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KARNATAKA STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY,

BENGALURU

NOTIFICATION

NO: KSLSA/O3/ADM/SO/2026 DATED 16.04.2026

DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF THE CANDIDATES

TO THE POSTS OF SECTION OFFICER

UNDER RESIDUAL PARENT CADRE

LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION

THROUGH ONLINE: 15.05.2026

It is hereby notified that the online application is invited from the

candidate, who fulfills the essential qualifications and other eligibility

conditions prescribed below, for recruitment of 17 posts of Section Officer,

by way of Direct Recruitment under Residual Parent Cadre in the Karnataka

State Legal Services Authority, Bengaluru.

This Notification/Recruitment is subject to the final outcome of

Writ Petition No.200448/2025 c/w 17968/2025 and 3145/2023

pending before the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka.

PART - A

1. Classification of vacancies :

17 POSTS UNDER RESIDUAL PARENT CADRE

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Part – V

, 16

, 2026

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BENGALURU, THURSDAY, 16, APRIL, 2026 (CHAITHRA, 26, SHAKAVARSHA, 1948)

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No. 286

Category

Un-reserved

Women

Candidate

Rural Candidate

Kannada

Medium

Candidate

Persons with

Benchmark

Disability

Ex-servicemen

Transgender

TOTAL

General Merit

01*

Scheduled

Castes

Scheduled

Tribes

Category-I

Category-II(A)

Category-II(B)

Category-III(A)

Category-III(B)

TOTAL

01*

Note :

1. The classification is made on the basis of Government Order No.

DPAR 01 SeHiMa 2026 dated 27.02.2026.

2. (*) Indicates the classification of vacancies for Persons with

Benchmark Disability made as per Government Order No.DPAR

149 SRR 2020 dated 25.09.2020, the details are as under:

Category

Horizontal

Reservation

Nature of Disability

General Merit

Point No. 4

Blindness and low vision

2. Scale of Pay :

69250-1650-74200-1900-85600-2300-99400-2700-115600-3100-134200

3. Method of Recruitment :

Selection of candidates will be made in accordance with;

a) The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

b) The Karnataka State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996, as amended

from time to time.

c) The Karnataka State Legal Services Authority Regulations, 1997.

d) The Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977,

e) The Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other

Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointment, etc.) Act, 1990,

f) The Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other

Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointment, etc,) Rules, 1992.

g) The Government Circulars/Notifications are as under :

Sl.

No.

Government Circulars

/ Notifications

Date

Subject

DPAR 262 SRR 2025

29.01.2026

Providing

Age

Relaxation of 5 years

(as

one

time

measure)

DPAR 08 SRR 2001

13.02.2001

Regarding candidate

claiming

Rural

Reservation

DPAR 19 SRR 2020

12.10.2020

Regarding

Objection Certificate

(NOC) in respect of

In-service candidate.

4. (a) Qualification :

Must have passed LL.B from recognized University.

(b) Age Limit :

A candidate applying to the said post shall not be less than 18 years of

age and must not have completed the maximum age limit fixed in the

second column in the table below, as on 16.04.2026.

Candidates belonging to

Maximum

Age Limit

General Merit

40 years

Category - II(A)/ II(B)/ III(A)/ III(B) of Other

Backward Classes

43 years

Scheduled

Caste/

Scheduled

Tribe/

Category–I of Other Backward Classes

45 years

Additional age relaxation will be provided to other

categories as per the Karnataka Civil Services (General

Recruitment) Rules, 1977.

5. Application fee:

The candidate shall pay the application fee through UPI/Net

Banking/Debit Card payment gateway as mentioned in the online

application. The fee prescribed for the candidates are as under :

Candidates belonging to

Application

Fee

General Merit/ Category - II(A)/ II(B)/ III(A)/

III(B) of Other Backward Classes

Rs.1,000/-

Scheduled

Caste/

Scheduled

Tribe/

Category–I of Other Backward Classes/

Persons with Benchmark Disability.

