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Starting date for submission of On-line application 01/03/2013 (12.00 noon)
Closing date for submission of On-line application. 15/03/2013(12.00 midnight)
Date of Preliminary Examination (Screening Test) 07 /04/2013
Date of Viva-voce Test (Oral Interview) 11/05/2013 onwards

The High Court of Gujarat invites ‘On-line Applications’, from eligible
candidates for filling up 27 posts of Court Managers (02 posts of Court Managers
for the High Court of Gujarat and 01 post of Court Manager for each District Court
in the State of Gujarat), under the initiatives for improvement in Justice Delivery
taken up under the aegis of the Department of Justice, Government of India,
purely on contractual basis with fixed salary, initially for the Plan period of the
13th Finance Commission, i.e. upto 31/03/2015. The details of the Posts, are as
under :-


1 Senior Court Manager 1 High Court 12,00,000/- 10%
incentive
2 Junior Court Manager 1 High Court 08,00,000/- 10%
incentive
3 Court Managers 25 District Courts 07,00,000/- 10%
incentive

Note : The Incentive, shall be payable from 2nd year of the contract and onwards,
subject to the assessment of the performance, by the High Court, in each
case.


1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :

(A) Educational Qualification :

A Candidate having following Qualifications, will be eligible :
Masters Degree in Business Administration/Advance Diploma in General
Management
- with minimum 55% marks (or equivalent in Cumulative Grade Point
System of marking) from any University in India or any Institution
recognized by the University Grants Commission.

(B) Acquaintance of vernacular Language :
The Court Managers’ job would entail perusing and researching various
documents/papers in the vernacular language. A Court Manager shall
therefore, have to be acquainted with the vernacular Language.

(C) Age Limit :
A candidate, for appointment to the post Court Manager, shall be of
Minimum age of 25 years as on the date of Advertisement i.e. on
25/02/2013.

2. PREFERABLE :

(a) 5 years’ Experience/Training in Systems and Process Management;
I.T. Systems Management, HR Management, Financial Systems
Management
(b) Excellent people skills;
(c) Excellent communication skills;
(d) Excellent computer application skills.

3. RESERVATION :

Reservation policy shall not apply, as the appointments are on Contractual
Basis.

4. TENURE :

(a) All appointments to the posts of Senior Court Manager, Junior Court
Manager & Court Managers, shall be purely on ‘Contract basis’,
which may be terminated any time without any prior notice.

(b) The tenure of contract may be for the Plan period of 13th Finance
Commission, i.e. 31/03/2015.
Provided that appointment of Court Managers shall be liable to be
terminated at any time by the Chief Justice without Notice or any
compensation if his / her services are found to be unsatisfactory or if he / she
violates any of the provisions/directions contained in the Draft Rules viz.
“Court Manager (Appointment & Service Conditions) Rules, 2010”.


5. CHOICE OF POSTING :

(a) The candidate shall indicate the option asto whether he/she wishes to
apply for posting in the High Court of Gujarat OR in the District Courts
OR at both levels.

(b) A Candidate opting for posting in Districts shall be liable to be posted
in any District by the High Court.

6. FEES AND MODE OF PAYMENT :

(a) The candidates shall pay an Application Fees of Rs. 1000/- Plus Bank
Charges. The candidates making payment of fees shall remit the same
in Current Bank Account No. 30725811785 with the State Bank of
India, High Court Complex Branch, Ahmedabad, held in the name of
Registrar General, High Court of Gujarat, Sola, Ahmedabad,
through any of the Core Banking Service Branches of the State Bank
of India using the Cash Voucher in the special format appended to this
Advertisement, from 01/03/2013 to 15/03/2013 during Bank working
days and hours.

(b) Fees once paid shall not be refunded in any circumstances.

7. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF COURT MANAGERS :

(a) The Court Manager shall assist the Registrar General and other
Registrars and Officers in the High Court and the District Courts in the
respective Judicial Districts, as the case may be, in administrative
functioning of the Courts to enhance the efficiency of the Court
Management.

(b) While performing such function, the Court Manager shall work under
the control of the Registrar General in case of appointment in the
Gujarat High Court or of the Principal District Judge, in case of
appointment in a District Court, as the case may be.

(c) The incumbent appointed as Court Manager shall maintain professional
secrecy and shall not divulge any information which may come to his
knowledge to anyone under any circumstances. Breach of this condition
shall make him liable to be removed, forthwith.

(d) The Court Manager, apart from any other work that may be assigned to
him/her by the Registrar General or the Principal District & Sessions
Judge concerned, may be entrusted with the following responsibilities :-

(i) He/She shall facilitate to establish the performance standards
applicable to the Court, including of Timeliness, Efficiency,
Quality of Court performances; Infrastructure; Human Resources;
Access to Justice; as well as for Systems for Court Management
and Case Management, based on applicable directives of Superior
Courts.

(ii) He/She shall carry out an evaluation of the compliance of the
Court with such standards, identify deficiencies and deviations;
identify steps required to achieve compliance; maintain such an
evaluation on a current basis through annual updates etc. as
specifically set out in the guide-lines of Department of
Expenditure, Finance Commission Division, vide No. 32(30)FCD/
2010 at Annexure – III, as well as the letter dated 27/11/2012 of
the Department of Justice, to the Registrar General of all the High
Courts.

8. OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE :

(a) Appointment as Court Manager is a full time assignment and during the
period of appointment the Court Manager shall not be entitled to take
up any employment, engagement of whatsoever nature either on fulltime
or on part-time basis.

(b) The headquarters of the Court Manager shall be the High Court or the
District Court, as the case may be, which he/she shall not leave during
working hours of the High Court/District Court, without permission of
the Competent Authority.

(c) Court Manager shall be entitled to Casual Leave and other Leaves as
admissible to Government employees during his tenure.

(d) If Court Manager is required to leave headquarters as part of duty on
official work, he may be paid daily allowance in addition to actual fare
paid for the travel as stipulated in the Government Resolution, Legal
Department No.HCT/102004/4015/D, dated 3.5.2007, as may be
amended from time to time.

(e) Court Manager shall perform his duties with due diligence and
discipline maintaining confidentiality about all matters and information
that he may come across during the discharge of his duties.

(f) The assignment as Court Manager shall not confer any right of any
employment under the High Court/the District Courts or the State
Government.

(g) Court Manager shall abide by such other Rules and Conditions of
Service as may be prescribed by the High Court.

(h) Court Manager shall, upon acceptance of his appointment as such,
undertake in writing to abide by the Rules and shall, in particular,
undertake that he shall perform his duties with due diligence and
discipline maintaining confidentiality about all the matters and
information that he may come across during the discharge of his duties.

(i) The post of Court Manager shall be transferable throughout the State of
Gujarat

(j) The Appointing Authority shall have the prerogative to transfer a Court
Manager from one place to another at any time.

(k) The holder of the post of Court Manager cannot claim lien over any of
the posts in any service including the Gujarat High / Subordinate Court
Services/State Services.

(l) Every person appointed to the post of Court Manager shall have to
undergo training as may be prescribed by the High Court of Gujarat,
from time to time.

(m) Any other Conditions of Service which is not specifically provided for
shall be within the absolute discretion of the Chief Justice or the High
Court of Gujarat, as the case may be.

For Full Notification Click Here

Go To :  High Court Website http://hc-ojas.guj.nic.in/

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