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No. 4209 വാലം 12 Vol. XII
1199 ധനു 12 12th Dhanu 1199 Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday
1945 ചപൗഷം 7 7th Pousha 1945
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Vigilance (C) Department
NOTIFICATION
G.O.(P)No.16/2023/Vig
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 23rd,December, 2023
7th Dhanu,1199
S. R. O. No. 1396/2023
2nd Pousha,1945
In exercise of powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968(19 of 1968) and in supersession of the Special Rules for the Kerala State Legal Advisers(Vigilance & Anti Corruption Bureau) Service, 2002 issued under G.O.(P)No.3/2002/Vig dated 15th January, 2002 and
2published as S.R.O. No. 49/2002 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.108 dated 22nd January, 2002, the Government of Kerala hereby make the following Special Rules for the Kerala State Legal Advisers(Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau) Services, namely:
RULES 1. Short title and commencement –(1) These rules may be called the Kerala State Legal Advisers and Public Prosecutors(Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau) Service, Special Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force at once
2. Constitution –The service shall consist of the following categories,namely : (1) Legal Adviser. (2) Public Prosecutor.
3. Method of Appointment.Appointment to these categories shall be made as follows :
| S l.No. Category | Method of appointment | |
| 1 | Legal Adviser | By promotion from among the category of qualified Public Prosecutor in Vigilance and AntiCorruption Bureau. |
| 2 | Public Prosecutor | By direct recruitment. |
4. Appointing Authority. The appointing authority in respect of the categories mentioned in these Rules, shall be the Government.
5. Reservation of appointments. The rules relating to reservation of appointments (General Rules 14 to 17, KS&SSR 1958, Part II ) shall apply to the appointments by direct recruitment.
6. Qualification.– For appointment as Public Prosecutor a candidate shall possess the following qualifications, namely :
(1) Graduation in Law from a UGC recognized University or a National Institute established by the Government of India or Institute established by the Government of Kerala.
(2)Ten years of active practice at the Bar
OR
Eight years of service as Assistant Public Prosecutor in either grade or both grades together , on the date on which applications are invited.
7. Qualification regarding age.– No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment under these rules, if the person has completed 45 years of age
3on the 1st day of January of the year in which applications for appointment are invited.
Note : Usual relaxation in upper age limit shall be allowed to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
8. Probation.(a) Every person appointed by promotion to the post of Legal Adviser shall, from the date on which the person joins duty, be on probation for a total period of six months on duty within a continuous period of one year.
(b) Every person appointed by direct recruitment to the post of Public Prosecutor shall, after completion of training prescribed under subrule (1) of rule 9, be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years.
9. Training.– (1) A person appointed as Public Prosecutor shall, on and from the date of the person's appointment, undergo training for a period of three months under the Director, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau.
(2) During the period of training the person shall be entitled to such allowances as may be specified by the Government from time to time. The period of training shall not count for probation and increments in the time scale of pay.
10. Test.– Every person appointed to category 2 shall within the period of probation, pass the Account Test for Executive Officers of the Kerala State, if the person has not already passed the test:
Provided that a person who has already passed Account Test for Subordinate Officers PartI/Account Test for Executive Officers (Madras) shall not be required to pass the test.
By Order of the Governor,
BISHWANATH SINHA, Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the Notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
Government have issued orders vide G.O.(Ms.)No. 9/2018/Vig dated 14th
4May, 2018 to conduct the appointment to the post of Additional Legal Adviser in Vigilance and AntiCorruption Bureau through the Kerala Public Service Commission. Subsequently, vide G.O.(Ms.)No. 17/19/Vig dated 6th September, 2019, Government have accorded sanction for the creation of four Legal Adviser posts each in the four ranges of Vigilance and AntiCorruption Bureau and to rename the existing posts of Additional Legal Adviser as Public Prosecutor.
Government have decided to make Special Rules for the above purposes by superseding the existing one.
The notification is intended to achieve the above object.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PUBLISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 2023