Rs.500/-

Note:

1. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances even

in case, fee has been paid for more than one application.

2. To avoid last minute rush, the candidate is advised to submit the

application through online well in advance.

3. The candidate can submit application and make payment of

application fee, round the clock, till 11:59 p.m., on 15.05.2026.

4. The application which does not fulfill the prescribed requirement

shall be rejected.

5. The candidate called for Interview will be informed only through

e-mail/SMS/WhatsApp as registered in the application.

6. Probation :

A candidate selected and appointed would be on probation for a period of

two years, or for such extended period.

7. Mode of Selection :

Through Competitive Examination and Interview. The details of

which are hereunder:

(i)

Competitive Examination Procedure :

1) The examination will be conducted through offline by way of objective

type (OMR type) for Paper-I and Paper-II.

2) The examination will be conducted only at Bengaluru Centre.

3) The candidate shall download the admission card for the examination

from

the

Karnataka

Examinations

Authority

Website

i.e.,

https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/indexnew

The

candidate

shall possess the downloaded admission card and the original Identity

Proof (Driving License/Aadhaar Card/Pan Card/Passport/Voter ID)

while appearing for the examination. Without admission card and

identity proof referred to above, the candidate will not be permitted to

appear for the examination.

4) The selected candidate who has not passed Kannada as the First or

Second Language in the SSLC Examination conducted by the

Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board or any other

examination declared equivalent to it by the State Government or in

examinations higher than SSLC or has passed Kannada Language

Examination (Compulsory Kannada Examination) conducted by the

Commission or any other selection Authority, such candidate shall

pass Kannada Language Departmental Examination conducted by

Karnataka Public Service Commission and submit the passing

certificate to the office of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority,

Bengaluru, before completing the period of probation.

(ii)

Question Papers and Syllabus :

Paper

Subject

Total

Questions

Duration

(Hours)

Maximum

Marks

Minimum

Marks

Paper-I

General knowledge:

 Current Affairs

 General Science

 History and Geography of

Karnataka

 Social Science

 General Intellectual Ability

 Public

Administration

and

Rural Development

 Environmental Science and

Logical Thinking

100

2 Hours

300

105

Paper-II

 The Legal Services Authorities

Act, 1987

 The Karnataka State Legal

Services

Authority

Rules,

1996

 The Karnataka State Legal

Services

Authority

Regulations, 1997

 The Karnataka Civil Services

Rules

 The

Karnataka

Financial

Code, 1958

 Constitution of India

 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

 Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha

Sanhita, 2023

100

2 Hours

300

105

 Bharatiya

Nyaya

Sanhita,

2023

 Bharatiya

Sakshya

Adhiniyam, 2023

 General

Knowledge

Kannada Language

(iii) Negative Valuation :

a. In Question Paper–I & Question Paper–II of the Competitive

Examination, each question has four alternative answers, and

the candidate has to select only one answer. 1/4^th (0.75) marks

will be deducted for each wrong answer.

b. In the OMR Sheet, there will be a fifth option/circle for each

question. For the unanswered questions, the candidate can

shade the fifth option/circle. If any of the option/circle is not

shaded, then 1/4^th (0.75) marks for such question will be

deducted.

c. An additional 05 minutes will be given after the last bell to shade

fifth option, to avoid negative valuation.

(iv)

Interview :

The successful candidate in the Competitive Examination will be

called for Interview in the ratio of 1:5 in each of the reserved category.

The marks for the interview is as under :

Particulars

Maximum

Marks

Minimum

marks

Interview (Viva-Voce)

PART-B

I. General Instructions :

The candidate shall read all the instructions before submitting the

online application.

While submitting application through online, the candidate shall

ensure that he / she fulfills the eligibility criteria and other norms and that

all the particulars furnished by the candidate are correct in all aspects and

shall possess all the relevant marks cards and documents relating to

Educational qualification / reservations.

