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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. 32.⸺ 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 Public Law Officer/District Litigation Officer/Law Officer in the Department of

Law and Justice, Union territory of Ladakh, namely: ⸺

1. Short title and commencement. —

These rules may be called the Ladakh Legal Gazetted (Public Law Officer/ District Litigation

Officer/Law Officer) Recruitment Rules, 2025.

ii.

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

लद्दाख, 25 मार्च, 2025

LADAKH, TUESDAY, MARCH, 25, 2025

भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-25032025-1482

SG-LD-E-25032025-1482

ADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2

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

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

Schedule annexed hereto.

3. Method of recruitment, age limit, and other qualifications. — The method of recruitment to the

said post, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts 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 as may be prescribed in any

Act, Rule, Regulation or Order in force in the Union territory of Ladakh.

5. Disqualification. —

No person:

a. 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 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

16:53:21 +05'30'

ADAKH 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.

ADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4

SCHEDULE

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF PUBLIC LAW OFFICER / DISTRICT LITIGATION

OFFICER/ LAW OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND JUSTICE, UNION TERRITORY OF

LADAKH

Name of Post

Public Law Officer / District Litigation Officer/Law Officer

Number of Post (Year 2024)

17 (2024)

*Subject to variation dependent on workload

Remark:

1. Department of Law & Justice. -11

2. District Litigation Office -02

3. R&B, Leh -01

4. Mechanical Engineer, Leh -01

5. Power Development Department,

Kargil -01

6. Public health Engineering, Kargil -01

Total = 17

Classification

General Central Service

Non-Ministerial Gazetted

Group, B

Level of the Pay Matrix

Whether Selection Post or Non-Selection Post.

Selection Post

Age limit for Direct Recruits.

Not exceeding 30 years.

(relaxable for government servants upto 5 years in

accordance with instructions or orders issued by the Central

Government.)

6(a)

Crucial Description.

The crucial date for determining the age-limit shall be as

advertised by the UPSC.

Educational and other qualifications required for

direct recruits.

ESSENTIAL

Qualification: A bachelors Degree in Law (Professional or

integrated) from a university established by Law in India

having two years actual practice at bar to be certified by the

Principal District and Sessions Judge concerned or Registrar

General of the Honourable High Court concerned or Supreme

Court.

Qualification Standard Note

Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the U.P.S.C.,

for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of candidates

otherwise well qualified.

ADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 5

Whether age and educational qualifications

prescribed for the direct recruits will apply in the

case of promotees?

Age: No

Educational qualification: No

Period of probation, if any.

Remark: for DR.

Note: there shall be a mandatory induction training of at least

two weeks during as prescribed by the competent Authority

for successful completion of probation.

Method of Recruitment, whether by Direct

Recruitment

Promotion

deputation/transfer

and

Percentage

the

vacancies to be filled by various methods.

Method

Percentage

1. promotion

3. Direct Recruitment

In case of

recruitment

promotion

deputation

transfer,

grades

from

which

promotion / deputation / transfer is to be made.

Promotion:

From the post of the Legal Assistant in the Level-6E of pay

Matrix (35,900 – 1,13,500), having (06) years of regular

service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on

regular basis and having successfully completed 2 weeks

training as prescribed by the competent Authority.

Note 1:

Legal Assistant in the Level-6E of pay matrix (35,900-

1,13,500) with three years service in the grade after

appointment thereto on regular basis will be eligible for

promotion who are holding the post as on the date of

Notification and have successfully completed two weeks

training as prescribed by the Competent Authority.

Standard 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 half of such qualifying/eligibility

service, or 2 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 Departmental Promotion Committee exists,

what

is its composition?

Departmental Confirmation Committee:

1. Administrative Secretary,

Law and Justice (Chairman)

2. Administrative Secretary, GAD (Member)

3. Additional Secretary, (Legal) Law and Justice (Member)

Departmental Promotion Committee: -

1. Administrative Secretary, Law and Justice (Chairman)

2. Administrative Secretary, (Member)

3. Administrative Secretary, Finance (Member)

Circumstances

which

Union Public Service Commission is to be

Consulted in making recruitment.

Consultation

with

U.P.S.C

necessary

for

direct

recruitment.

ADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 6

“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

16:53:46 +05'30'

MICHAEL

MANNY

DSOUZA

Digitally signed by

MICHAEL MANNY

DSOUZA

Date: 2025.03.25

17:10:47 +05'30'