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SERIES I No. 7

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Law & Judiciary

Law (Establishment) Division

Notification

14/06/2018-LD(Estt.)/1033

The Notification No. 14/06/2018-LD (Estt.)

dated 20-05-2024 which is issued by the

Government of Goa, is hereby published for

general information of the public.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Amir Y. Parab, Under Secretary, Law (Estt.).

Porvorim, 20th May, 2024.

Notification

In exercise of the powers conferred by

Article 229 of the Constitution of India, the

Hon’ble Chief Justice of the High Court of

Judicature at Bombay, hereby makes the

following rules, so as to further amend the

High Court of Bombay at Goa Officers and

the members of the Staff on the Establishment

(Recruitment and Conditions of Service)

Rules, 2023, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the High Court of

Bombay at Goa Officers and the members of

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No. 2

the Staff on the Establishment (Recruitment

and Conditions of Service) (Amendment)

Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 2.— In the High

Court of Bombay at Goa Officers and the

members of the Staff on the Establishment

(Recruitment and Conditions of Service)

Rules, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal Rules”), for rule 2, the following

rule shall be substituted, namely:—

“2. Definitions.— In these rules unless the

context otherwise requires,—

(a) “Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice

of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay;

(b) “Degree in law” means a Degree

qualifying the holder for enrolment as an

Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961

(Central Act 25 of 1961);

transfer or borrowing the services of an

officer or other employees from the High

Court of Judicature at Bombay and its

Benches at Aurangabad or Nagpur.

(d) “Direct Recruit” or “Nominee” means

a candidate who at the time of his first

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appointment to the High Court service is

not already appointed to the service.

(e) “Duty” a person is said to be ‘on duty’

as a member of the service,—

(i) when he is performing the duties

of a post borne on the cadre of the

service, or is undergoing the probation;

(ii) when he is on joining time; or

(iii) when he is absent from duty

during vacation, or on authorised

holidays, or on casual leave taken in

accordance with the rules or instructions

regulating such leave, having been on

duty immediately before and immediately

after such absence.

(f) “Establishment” means and includes

all Offices, Departments, Sections, Branches

of the High Court of Bombay at Goa;

(g) “Government” means the Government

of Goa;

(h) “High Court” means the High Court

of Bombay at Goa;

(i) “Higher Standard Departmental

Examination

and

Lower

Standard

Departmental Examination” shall be the

examination as prescribed and regulated

the

High

Court

Departmental

Examination Rules, 1995 and shall always

be subject to said rules in so far as they

are not inconsistent with the present rules.

(j) “Other Backward Classes” means the

communities so recognized by the

Government from time to time;

(k) “Scheduled Caste” and “Scheduled

Tribe” shall have the same meaning as are

assigned to them by clauses (24) and (25),

respectively, of Article 366 of the

Constitution of India;

(l)

“Schedule”

means

Schedule

appended to these rules.

3. Amendment of rule 6.— In the principal

rules, in rule 6, in sub-rule (2),—

(i) for clause (iii), the following clause shall

be substituted namely:—

“(iii) Documentary proof of knowledge

of Konkani and Marathi languages

wherever applicable.”;

(ii) for clause (viii) and (ix), the following

clauses shall be respectively substituted,

namely:—

“(viii) Certificate about prescribed

Computer

knowledge,

wherever

applicable.;

(ix) Certificate of requisite speed in

shorthand and/or in typing, wherever

applicable.”.

4. Amendment of rule 11.— In the principal

rules, in rule 11, for the existing proviso, the

following proviso shall be substituted,

namely:—

“Provided that the maximum age limit

for direct recruitment as specified in

Schedule shall not be applicable to High

Court/State/Central Government Employees

and age relaxation for candidates belonging

to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes

(ST) shall be upto 5 years i.e. upto 50 years

and candidates belonging to Other

Backward Class (OBC) shall be upto 3 years

i.e. upto 48 years, or age relaxation for SC,

ST and OBC shall be as per criteria

specified by the Government of Goa from

time to time.

