Bihar Civil Court Staff (Class III and Class IV) Rules, 1992

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    "title": "Bihar Civil Court Staff (Class III and Class IV) Rules, 1992",
    "short_title": "Bihar Civil Court Staff (Class III and Class IV) Rules, 1992",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 292 Misc. dated 30",
    "act_year": 1992,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Civil Court Staff (Class III and Class IV) Rules, 1992",
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            "title": "3. Definition.",
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            "content": "(b) 'Co-ordination Committee' means a Committee constituted under Rule 11 of these Rules;\n(c) 'District Judge' means the District Judge in charge of the Judgeship whether comprising of one or more districts including the Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi;\n(d) 'Employee' means an employee of Class III or Class IV as specified in Rule 6 hereinafter;\n(e) 'High Court' means the High Court of Judicature at Patna;\n(f) 'Selection Committee' means the Committee constituted under Rule 10 of these Rules;\n(g) 'Services' means Class III and Class IV employees of the Subordinate Courts;\n(h) 'Standing Committee' means the Standing Committee of the High Court constituted under Chapter I of the Patna High Court Rules.\n4.\n5.\n6.\nClass III Employees\nClass III Employees\nCategory 1\nCategory 1\nCategory 2\nCategory 2\n(a) Head Clerk of the District Judge\n(b) Accountant\n(c) Head Comparing Clerk\n(d) Record Keeper\n(e) Nazir\n(f) Shirestadar of the permanent Subordinate Judge.\n(g) Shirestadar of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (as the case may be).\n(h) Shirestadar of the other Subordinate and other Judges posted in the District/Subdivision including additional Subordinate Judges.\n(i) Shirestadar of permanent Munsif.\nCategory 3\nCategory 3\n(a) Bench Clerk\n(b) Office Clerk\n(c) Naib Nazir\n(d) Cashier\n(e) Comparing Clerk\n(f) Bill Clerk\n(g) Assistant Accountant\n(h) Sessions Clerk\nCategory 4\nCategory 4\n(a) Typist Grade I\n(b) Typist Grade II\n(c) Typist Grade III\n(d) Basic Grade\nCategory 5\nCategory 5\n(a) Stenographer Grade I\n(b) Stenographer Grade II\n(c) Stenographer Grade III\n(d) Basic Grade\nClass IV Employees\nClass IV Employees\n(a) Orderly Peons/Office Peons\n(b) Malis\n(c) Waterman\n(d) Sweeper\n(e) Night-guard\n(f) Driver of the staff car\n(g) Daftary.\nMode of Recruitment of Class IV Employees\nMode of Recruitment of Class IV Employees\n7.\n(b) Such vacancies shall also be advertised in two daily newspapers having wide circulation in the concerned district, one of which must be in Hindi.\nMode of Recruitment of Class III Staff\nMode of Recruitment of Class III Staff\n8.\n9.\n(1)\nPatna Zone\n...\nPatna, Bhojpur, Gaya, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Nalanda, Nawadah.\n(2)\nMuzaffarpur Zone\n...\nMuzaffarpur, Vaishali, Chapra, Siwan, Gopalganj, Sitamarhi,\n Motihari, Bettiah (West Champaran).\n(3)\nBhagalpur Zone\n...\nBhagalpur, Munger, Begusarai, Khagaria, Dumka, Godda, Deoghar.\n(4)\nRanchi Zone*\n...\nRanchi, Palamau, Gumla, Chaibasa, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad,\n Giridih, Hazaribagh.\n(5)\nSaharsa Zone\n...\nSaharsa, Madhepura, Purnea, Katihar, Darbhanga, Madhubani,\n Samastipur.\n* Now, part of Jharkhand State.\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n17.\n18.\n19.\n20.\n21.\n22.\n23.\n24.\n25.\n26.\n27.\n28.\n29.\n30.\n31.\n32.\n33.\nAppointment by promotion\nAppointment by promotion\n34.\n35.\n36.\nGeneral Rules for Appointment\nGeneral Rules for Appointment\n37.\n38.\n39.\n40.\n41.\nEducational Qualification\nEducational Qualification\n42.\nQualification for recruitment of Class IV staff\nQualification for recruitment of Class IV staff\n43.\nSecurity\nSecurity\n44.\nAge-Qualification\nAge-Qualification\n45.\nProbation\nProbation\n46.\n(a) If recruited directly for a total period of two years duty within a continuous period of three years.\n(b) If appointed from other service for a total period of one year on duty within a continuous period of two years :\n47.\nTest\nTest\n48.\n49.\n50.\n(i) No Assistant should be appointed as a Bench Clerk unless he has completed five years of service.\n(ii) No Assistant should be posted to one post for more than three years, except to the Selection Grade post and the post of Stenographer of the District Judge, if necessary.\n(iii) If an Assistant, who had held the post of Bench Clerk earlier is required to be given that post again, there must be an interval of at least two years between the earlier assignment and the new assignment. Provided, however, the District Judge in special circumstances may relax the above condition.\n(iv) Ordinarily, no one should be employed in the Copying Departments as Comparing Clerk for more than three years.\n51.\nReservation\nReservation\n52.\nTransfer\nTransfer\n53.\n(a) In administrative exigencies and/or in public interest, on the recommendation of the District Judge concerned or otherwise, the Standing Committee may transfer any employee from one District to another.\n(b) Employees at his own request may be transferred to another judgeship, provided however, that in such a case, his position shall be last in the concerned gradation list of categories of such employee in the transferred judgeship.\n(c) The Standing Committee of the High Court may in consultation with the District Judge concerned fill up any post by transfer of a person holding a post in another judgeship corresponding to a post in the cadre concerned.\n(d) The District Judge may effect transfer within his own jurisdiction including the transfer of officer bearers of any Association or Union.\nDisciplinary Action\nDisciplinary Action\n54.\nAppeal\nAppeal\n55.\n56.\nExtension of Service\nExtension of Service\n57.\n58.\nPromotion\nPromotion\n59.\n60.\n61.\n62.\n(a) Civil Court and Criminal Court rules framed by the High Court;\n(b) Accountancy;\n(c) Knowledge of drafting of correspondence and order-sheets; and\n(d) Practice and procedure.\n63.\n64.\nSpecial Qualification\nSpecial Qualification\n65.\n(i) Sheristadar of the District Judge must pass a Sheristadar's test as prescribed by the High Court;\n(ii) Head Clerk of the District Judge must pass a Sheristadar's test as prescribed by the High Court;\n(iii) Sheristedar of any other Court and Accountant must pass the tests prescribed therefor by the High Court.\n66.\nRevision of orders of promotion\nRevision of orders of promotion\n67.\n68.\n69.\nGeneral orders regarding discipline\nGeneral orders regarding discipline\n70.\nRelaxation\nRelaxation\n71.\nResiduary clause\nResiduary clause\n72.\n[General letter No. 1 of 1997, dated 31-7-1997 (Civil) From : Manohar Lal Visa, Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Patna. To, all the District & Sessions Judges in Bihar and the Judicial Commissioner of Chotanagpur, Ranchi.]\nSubject.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh059",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 292 Misc. dated 30-10-1992 framed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna Published in Bihar Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 17-10-1992",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1992",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Civil Court Staff (Class III and Class IV) Rules, 1992",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}