notice-13293-28-Jan-2025
notice-13293-28-Jan-2025
notice-13293-28-Jan-2025
[ENGLISH DEPARTMENT]
Notification for recruitment of different categories of
staff in the Commercial Court at Calcutta
to be inaugurated shortly
within the territorial jurisdiction under the Judgeship of
City Civil Court at Calcutta
Employment Notification No.01-2025, dated Kolkata, the
27th day of January, 2025.
Online applications are invited from eligible Indian citizen in the prescribed proforma for
preparation of panel to fill up the vacancies mentioned below, in different categories of posts
in respect of Commercial Court at Calcutta within the territorial jurisdiction under the
Judgeship of City Civil Court at Calcutta.
Application must be submitted through online in the websites
https://citycivilcourtcalcutta.dcourts.gov.in/ https://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/,
commencing from 28.01.2025 (00 hour midnight). The last date of submission of online
application is 16.02.2025 (23:59 hour midnight). No other mode of application will be
accepted. Applicants are to visit https://citycivilcourtcalcutta.dcourts.gov.in/ for further
notification relating to ongoing recruitment process.
The details of Vacancy, Scales of Pay, Application Fees, Eligibility Criteria, Mode of
Examination and instructions are given hereunder:
1. Vacancy:
A. Permanent posts
NOTE: The reservation for the EWS candidates will be guided by the Notification
No. 325-PAR(AR)/3P-1/2019 dated 09.07.2019 of the Personnel and Administrative
Reforms Department, Govt. Of West Bengal read with Gazette Notification No. 18-
Emp (EC)/LABR-27011(20)/1/2020-EC dated 07.02.2023. The Recruitment
Committee will verify the veracity of the Income and Asset Certificate and other
certificates submitted by the candidate through the certificate issuing Authority.
The said certificate must confirm to the West Bengal S.Cs & S.Ts
(Identification) Act. 1994 and S.Cs & T.W Department Order no. 261-TW/EC/MR-
103/94 dated 06.04.1995.
2. Eligibility age:
Every candidate for direct recruitment shall on 1st January, 2025 must attain the age of
eighteen (18) years and must not exceed the age of -
(a) In case of English Stenographer (Group- B) Post:
(i) Thirty-five (35) years, in the case of a person belonging to the
Scheduled Castes/Other backward classes,
(ii) Thirty-seven (37) years, in the case of a person belonging to Scheduled
Tribes or other category of persons for which reservation is made by
law,
(iii) Thirty-two (32) years, in the case of any other person.
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(b) In case of L.D.A/ Lower Division Assistant (Group-C) & D.E.O / Data Entry
Operator (Group-C) & Group D (Peon) Post:
(i) Forty-three (43) years, in the case of a person belonging to the Scheduled
Castes/Other backward classes,
(ii) Forty-five (45) years, in the case of a person belonging to Scheduled Tribes or
other category of persons for which reservation is made by law,
(iii) Forty (40) years, in the case of any other person.
3. Essential Qualification:
Candidates applying for the post of English Stenographer
1) Must have Bachelor’s degree from any university recognized by the University Grants
Commission;
2) A Certificate in Computer Training from a recognized Institution;
3) A satisfactory fingering speed in Computer operation;
4) He or she must have knowledge in the vernacular of the State;
5) For English Stenographer, a minimum speed @ 80 w.p.m. in Shorthand and a minimum
speed @ 30 w.p.m. in Typewriting from a legible manuscript in English for 10 minutes are
required;
6) The candidate must have also at least a Certificate in Computer Training from recognized
Institution and a satisfactory fingering speed in Computer operation is required.
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Candidates applying for the post of Data Entry Operator (Group- C)
1) Must have passed Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary
Education or its equivalent from a government recognized Council or Board or Institution;
2) Must have passed one year Diploma in Computer Application from recognized institution;
3) Must possess a speed of not less than 8000 key depressions per hour.
