Secretary Department, Assam Recruitment 2017- Law Assistant post

Recruitment Title: Secretary Department, Assam Recruitment 2017- Law Assistant post

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Assam Public Service Commission invites application from Indian Citizens as defined in Articles 5 to 8 of the Constitution of India for the under-mentioned posts under Assam Government in the scale of pay as indicated below and carrying usual allowances as admissible under Rules of the Govt. of Assam.

Name of the post: Law Assistant 

Department: Secretary to the Govt. of Assam Judicial Deptt. (Grade-IV of the Assam Legal Service)

Number of post: 01 posts

Scale of Pay: Rs. 12,000/- to Rs. 40,000/- p.m plus a grade pay of Rs 5400/-p.m and other allowances as per Rules of the Govt.

Age: A candidate should not be less than 21 years and more than 43 years of age as on 01/01/2017 as per Govt. OM No.ABP.06/2016/04, dtd 03-03-2016. The upper age limit is relaxable for the candidates of reserved category as per existing provision.

(i) A candidate must be an Advocate enrolled under the Advocates Act of 1961 who has been practicing as such for at least 3 (Three) years, or

(ii) A Judicial Officer of at least 3 (Three) years standing, or

(iii) A Chief Language Officer of the Legislative Deptt., holding a degree in Law and having 3(Three) years experience as such officer or with 2 (Two) years experience as such Officer, if he has previous experience as an Advocate for at least 3(Three) years or

(iv) A Language Officer of the Legislative Deptt. holding a degree in Law and having 5(Five) years experience as such Officer or 2(Two) years experience as Language Officer if he has previous experience as an Advocate for at least 4(Four) years.

Other Qualification: A candidate must be in good moral and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his duties and to this effect he must produce a certificate from the registered medical practitioner not below the rank of Chief Medical Officer or a Medical Officer of equivalent Status.

a. The name of the post applied for should be clearly written in “bold letters” in the Envelope containing the application form.

b. Application form may be obtained by downloading the same from the APSC’s website www.apsc.nic.in.

c. The last date of receiving duly filled up application form in the Commission’s office is fixed on 18/04/2017 during office hours.

b. Since the practice of furnishing attested copies of certificates/mark sheets etc. by competent authority has been discontinued by the Govt., the applicant shall furnish copies of certificate/mark sheet etc. declared by himself/herself as certified to be true copy of the original along with the application.

c. In case of detection of any false declaration / statement made by any applicant, his/her application will be rejected and will also be penalized as per Rules/Law. Self attested photocopies of Certificate / Mark Sheet from HSLC onwards and also Caste Certificate / Registration Certificate / Experience Certificate (where necessary) should be furnished invariably and should be tagged properly without any chance of getting lost during transit. The Commission will not be responsible for any such loss due to improper tagging.

d. Applications (including applications received through post) received after the last date fixed for receipt shall not be entertained.

e. Only applications which are signed by the candidates and accompanied by all particulars as called for in the application form prescribed by the Commission only shall be considered and candidates fulfilling all the terms of the advertisement of the respective posts shall be called for a Screening test / Viva-voce interview where necessary as decided by the Commission.

f. (i) All candidates, whether in Government Service or in Government owned undertaking or other similar organizations/Corporations/boards/ or in private employment may intimate their controlling authority instead of routing it through the same. However, the fact of the intimation may be apprised to the Commission by the candidate.

(ii) The Commission shall in no way be responsible in the event of any candidate after appointment is not released by the concerned authority to enable him/her to join the new post.

a. Applicants must affix 1 (One) copy of recent photograph on the space provided in the application form firmly with good quality glue/adhesive and also should enclose another copy along with the application. The photograph must be signed prominently. The Commission shall not be responsible for detachment/ loss of the photograph.

b. Since the practice of furnishing attested copies of certificates/mark sheets etc. by competent authority has been discontinued by the Govt., the applicant shall furnish copies of certificate/mark sheet etc. declared by himself/herself as certified to be true copy of the original along with the application.

c. In case of detection of any false declaration / statement made by any applicant, his/her application will be rejected and will also be penalized as per Rules/Law. Self attested photocopies of Certificate / Mark Sheet from HSLC onwards and also Caste Certificate / Registration Certificate / Experience Certificate (where necessary) should be furnished invariably and should be tagged properly without any chance of getting lost during transit. The Commission will not be responsible for any such loss due to improper tagging.

d. Further, it has been decided that in certain cases candidates whose applications are found to be short of caste/age/pass certificates etc will be given 10(ten) days time to submit the aforesaid documents to the commission from the date of publication of the notification (Select/Reject List) in this regard. If any candidate fails to furnish the same within the stipulated period of time, his/her candidature will be rejected summarily and no further request will be entertained.

If the number of applications received is large, the

i. Commission may short-list the number of candidates either on the basis of their marks obtained in the qualifying academic examination required for the post in terms of advertisement.

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ii. By holding Screening test (Multiple choice objective type written examination) which will be notified in due course.