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The Assam District and Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) Services Rules, 1987
The Assam District and Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) Services Rules, 1987
Sections
1. Short title and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Service.
Section 34. Status of the service.
Section 45. Strength of Service.
Section 56. Recruitment.
Section 67. Conditions of eligibility.
Section 78. Reservation.
Section 89. Gradation list.
Section 910. Confirmation.
Section 1011. Discharged or reversion before confirmation.
Section 1112. Seniority.
Section 1213. Right of appeal.
Section 1314. Pay.
Section 1415. Leave, pension, etc.
Section 1516. Power to dispense with or relax any rule.
Section 1617. Establishment of Special Judge.
Section 1718. Interpretation.
Section 1819. Power of transfer.
Section 1920. Repeal and savings.
Section 20
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"content": "(1) \"Appointing authority\" means the District and Sessions Judge ;\n(2) \"District and Sessions Judge\" means the District and Sessions Judge of the District;\n(3) \"District and Sessions Judges Establishment\" means and includes all non-gazetted ministerial staff in the office of the District and Sessions Judge Additional District and Sessions Judge Assistant District and Sessions Judge, Special Judge and Munsiffs of the District;\n(4) \"Government\" means Government of Assam;\n(5) \"Members of the Service\" means a member of the Assam District ana Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) Service;\n(6) \"Additional District and Sessions Judge\" means officer appointed as such and holding the post under the Assam Judicial Service Rules, 1967;\n(7) \"Special Judge\" means an officer appointed as such under the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1953;\n(8) \"Assistant District and Sessions Judge\" means an officer appointed as such and holding the post under the Assam Judicial Service Rules, 1967;\n(9) \"Munsiff\" means an officer appointed as such and holding the post under the Assam Judicial Service Rules, 1967;\n(10) \"Service\" means the Assam District and Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) Service;\n(11) \"Year\" means the English Calendar year; and\n(12) \"Board\" means the Selection Board consisting of a Chairman and two other Members.\nCadre",
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"content": "(i) Sheristadar of District and Sessions Judge\n(ii) Sheristadar of Additional District and Sessions Judge.\n(iii) Sheristadar of Assistant District and Sessions Judge.\n(iv) Head Assistant.\n(v) Supervisory Assistant/Sheristadar of Munsiff/Upper- Division Assistant.\n(vi) Lower Division Assistant.",
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"content": "(1) Sheristadar of District and Sessions Judge. - By selection from amongst the persons who must have served continuously as Sheristadar of Additional District and Sessions Judge or as Head Assistant in the District and Sessions Judges Establishment at least for 5 years.\n(2) Head Assistant and Sheristadar of Additional District and Sessions Judge. - By selection from amongst the persons who must have served as Supervisory Assistant or a Sheristadar of Munsiff or a Sheristadar of Assistant District and Sessions Judge or Upper Division Assistant continuously for 3 years in the District and Sessions Judges Establishment.\nNote. - For the purpose of promotion of Supervisory Assistant, Sheristadar of Assistant District and Sessions Judge, Sheristadar of Munsiff and Upper Division Assistant, the District and Sessions Judge shall prepare a select list at the beginning of each year taking into account the number of vacancies likely to occur during the year in question. The District and Sessions Judge shall associate the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Assistant District and Sessions Judge and Munsiff in the selection. The criterion for selection shall be on the basis of seniority-cum-merit and the Select list shall remain valid for one year from the date of recommendation of the Selection Board. It shall be reviewed after one year and all those eligible shall again be considered.\nNote.\n(3) Sheristadar of Assistant District and Sessions Judge, Supervisory Assistant, Sheristadar of Munsiff. - By promotion from amongst the Upper Division Assistants of the District and Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) concerned on the basis of seniority-cum-merit who have rendered not less than 7 years of service in the District and Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) concerned out of which at least 3 years shall be of continuous service as Upper Division Assistant on the 1st day of the year in which the promotion is made.\nNote. - For the purpose of promotion of the Upper Division Assistant, the District and Sessions Judge shall prepare a select list at the beginning of each year taking into account the number of vacancies likely to occur during the year in question. The District and Sessions Judge shall associate the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Assistant District and Sessions Judge and Munsiff in the selection. The criterion for selection shall be on the basis of Seniority-cum-merit and the select list shall remain valid for one year from the date of recommendation of the Selection Board. It shall be reviewed after one year and all those eligible shall again be considered.\nNote.\n(4) Upper Division Assistant. - By promotion on the basis of seniority-cum-merit from amongst the Lower Division Assistants of the District and Sessions Judges Establishment who have rendered not less than 5 years of service on the 1st day of the year in which the promotion is made.\nNote. - For the purpose of promotion the District and Sessions Judge shall prepare a select list at the beginning of each year taking into account the number of vacancies likely to occur during the year in question. The District and Sessions Judge shall associate the Additional District and Sessions Judge(s). Assistant District and Sessions Judges and Munsiffs in the selection. The criterion for selection shall be on the basis of seniority-cum-merit. The select list shall remain valid for one year. It shall be reviewed after one year and all those eligible shall again be considered.\nNote.\n(5) Lower Division Assistant. - (a) By direct recruitment on the basis of a competitive examination to be conducted by the District and Sessions Judge at the beginning of each year unless otherwise directed by Government in this behalf.