6. Notification G. O. (P) No. 256/2010/Home dated 15th November 2010 (S. R. O. No. 1175/2010)

Kerala Gazette No. 50 dated 21st December 2010.

PART I Section iv

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Home (L) Department

NOTIFICATION

G. O. (P) No. 256/2010/Home. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 15th November 2010.

S. R. O. No. 1175/2010.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (l) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968) , the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules to amend the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Services Rules, 1994 issued under G.O. (P) No. 11/2006/Home dated the 21st January, 2006 and published as S.R.O. No.165/2006 in the Kerala Gazette No. 8, Part I Section iv, dated the 21st February, 2006, namely:—

RULES

(1) Short title and commencement.—(1) These Rules may be called the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Service (Amendment) Rules, 2010.

(2) The Rules relating to categories 3 and 5 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 16th day of September, 1985, the rules relating to category I shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of July, 1988 and remaining shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st February, 2006.

(2) Amendment of the Rules.—In the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Service Rules, 1994,—

(i) in sub-rule (1), of rule 1, for the Short title "the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Service Rules, 1994" the Short title "the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Service Rules, 2006" shall be substituted;

(ii) for the words "Head Clerks of District Courts", wherever they occur the words "Senior Superintendents of District Courts, Additional District Courts and Special Courts" shall be substituted;

(3) In rule 4,—

(i) in the opening sentence, the brackets and the letter "(a)" appearing before the words "Appointment to the various categories" shall be omitted ;

(ii) in the Table,—

(a) against Category 1 in column (1), in items (i), (ii) and (iii) in column (2), in each item, after the existing entries the words "on the basis of the combined seniority of these categories/posts" shall be added;

(b) against Category 2 in column (1), in column (2),—

(i) in item (i), after the words "Junior

Superintendents, Civil Wing" the words "including

Head Clerks of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals"

shall be inserted;

(ii) in items (i), (ii) and (iii), in each item, after the

existing entries the words "on the basis of the

combined seniority of these categories/posts" shall

be added;

(iii) in items (iii), after the words "Deputy Nazirs" the

words "in the Civil Wing" shall be inserted;

(4) In the Note under clause (b) of rule 5, for the figures and symbols "1-1-1957" the words, figures and symbol "1st November 1957" shall be substituted;

(5) for the Table under rule 8 the following Table shall be substituted, namely:—

Method of

Qualifications

Appointment

(1)

(2)

(3)

Sheristadars of Promotion or (i) Minimum general educational District Courts, Transfer qualification of the SSLC Additional District Standard. Courts, Special Courts, Motor (ii) Sheristadar's Test or Head Accidents Claims Clerks Test or Judicial Test Tribunals and State or Civil Judicial Test and Transport Appelate Criminal Judicial Test (Except Tribunal Medical jurisprudence)

A Degree in Law of a recognised University.

(iii) Account Test (L) or Account Test for Subordinate Officers Part I (Madras).

Direct Recruitment A Degree in Law of a recognized

University.

Standard.

(ii) Sheristadar's Test or Head Sheristadars of Promotion or (i) Minimum general educational Sub Courts and Transfer qualification of the SSLC Senior Superintendents of District Courts, Additional District Clerk's Test or Judicial Test Courts and Special or Civil Judicial Test and Courts.

Criminal Judicial Test (Except Medical jurisprudence)

A Degree in Law of a recognised University.

(iii) Account Test (L) or Account

Test for Subordinate Officers

Part I (Madras)

Direct Recruitment A Degree in Law of a recognized

University.

(1) (2)

(3)

Selection Grade Promotion K.G.T.E. (Lower) in Typewriting Confidential (English) and K.G.T.E. (Lower) in Assistant (Civil Shorthand (English) or equivalent Wing)

qualification.

Standard.

Sheristadars of Promotion or (i) Minimum general educational Cheif Judicial Transfer qualification of the SSLC Magistrate's Courts

(ii) Sheristadar's Test of Judicial Test or Head Clerk's Test of Criminal Judicial Test (Except Medical jurisprudence part of the test)

A Degree in Law of a recognised University

(iii) Account Test (Lower) or

Account Test for Subordinate Officers Part I (Madras) Direct Recruitment A Degree in Law of a recognized

University.

Selection Grade Promotion K.G.T.E. (Lower) in Typewriting (English) and K.G.T.E. (Lower) in Confidential Assistant Shorthand (English) or equivalent (Criminal Wing) qualification.

(6) in rule 12, in Explanation (1), for the words "date of first appointment" the words "date of his first appointment" shall be substituted.

By order of the Governor,

K. JAYAKUMAR,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

Explanatory Note

(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)

As per G. O. (P) No. 11/2006/Home dated 21st January, 2006 published as S. R. O. No. 165/2006. In the Kerala Gazette No.8, Part 1, Section iv, dated the 21st February, 2006 the Kerala Judicial Ministerial Service Rules, 1994 have been notified. But some errors and omissions have crept into the rules. Government have, therefore, decided to rectify the errors and supplement the omission by way of an amendment to the said Rules.

This notification is intended to achieve the above object.