Note: 1 – Candidate experienced in data entry job shall be given preference at the appropriate
stage of this recruitment process.
Note: 2 – A candidate possessing a Bachelor Degree from a recognized University with
Diploma in Computer Application from an institute recognized by any University or AICTE
shall be given preference at the appropriate stage of this recruitment process.
Note: 3- Candidate having degree in Computer Application from any University or any
Government recognized Institution may also apply, subject to his/her undertaking as provided
in the online application form.
Candidates applying for the post of Group-D
1) Must have passed Class-VIII from any recognized School or recognized Madrasa or any
other recognized equivalent Institution
2) Must have knowledge in the vernacular of the State.
4. Mode of Examination:
(A) For the post of English Stenographer: -
*a) There will be three phase examination.
i) Phase-I - Screening Test ( Paper-I: General English) - It will be of 100 marks having 100
questions of one (1) mark each. A written examination consisting of objective type (100
marks)–100 Multiple choice questions covering spelling, correct use of words, correctness of
sentences, use of common phrases, synonyms & antonyms and Punctuation. Time limit –
One and half hours.
ii) Only those candidates who will secure the qualifying marks in Paper-I, fixed by the
Authority, will be called for Paper-II & Paper-III examination.
iii) Phase-II -"Dictation & Transcription" (400 marks) comprising of Dictation lasting for
6 minutes followed by transcription of shorthand notes in candidates own handwriting for an
hour.
iv) Phase-III- (Paper-III) – There will be Typing Test of 100 marks. The candidates are
required to type from a manuscript accurately on the typewriter @ not less than 30 w.p.m.
The test will be for 10 minutes.
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v) On the basis of the result of Paper-II & Paper-III examination, a number of candidates
securing qualifying marks shall be called in the ratio decided by the District Recruitment
Committee time to time for Personality test (30 marks) and also Computer proficiency test
(20 marks) on OS Ubuntu.
vi) On the basis of the marks obtained in these two papers (Paper-II & Paper-III), personality
test and computer proficiency test, a final panel will be prepared.
vii) The number of errors that shall be admissible in respect of Paper II & Paper III and
qualifying marks in any or all the papers and in aggregate shall be fixed at the discretion by
the Recruitment Committee.
viii) Candidates have to bring their Typewriter machines for typing test. Shorthand
notebook and transcription sheets will be provided by the authority.
(B) Lower Division Assistant: -
ii) Phase-I There will be a preliminary examination which will carry 100
marks having 100 questions of 1 (one) mark each, comprising multiple choice
objective type questions on English, General Studies and Arithmetic. The
duration of Phase-I examination shall be of One and half hours. There will be
negative marking of 0.5 marks for each wrong answer.
iii) The candidates who will qualify in the preliminary examination will be
consider to eligible to appear in Phase -II.
iv) Phase-II Examination will be comprising of two parts. First part examination will
be of conventional descriptive type question on English (Group-A) 50 marks:
letter writing, paragraph writing and translation.
Second part will be in Bengali / Hindi / Urdu / Nepali (Group-B) carrying 50 marks
on letter writin, tanslation and report. The duration of Part-II examination shall
be of 1 hour and will be subjective in nature and of Madhyamik standard. Candidates
who will opt for Hindi/Urdu/Nepali, as the case may be, in lieu of Bengali in the Part-
II examination shall, before confirmation, have to pass Departmental Examination
in Bengali during the period of probation.
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vii) Qualifying marks in any or all the papers and in aggregate shall be fixed at the
discretion by the Recruitment Committee.
5. Important Information: -
1. The District Recruitment Committee shall have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in
any or all of the tests for different categories of posts mentioned above, and to relax such
marks in respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and E.C., if
deemed necessary.