5. Amendment of Schedule.— In the

principal Rules, in the Schedule,—

(i) against serial No. 2, for the post of

Deputy Registrar,

(a) in column No. (5), for clause (2), the

following clause shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(2) Pay equivalent in Judiciary (If by

promotion).”;

(b) in column No. (11),—

(i) for the expression “From amongst

Advocates and for promotion,” the

expression “From amongst Advocates and

on promotion” shall be substituted.

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(ii) for the expression “By Two Hon’ble

Judges nominated by the Hon’ble Chief

Justice,” the expression “Two Hon’ble

Judges nominated by the Hon’ble Chief

Justice” shall be substituted.

(ii) against serial No. 9, for the post of

High Court Section Officer,

(a) in Column No. (7), in clause (iii), the

expression “from a Government recognized

institution” shall be omitted.

(b) in column No. (10),

(i) In clause (a), in sub-clause (iii) for the

word “Department”, the word “Departmental”

shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause (b), in sub-clause (ii), after

the expression “Lower Standard Departmental

Examination,” the expression, “preference

being given to those who have passed

Higher Standard Departmental Examination”

shall be inserted.

(iii) against serial No. 10, for the post of

Shorthand Writer (Higher Grade), in

column No. (7), in clause (ii), for the existing

entry, the following entry shall be

substituted, namely:— “Hold University

Degree. Preference being given to holders

of Degree in Law. However, this condition

may be relaxed if the candidate is already

working for not less than five years as

Lower Grade Stenographer in the High

Court or in any other Court or Tribunal or

in the office of Advocate General or

Government Pleader”.

(iv) against serial No. 11, for the post of

Shorthand Writer (Lower Grade), in column

No. (7), in clause (ii), for the expression

“not less than 3 years of experience”, the

expression “not less than 3 years of

experience in stenography,” shall be

substituted.

(v) against serial No. 13, for the post of

Software Programmer, in column No. (11),

for the existing entry the following entry

shall be substituted namely,—

“For direct recruitment:

Two Hon’ble Judges nominated by the

Hon’ble the Chief Justice. Senior Technical

Director of National Informatics Centre, Goa

or Deputy Registrar, Special Computer Cell,

High Court, Appellate Side, Bombay shall

extend technical assistance to the

Committee.

For promotion:

Both Registrars.

If one Registrar is not available then Deputy

Registrar and if Deputy Registrar is not

available then Assistant Registrar.” shall be

substituted.

(vi) against, serial No. 14, for the post of

Junior Translator and Interpreter, in

column No. (7), for the existing entry, the

following entry shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(i) University Degree in any of the

languages viz. English, Hindi, Konkani and

Marathi, preference being given to

candidates who are holders of Degree in

Law;

(ii) Proficient in English and Konkani and

at least any one of the following languages

Hindi and Marathi;

(iii) have sufficient knowledge of

computer”.

(vii) against serial No. 17, for the post of

Console Operator, in column No. (7), for

the existing entry, the following entry shall

be substituted, namely:—

“(i) Must hold bachelors degree from a

recognized University in Computer Science

or related subject in first division with one

year experience in related field.

(ii) Should have exposure to Linux/

/Unix Operating System, Object Oriented

Programming, popular RDBMS.

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Preference

would

given

programmers having exposure to web

enabled applications using tools like PHP,

Perl, MySqletc”.

(viii) against serial No. 19, for the post of

Driver (Staff Cars), in column No. (7), in

clause (v), for the word “typography”,

the

word

“topography”

shall

substituted.

(ix) against serial No. 27, for the post of

Gardener (Multitasking Staff), in column

No. (7), the existing clauses (i), (iii), (iv)

and (v) shall be renumbered as (i), (ii), (iii)

and (iv) respectively.

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