voce

• Candidates who have secured more than 60% of marks in the written exam are eligible to appear for the Vice-voce.
• The reserved category candidates must have scored more than 50% of marks to appear for the Vice-voce.
• Viva-Voce, which is qualifying in nature, is conducted for 50 marks.

Telangana Judiciary Recruitment Syllabus 2023

The detailed syllabus of the Judiciary Recruitment of Telangana 2023 is given below. Study all the topics to get selected for the next exam stage.

Civil Laws Syllabus

Here is the detailed Telangana Judiciary Syllabus of Civil Law. Go through all the essential topics and plan your preparation accordingly:

• Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
• Indian Contract Act, 1872
• Hindu Marriage Act,1955
• Hindu Succession Act, 1956
• Indian Easements Act, 1882
• Specific Relief Act, 1963
• Limitation Act 1963
• Transfer of Property Act 1882
• Civil Rules of Practice
• Registration Act 1908 and the Indian Stamp Act 1899
• AP Land Encroachment Act, 1905
• Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent, Eviction) Control Act 1960
• Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Criminal Laws Syllabus

Go through all the essential topics and plan your preparation accordingly:

• Code of criminal procedure, 1973
• Indian Penal Code, 186
• Indian Evidence Act, 1872,
• Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
• Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
• Criminal Rules of Practice
• AP Excise Act, 1968
• AP Gaming Act, 1974
• Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act

English

Go through all the essential topics and plan your preparation accordingly:

• Translation
• Essay Writing
• Grammar Vocabulary

Telangana Judiciary Admit Card 2023

Admit card is an important document to be carried to the exam hall without fail.

The exam conducting authority will release the Telangana Judiciary Admit Card 2023 10-15 days before the exam.

• Candidates can download the admit card only from the official website.
• Aspirants must enter their registration number and password to download the admit card.
• This hall ticket must be preserved safely until the last stage of the selection process. 
• It is advised to take a 3-4 coloured printout of the admit card for better clarity and visibility of the candidate's image.

Telangana Judiciary Previous Year Question Papers

As per the experts, they are solving the previous year's question papers will help candidates know the paper's difficulty level and the type of questions asked in the exam.

• Solving Judiciary Exam Question Papers will help in knowing the exam pattern thoroughly and the weightage of each subject in the examination.
• Students can improve their speed and performance by regularly solving previous year's papers.
• With the help of Judiciary Question papers, candidates can learn the most challenging and minor time-consuming topics so that their approach will conveniently cover all the questions.
• It will also help candidates know where they go wrong and how to improve in those areas.

Telangana Judicial Services Exam Centers 2023

The computer-based test will be held in the following centres, and the candidates have to opt for any three centres in the order of preference of their allotment. However, the high court reserves the right to allot the centre other than the centre chosen by the applicant.

Candidates must note that the high court will not entertain the request for the exam centre.

• Hyderabad
• Warangal
• Karimnagar
• Khammam

Telangana Judiciary Exam Preparation Tips 2023

The preparation tips provided by experts will help candidates know How to prepare for the Telangana Judiciary Exam:

• First, understand the complete syllabus and exam pattern of the Judiciary exam of Telangana in and out.
• After knowing the syllabus, collect the required study materials from a sound source, including books online.
• A timetable should be laid down, and every subject should be covered daily.
• Then start your preparation with easy topics and then proceed to complex topics.
• Take mock tests regularly, which will help candidates improve their speed and manage time in the exam.
• Solving previous years' papers and sample papers will help aspirants do well in the exams and work on their weaker subjects.
• Make sure to finish the sample papers on time, and after completion of solving, check all your answers, and allot marks yourself for each question.
• Note down where you go wrong and know how to correct the mistakes.

TS Judiciary Exam Result 2023

The exam result will be declared after a month after the examination. Candidates can check the Telangana Judicial Services Exam Result from the official website. The Judiciary Results of Telangana state will be released as a PDF.

• The result PDF includes the candidate's name, register number, and category.
• Candidates need to enter the registration number and password to check the result.