2. In case of non-availability of a suitable Exempted Category Candidate belonging to SC,
ST for any of such reserved point according to 100-Point Roster, the said vacancy shall be
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filled up by a non-Exempted Category Candidate belonging to SC, ST as the case may be in
accordance with relevant Rules. Caste Certificates need to be produced at the time of
physical document verification.
3. The benefits of reservation of vacancies and age concession for SC, ST candidates
are admissible to SC, ST candidates of West Bengal only. SC/ST candidates belonging
to States other than West Bengal will be treated as General Candidate. Such benefits
are also admissible to all candidates with disabilities of 40% and above.
4. No claim for being a member of SC, ST or Exempted Category (E.C.) will be entertained
any time after submission of the application.
5. In case of Person with Benchmark Disability in the category of Blindness,
Locomotor Disability (both arms affected-BA) and Cerebral Palsy, the facility of
scribe/reader shall be provided, if so desired by the person. Additional time shall be
provided.
6. Candidates already in service under Government / Public Sector Undertakings,
and within the prescribed age limit, must submit their application through proper
Channel with ‘No Objection’ Certificate of the concerned Authority.
7. Information uploaded on the website shall not be provided to the candidate under
R.T.I Act, 2005. The uploaded information in the website shall be retained for a
specific period. Therefore, the candidates are advised to download the uploaded
information and keep up with them for future. In course of the recruitment
examination, no application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 shall be
entertained nor any information be provided. Factual information under R.T.I Act
shall be provided only after declaration of final results. Replies to inferential
(speculative) question shall not be provided.
8. The character of a person participating in the process for direct recruitment to
service must be such as to render him suitable in all respects for appointment to the
service. Persons dismissed by the Union Government or by a State Government or by a
Local Authority or a Government Corporation owned or controlled by the Central
Government or State Government will be deemed to be ineligible for the appointment.
9. No recommendation either written or oral will be taken into consideration. Any
attempt on the part of a candidate to enlist support directly or indirectly for his
candidature by other means will disqualify him for appointment.
10. Candidates are required to produce necessary medical certificate as required for
their candidature at the time of appointment/joining.
11. Mobile phones, pagers, Bluetooth devices, calculators and any other electronic
gadgets/communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the
examination will be conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail
immediate elimination and possible disciplinary action.
12. Canvassing in any form and use of unfair means during the examination/test will
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disqualify the candidature of the applicant.
13.The decision of Recruitment Committee/ Selection Committee shall be final in all
matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications, penalty for
false information, mode of examination process, allotment of examination centers,
selection and appointment to the posts etc.
14. After the appointment of the candidate, the matters regarding his/her service,
seniority, promotion etc. will be regulated by the Government Rules & Regulations.
15. The results shall be displayed on the official website
https://citycivilcourtcalcutta.dcourts.gov.in and information with regard to the next
stage of examination shall be made available on the aforementioned website in due
course of time.
6. Application Fee: -
Application Fees for different posts, castes and categories of candidates are stated in the
following chart.
A. Permanent posts
No fees required by the candidates belonging to the Exempted Categories whose names
will be sponsored by the appropriate authorities.
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This exemption of fees is not applicable to the candidates, belong to Exempted
Category, applying directly without any sponsorship from the Labour Department,
Government of West Bengal.
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ix) The District Recruitment Committee reserves the right to offer appointment to the
selected candidate at any place of the judgeship and not according to the preference / option
given by the applicant.
x) Once appointed, the matters regarding service, seniority, promotion etc. in respect of an
appointee will be regulated by the Rules followed in this Judgeship.
xi) In case of any dispute, the decision of the District Recruitment Committee shall stand
final.
xii) Candidates whose applications will be found not in order, will not be allowed to appear
in the examination and authority will bear no responsibility to inform the candidates.
xiii) The District Recruitment Committee reserves the right to make short lists of successful
candidates.
The panel(s) thus formed shall remain effective till the process of giving appointment
against the notified vacancies, is complete. However, the panel(s) shall remain valid for
a maximum of 01(one) year from the date of its formation.