\nNote. - At the beginning of each calendar year the District and Sessions Judge shall call for applications to fill up up temporary vacancies of any kind of posts which are likely to occur in course of the year in their respective establishments. On receipt of applications by a specified date, a test shall be held and list of all candidates suitable for appointment to the posts of Lower Division Assistant shall be prepared in order of merit by the District and Sessions Judge. The list shall remain valid for one year unless it is extended earlier and one such list shall be prepared every year. The District and Sessions Judge shall make all appointments during the year from such a select list. The syllabus for such tests shall be as specified in the Schedule I.\nNote.\n(b) By selection strictly on the basis of merit from amongst the copyists, Typists of the District and Sessions Judges Establishment having educational qualifications as required for direct recruitment of Lower Division Assistants who have rendered not less than 7 years of service on the first day of the year in which the selection is made.\n(c) By selection on the basis of seniority-cum-merit from amongst Grade IV staff of the District and Sessions Judges Establishment concerned who have passed the High School Leaving Certificate or equivalent examination and have rendered at least 7 years of continuous service in the District and Sessions Judges Establishment on the 1st day of the year in which selection is made.\nNote. - (i) The proportion of vacancies to be filled up in any year according to Clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-rule (5) of this rule shall be 80 : 10 : 10 respectively. In the event of sufficient number of qualified or suitable persons not being available in category (b) and (c) the balance shall be made up from category (a), i.e. through direct recruitment. Here vacancies shall include both permanent and temporary vacancies.\nNote.\n(ii) Appointment by selection under Clauses (b) and (c) of sub-rule (5) of this rule shall be made by the District and Sessions Judge from amongst the eligible Grade IV staff.",
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"content": "(i) Nationality. - He must be a citizen of India.\n(ii) Age limits. - He must not be less than 18 Years of age and more than 30 years of age on the first day of the year in which the examination is held:\n(iii) Educational Qualification. - He must have passed the High School Leaving Certificate Examination from a recognised University/Board or any examination declared equivalent thereto by the Government.\nNote. - Pending conversion of all the existing Schools into Higher Secondary Schools and during the transitional period when both the old courses and the new courses continue together the instruction issued by Government from time to time in this regard shall be followed.\nNote.\n(iv) He must not have more than one wife living; provided the Government may for good and sufficient reasons exempt any candidate from the operation of this condition.\n(v) No candidate shall be eligible for appointment if he, after undergoing such medical examination as Government may specify, is found to be not in good mental or bodily health and not free from any mental or physical defect likely to interfere in the discharge of his duties.\n(vi) Inclusion of a candidate's name in the list shall confer no right to appointment unless the appointing authority is satisfied after such enquiry as he may consider necessary that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment.",
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"title": "10. Confirmation.",
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"content": "(a) has completed at least one year of service to the satisfaction of the appointing authority; and\n(b) is considered fit for confirmation by the appointing authority.",
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"content": "(a) Assistants appointed under Clause (a) of sub-rule (5) of Rule 6.\n(b) Assistants appointed under Clause (b) of sub-rule (5) of Rule 6\n(c) Assistants appointed under Clause (c) of sub-rule (5) of Rule 6.\n(ii) In the Upper Division (including Sheristadar of Munsiff) Cadre, the seniority shall be according to the position in the select list from which the promotion to posts of Upper Division Assistant is made.\n(iii) In the Head Assistant Cadre, the seniority shall be according to the date of promotion to the post of Head Assistant.\n(iv) In the Sheristadar of District Judge Cadre, the seniority shall be according to the date of appointment.\n(v) If confirmation of a member of the service in a Cadre is delayed on account of his failure to qualify for such confirmation, he shall lose his position in order of seniority in that Cadre vis-a-vis such of his juniors as may be confirmed earlier than him. His original position in that particular Cadre shall, however, be restored on his confirmation subsequently.",
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"title": "13. Right of appeal.",
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"title": "14. Pay.",
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"content": "Schedule I\n[ See Rule 6 (5)]\nThe syllabus for test for direct recruitment\nThe syllabus for test for direct recruitment\nSubject\nMarks\n1.\nGeneral English\n75\n2.\nOfficial Language\n75\n3.\nDrafting (English and Official language)\n100\n4.\nInterview\n50\nTotal\n300\nSchedule II\n[ See Rule 14]\nPost\nScale of pay\n1.\nSheristadar of District Judge\nRs. 875-40-1075-EB-40-1275-45-1500/- p.m.\n2.\nHead Assistant\nRs. 700-30-850-EB-35-1200/- p.m.\n3.\nSheristadar of Additional District and Sessions Judge\nRs. 700-30-850-EB-35-1200/- p.m.\n4.\nSheristadar of Asstt. District and Sessions Judge\nRs. 675-25-800-EB-30-1100/- p.m.\n5.\nSupervisory Asstt./Sheristadar of Munsiff/Upper Division\n\t\t\t\tAssistant\nRs. 675-25-800-EB-30-1100/- p.m. (special pay of Rs. 30/- p.m.\n\t\t\t\tis allowed to Sheristadar of Munsiff and Supervisory Assistant).\n6.\nLower Division Assistant\nRs. 470-12-530-EB-12-590-EB-15-680-20-800/- p.m.",
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"metadata": {
"Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass150]",
"Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. JDJ. 282/84/123, dated 26th October, 1987",
"Enactment Date": "",
"Act Year": "1987",
"Short Title": "The Assam District and Sessions Judges Establishment (Ministerial) Services Rules, 1987",
"Type": "STATE",
"Location": "Assam"
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"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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