Telangana Judiciary Eligibility Criteria 2020-21

Telangana High Court released the official notification of the Telangana Judicial services to fill in 87 vacancies of the Civil Judge cadre out of which 70 are to be filled through direct recruitment and 17 by transfer. Candidates applying for the exam must go through the detailed Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility Criteria 2020. In this post, candidates will get complete details about the required educational qualification, age limit, nationality, and more about the upcoming Telangana Judiciary exam.

Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility Criteria 2020

Before filling the online form, it is very important for candidates to check whether they meet the Telangana Judicial Services Eligibility or not. Candidates who do not meet the eligibility are not eligible to apply for the Telangana Judiciary Exam 2020.

• As per the notification, candidates should have attained 23 years of age and not exceed 26 years of age as on 01 July 2020 to apply for the exam.
• The candidates must be a citizen of India according to the Judiciary Exam Eligibility.
• A candidate applying for the exam under the direct recruitment must hold a Law degree from any recognized university in India and must have practiced as an advocate for a period of 3 years.
• Aspirants applying under the recruitment by transfer must hold a law degree from a recognized university and should not exceed 48 years of age.
• In this post, we have provided complete details regarding Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility Criteria for both direct recruitment and recruitment by transfer.

Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility: Age Limit & Age Relaxation

According to the Telangana Judiciary Age Limit, candidates whose age is between 23-26 years as of 01 July 2020 are eligible to apply under Telangana Judiciary direct recruitment whereas candidates age should not exceed 48 years as on 01 July 2020 applying under recruitment by transfer.

• For physically handicapped students whose upper age limit is 35 years is relaxable by 10 years as per the Telangana State Judicial (Service & Cadre) Rules, 2017.
• In the Telangana Judiciary Direct Recruitment, candiadtes are excluded from determining the age in case if they are served in the defence services of the Indian union and who is otherwise qualified and suitable, the period of service rendered by them in the defence service.

Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility: Educational Qualification 

The candidates must hold a degree of Law from a recognized university in India and must have experience of 3 years as an advocate to apply for the Telangana Judiciary under Direct Recruitment.

Candidates applying through recruitment by transfer must possess a Law degree from any recognized university established by Law in India or an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission as per the Telangana Judiciary Qualification.

Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility: Nationality

According to the TS Judicial Services Eligibility, a candidate must be a citizen of India and must be read and write the Telugu language in order to apply for the posts of Civil Judge.

As per the notification, candiadtes who are not a citizen of India are not eligible to apply for the Telangana Judicial Services Exam.

Telangana Judiciary Direct Recruitment Eligibility 2020

Candiadtes applying for the post of Civil Judge through the direct recruitment can go through the complete details about TS Judiciary Eligibility Criteria here.

Age Limit

Candidates belonging to the OC category should have obtained 25 years of age and have not exceeded 35 years and candidates belonging to SC, ST, socially and educationally backward class must have not exceeded 40 years of age as on 01 July 2020.

Educational Qualification

Candiadtes must possess a degree of Law from any recognized university in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or State Act or an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission and enrolled in the Bar Council of any other state.

• The candidate must have been practicing as an advocate for more than 3 years on the date of notification.
• The candidate must be a law graduate and must have secured a minimum of 60% marks and it is 55% for reserved category candidate. They must have obtained a Degree of Law within a period of 3 years prior to the date of Notification.
• Under the category of fresh law graduates, a person who has enrolled as an advocate, but does not have 3 years of practice would be eligible to appear in the recruitment for the post of Civil Judge.
• A candidate must have a good character in order to be eligible for the Civil Judge post.

Nationality

According to the Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility, the candidate must be a citizen of India to apply for the post of Civil Judge.

• Candiadtes are not eligible if they are dismissed from service by any High Court, Government, and Statutory or Local Authority.
• Also, candiadtes having more than one living spouse, convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, directly or indirectly influence the recruitment authority by any means of his candidature, marries knowing a person having a spouse, or if they 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 candiadtes applying for the post of Civil Judge must be able to read and write the Telugu language.

Telangana Judiciary Recruitment by Transfer Eligibility 2020

Here is the detailed TS Judiciary Exam Eligibility for candiadtes applying for the post of Civil Judge through recruitment by transfer.

Age Limit

As per the Telangana Judicial Services Eligibility, a candidate should not exceed 40 years of age as on 01 July 2020 for selection to the Civil Judge post.

Educational Qualification

Candiadtes must possess a degree of Law from any recognized university in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or State Act or an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission and enrolled in the Bar Council of India.

• A person who is facing disciplinary proceedings/criminal proceedings or under suspension from service or has undergone any punishment or is undergoing punishment for any irregularity in the discharge of his/her duties shall be eligible for appointment by recruitment by transfer

A person must maintain a good character and conduct in the entire service in order to apply for the post.

Nationality

• The candidate must be a citizen of India to apply for the post of Civil Judge.
• Candiadtes are not eligible if they are dismissed from service by any High Court, Government, and Statutory or Local Authority.
• Also, candiadtes having more than one living spouse, convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, directly or indirectly influence the recruitment authority by any means of his candidature, marries knowing a person having a spouse, or if they 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 candiadtes applying for the post of Civil Judge must be able to read and write the Telugu language.

Eligible Candiadtes to Apply under Recruitment by Transfer 2020

Let us have a look at the following category of candidates who are eligible to apply for the post of Civil Judge under the recruitment by transfer.

• Section Officers, court officers, scrutiny officers, accounts officer, court masters, personal secretaries to honorable judges, personal secretaries to registrars, translators and deputy section officers, overseer, assistant section officers, computer operators, assistant librarian, U.D. stenos, assistants, readers and examiners, telex operator, telephone operator, typists and copyists of the High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad.
• Chief Administrative Officers, Senior Superintendents, Superintendents, Stenographers Grade - I, II, & III, senior assistants, junior assistants, and typists of the judicial ministerial service of the State of Telangana.
• Assistant public prosecutors, senior assistant public prosecutors, additional public prosecutors, additional public prosecutors Grade-II, of prosecution services of the State of Telangana.
• Section officers in the law department of Secretariat of the State of Telangana.
• Section officers in the legislature department of the State of Telangana.
• Managers of the offices of the advocate general, government pleaders, and public prosecutors of the State of Telangana are also eligible to apply through recruitment by transfer as per the Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility. 

Telangana Judiciary Application Form 2020

The Telangana High Court released the Telangana Judiciary Application Form on the official website. All the candiadtes are advised to fill the online form on or before the last date.

• Before proceeding with the application form, read all the instructions carefully. Fileds marked with * are mandatory to be filled by the candidates.
• Telangana PCS J 2020 Application form contains two parts: Part A and Part B. Candidates must make sure to fill both the parts to apply for the Civil Judge post.
• Candidates must note that the application form completes only after filling both Part A and part B.
• Make sure to meet the Telangana Judiciary Exam Eligibility Criteria before proceeding with the online application form.

Telangana Judiciary Vacancy 2020

This year, a total of 87 vacancies have been released to recruit eligible candiadtes for the post of Civil Judge in the Telangana High Court.

• As per the Telangana Judiciary Vacancy, there are a total of 70 vacancies under direct recruitment and 17 vacancies under recruitment by transfer.
• In direct recruitment, 26 posts are reserved for women whereas 02 under the recruitment by transfer.