II. Eligibility Criteria :

The candidate must be an Indian citizen.

ii.

A male candidate having more than one living wife and a female

candidate already married to a person who has another wife shall not

be eligible for appointment without obtaining the prior approval from

the Government.

iii.

The candidate, who is not claiming any relaxation under benchmark

disability, should be mentally and physically fit and free from any

physical defect likely to interfere with efficient performance of the

duties. If the Medical Board is of the opinion that the candidate is not

physically and mentally fit, the Karnataka State Legal Services

Authority shall have the power to cancel the appointment of such

candidate.

iv.

A person who has been permanently debarred from examination or

recruitment conducted by the Central or the State of Karnataka or

other State Public Service Commission or Karnataka Examinations

Authority or any University, will not be eligible for appointment.

A person who has been convicted for an offence involving moral

turpitude or who has been temporarily debarred or disqualified from

examinations or requirements conducted by the Central or Karnataka

State or any other State Public Service Commission or Karnataka

Examinations Authority or any University shall not be eligible for

appointment until the Government/ Competent Authority holds him/

her eligible for appointment.

vi.

There shall be no pending criminal case against the candidate.

III. Telephone Number for any clarification :

Karnataka Examinations Authority Helpline No.080-23460460

(09.00 AM to 07.00 PM - on working days).

IV. Procedure for submitting application through online :

a. The candidate shall submit the online application through

https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/indexnew (Applications

sent by any mode other than online, will be rejected).

b. The candidate shall fill all the particulars sought in the application

and payment of fee shall be made in accordance with the instructions.

Application once submitted cannot be modified.

c. The candidate shall provide the Postal Address, Mobile number and

valid e-mail ID mandatorily at relevant columns for the purpose of

communication, while submitting online application. The Karnataka

Examinations Authority is not responsible for non-receipt of SMS/e-

mail/WhatsApp due to furnishing incorrect information i.e., invalid

Mobile Number and e-mail.

d. The candidate shall scan the latest passport size photograph with

white background (having 5 cm length X 3.5 cm breadth with

maximum size 50kb to 200kb) and signature on white paper in black

ball point pen (having 2.5 cm length X 7.5 cm breadth with maximum

size 25kb to 50kb) in jpg format and upload the same, while

submitting the online application. The jpg format must be clear and

visible, else the application will be rejected.

e. The candidate shall compulsorily provide the following details in the

online application ;

i) Aadhaar Card Number

ii) SSLC/10^th Standard Registration Number

iii) LL.B Marks Card

iv) Caste Certificate and Income details, if applicable.

v) Other Reservations i.e., Rural from 1 to 10^th standard and

Persons with Benchmark Disability.

f. Before final submission of the online application, the candidate will

be able to preview the duly filled application. Candidate is advised

to take printout of the filled application for his / her record.

g. The candidate should retain the application number for generation

of admission card and intimation letter from the link provided on

the Website of Karnataka Examinations Authority and for any other

information regarding his / her eligibility for Interview.

h. (i)

Candidate is advised to visit website of Karnataka

Examinations

Authority

for

updates

regarding

the

recruitment to the post of Section Officer at regular

intervals.

(ii)

The list of eligible candidates for Interview will be published

on the following websites of Karnataka Examinations

Authority and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority

i.e.,

https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/indexnew

and

https://karnataka.nalsa.gov.in

(iii)

Intimation for interview will be sent to the eligible

candidates through SMS/e-mail/WhatsApp furnished by

the candidate at the time of submission of online

application.

i. In case, the candidate submits more than one online application,

the last of the application submitted will be entertained. All previous

application/s stand/s rejected and no correspondence will be

entertained.

j. The candidates appearing for the Competitive Examination and

Interview shall bear their own cost.

V. Candidates claiming reservations shall possess:

Caste

Reservation

(1)

The certificate in prescribed format as on

the date of submission of application.

