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असाधारण

EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Part II - Section 3

केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशािन

ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND JUSTICE

Notification

Ladakh, the 25^th day of March, 2025

S.O. 30 _In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, read with the

Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, S.O. 5088(E) dated 1^st November 2022 and in

supersession of all earlier notifications on the subject matter, the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) of Union

territory of Ladakh, hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Additional

Secretary (Legal) in the Department of Law and Justice, namely:⸺

1. Short title and commencement. —

These rules may be called the Ladakh Legal Gazetted (Additional Secretary (Legal)) Recruitment

Rules, 2025.

ii.

These rules shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette

2. Number of posts, classification and Level in the Pay Matrix. — The number of posts, its classification

and Level in the Pay Matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in the (2), (3) & (4) rows of the

Schedule annexed hereto.

लद्दाख, 25 मार्च, 2025

LADAKH, TUESDAY, MARCH, 25, 2025

भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-25032025-1480

SG-LD-E-25032025-1480

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2

3. Method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications.⸺ The method of recruitment to the said post, age

limit, qualifications and other matters relating to said post shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of

the Schedule annexed hereto.

4. Provision for Resident Criteria for appointment by direct recruitment.⸺

The eligibility for appointment will be subject to residency requirements prescribed in any Act, Rule,

Regulation or Order in force in the Union territory of Ladakh.

5. Disqualification.⸺

No person,

who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living;

b. who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person(s) shall be

eligible for appointment to the said post.

Provided that the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) of the Union territory of Ladakh

may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law, applicable to such person(s)

and the other party to the marriage or there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the

operation of these rules.

6. Power to relax.⸺ Where the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) is of the opinion that it is necessary or

expedient to do so, he may, by order for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with UPSC,

relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

7. Savings. — Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation in age limit and other concessions

required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other special categories in

accordance with the Rules, Instructions or Orders issued by the Administration of Union territory of

Ladakh

By order and in the name of the Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh.

Sd/-

(Shashi Kant Bhagat),

Additional Secretary,

Department of Law & Justice,

Union territory of Ladakh.

SHASHI

KANT

BHAGAT

Digitally signed by

SHASHI KANT

BHAGAT

Date: 2025.03.25

16:40:10 +05'30'

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3

Copy to the: —

1. Secretary, Union Public Service Commission.

2. Joint Secretary (Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Copy also to the: —

1. All Administrative Secretaries.

2. Director General of Police, UT of Ladakh

3. Secretary to Lieutenant Governor.

4. Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department.

5. Deputy Commissioners/CEOs, LAHDC, Leh/Kargil.

6. All Heads of the Departments.

7. Joint Director, Information.

8. Technical Director, NIC, Leh.

9. Superintendent, Archives, Archaeology & Museums.

10. Pvt. Secretary to Chief Secretary, Ladakh for information of the Chief Secretary.

11. Office order/S.O. file.

(Stanzin Ladol),

Public Law Officer,

Department of Law & Justice,

Union territory of Ladakh.

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4

SCHEDULE

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (LEGAL)

DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND JUSTICE

Name of Post

Additional Secretary (Legal)

Number of Post

01 (2024)

*Subject to variation dependent on workload

Classification

General Central Service

Non-Ministerial Gazetted

Group, A

Level of the Pay Matrix

Whether Selection Post or Non-

Selection Post.

Selection Post

Age limit for Direct Recruits.

Not Applicable

Educational and other qualifications

required for direct recruits.

Not Applicable

Whether

age

and

educational

qualifications prescribed for the direct

recruits will apply in the case of

promotees?

Age: N.A

Educational qualification: N.A

Period of probation, if any.

Not Applicable

Method of Recruitment, whether by

Direct Recruitment or by Promotion or

by deputation/transfer and

Percentage of the vacancies to be filled

by various methods.

Method

Percentage

Promotion

100

In case of

recruitment

By promotion /deputation /transfer,

grades

from

which

promotion /deputation /transfer to be

made.

Promotion:

From Deputy Secretary (Legal)/ Deputy Legal Remembrancer

in Level 11 in the pay Matrix with Five (05) years of regular

service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on

regular basis and having successfully completed a training of at

least two weeks as prescribed by the competent authority.

Note 1: The Eligibility list for promotion shall be prepared with

reference to the date of completion by the officers of the

prescribed qualifying service in the respective grade/post.

Note

Where

juniors

who

have

completed

their

qualifying/eligibility service are being considered for promotion,

their seniors would also be considered provided they are not

short of the requisite qualifying/eligibility service by more than

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half of such qualifying/eligibility service, or two years,

whichever is less, and have successfully completed their

probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along

with

their

juniors

who

have

already

completed

such

qualifying/eligibility service.

If a D.P.C

exists,

what

is its composition?

Departmental Promotion Committee: -

1. Chairman/Member UPSC (Chairman)

2. Administrative Secretary, Law and Justice (Member)

3. Administrative Secretary, GAD (Member)

4. Administrative Secretary, Finance (Member)

Departmental Confirmation Committee:

Circumstances

which

Union Public Service Commission is to

be Consulted in making recruitment.

Consultation with UPSC is not necessary.

“No legal responsibility is accepted for the contents of publication of advertisements/publications in this part of The

Ladakh Gazette. Persons notifying the advertisements/public notices will remain solely responsible for the legal

consequences and also for any other misrepresentation etc.”

SHASHI KANT

BHAGAT

Digitally signed by

SHASHI KANT BHAGAT

Date: 2025.03.25

16:40:36 +05'30'

MICHAEL

MANNY

DSOUZA

Digitally signed by

MICHAEL MANNY

DSOUZA

Date: 2025.03.25

17:07:17 +05'30'