(2)

Prescribed format of Caste Certificate:

Scheduled Caste /

Scheduled Tribe

Form –D

Category – I

Form – E

Category-II (A) / II (B) /

III (A)/ III (B)

Form – F

VI. Candidates claiming other reservations shall possess:

Rural

Reservation

(1)

Candidate should have studied from class

1 to 10 standard in rural area.

(2)

Candidate belonging to General Merit and

claiming the Rural Reservation shall submit

a certificate in Form 2 duly countersigned

by the Block Education Officer (BEO) and a

certificate in Form No.1 stating that the

candidate does not belong to Creamy Layer,

issued by the concerned Tahsildar.

(3)

Candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste /

Scheduled Tribe/Category-I, Category-II(A),

II (B), III (A), III (B) claiming under the Rural

Reservation should mandatorily submit a

certificate in Form-2 duly countersigned by

Block Education Officer (BEO). If any

candidate fails to submit the same, such

candidate will be ineligible to claim Rural

Reservation.

Reservation under

Ex-Servicemen

Candidate shall possess the certificate of

the Release or Discharge from Armed

Forces.

Reservation under

Persons

with

Benchmark

Disability

Candidate shall possess the certificate

issued by the concerned Authority, as

prescribed in the Official Memorandum

No.

DPAR

115

SRR

2005

dated

19.11.2005.

Reservation under

Transgender

Candidate shall possess certificate issued

by the Competent Authority as per

Section 6 of the Transgender Persons

(Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.

In-service

candidate

Candidate

required

submit

No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the office

Karnataka

State

Legal

Services

Authority immediately after the issuance

of selection list but the same should be

submitted before the issuance of an

appointment order.

The caste and other reservation certificates which are

obtained after the last date of online application will not be

considered.

(i)

The

original

documents

respect

educational

qualification, caste and other reservations as claimed by the

candidate

shall

produced

the

time

Interview/Verification. If any candidate, fails to produce the

same at the time of Interview/Verification, it will result in

cancellation of reservation of such candidate and his/her

application will be considered only under General Merit

category, if he/she otherwise eligible.

(ii)

Reservation Certificates submitted in formats other than

prescribed will not be considered.

VII. Candidate called for Interview shall produce a copy of Intimation Letter

along with original Proof of Identity i.e., Voter ID/Aadhaar Card/PAN

Card/ Ration Card/Passport/Driving Licence and the documents

supporting claim for reservation as mentioned at Part-B - IV(e).

VIII. Character Certificates :

a) One certificate issued from the Head of the Institution in

which the candidate has completed LL.B with study details,

and

b) Two certificates from respectable persons in the society and

not being relative but who is well acquainted with the

candidate.

IX. If any discrepancies are found in the online application and original

documents submitted during verification, the candidature will be

rejected.

X. Merely attending the Competitive Examination / Interview shall not

confer any right of appointment and no candidate shall be appointed

to the post unless the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority is

satisfied, after such enquiries as may be considered necessary that the

candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the post.

XI.

The candidate appointed to the post of Section Officer will be posted in

the office of the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority or any of the

District Legal Services Authorities in the State.

XII. If any candidate attempts to influence the selection process, will not be

eligible for selection.

XIII. In the event of any inconsistency between Kannada and English version

of this notification, the English version shall prevail.

XIV. On verification, at any stage of recruitment or after appointment, if it

is found that the information furnished by the candidate in the

application is false or the candidate does not fulfill any of the eligibility

criteria and / or that he / she has suppressed / twisted / truncated

any material facts, candidature/selection/ appointment stands

cancelled.

XV. The candidate furnishing false or incorrect information would not only

incur disqualification but also liable for criminal prosecution.

BY ORDER OF HON’BLE EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON,

KARNATAKA STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY

Sd/-

(H. SHASHIDHARA SHETTY)

MEMBER SECRETARY,

KARNATAKA STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY,

BENGALURU

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