**Apart the applicants are advised to go through the detailed information related to online
application as provided under “How to Apply” and “General Instructions for Applicants"
before Online Submission of Application through links of the website in which online
application has to be submitted. Further, in case of any query regarding online application
submission, applicants are advised to send e-mail to
commercialcourtcalcuttarectt@gmail.com . No other mode of communication and/or
correspondence will be permitted.
For further information and update, applicants are advised to check the official website of
the City Civil Court, Calcutta i.e. https://citycivilcourtcalcutta.dcourts.gov.in/ on a
regular basis.
Sd/-
(Jayashree Banerjee),
Chief Judge-cum-Chairman,
Recruitment Committee,
City Civil Court, Calcutta.
Dated: 27th day of January, 2025 at Kolkata
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iii) Scanned passport size recent colour photograph of the applicant (Image format will only
be .jpg & of size between 30KB to 50KB) is to be uploaded in the specified space in the
website. Image of size more than 50KB will not be accepted by the website. Further, black &
white/unclear/hazy/doctored/morphed images, if uploaded by the applicant & detected at any
later stages of this recruitment process, will result in summarily rejection of the application.
The applicant has to retain 6 identical copies of this photograph which has been uploaded &
will have to produce them before the Authority as & when called for. Photograph must be a
colour picture against a light-coloured, preferably white background.
iv) If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be clearly
seen. Photographs containing caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious
headwear is allowed but it must not cover your face. Size of file should be between 30KB to
50KB and only in .jpg format. Scanned full signature of the candidate is to be uploaded in the
space specified & the image should be in .jpg format & will be of maximum size 20 KB &
preferred dimension is 200x100 pixels. Scanned signature exceeding the maximum size will
not be accepted by the website.
v) The applicant has to sign on white paper with Blue / Black Ink pen. The signature must be
signed only by the applicant and not by any other person. The applicant has to ensure that
uploaded signature is clearly visible/identifiable.
vi) If the Applicant's signature on the answer script, at the time of the examination, does not
match the signature on the Attendance Sheet, the applicant will be disqualified.
vii) Scanned documents in support of Caste Certificate/EC CertificateEWS certificate, Proof
of Age, Graduation & Class-VIII pass Certificate, as applicable for individual applicants, is to
be uploaded in the space specified & the image should be in .jpg format & will be of
maximum size 100 KB & preferred dimension is 1250x1750 pixels.
viii) Any application without uploaded valid scanned photograph, full signature & documents
(as applicable) will be summarily rejected without assigning any reason to the candidate
thereof.
ix) No subsequent request for change of any entry in filled up online application form will be
considered or granted.
Procedure for Uploading the Photograph, Signature & documents: -
While filling in the Online Application Form the candidate will be provided with a link to
upload his photograph, signature & documents. There will be two separate links for
uploading Photograph and Signature. Click on the respective link “Upload Photograph /
Signature / Documents”. Browse & select the location where the Scanned Photo / Signature /
Documents file has been saved. Select the file by clicking on it & then click the 'Upload'
button.
Part-II:
i) This part relates to payment of application fees to be paid through online payment portal of
State Bank of India. Upon completion of the aforesaid stages, the applicant will have to click
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on ‘Make Payment’ option & will be automatically taken into the online payment portal for
payment. The applicant will have to make payment by Debit Card/Credit Card/Net
Banking/UPI/E-Challan. The application fees can be paid online till 11:59 p.m. on
16.02.2025. Bank charges as fixed by the Bank will be levied upon in addition to the
application fees as specified earlier. On successful payment of application fees, the Bank will
provide a receipt which will have to be noted down carefully by the Applicant for future
reference.
ii) Usually, Bank provides the status of successful receipt of the payment within 72 hours of
the transaction i.e. if fees is paid on 4th February, 2025, bank will update its status to us
within 8th February, 2025. Candidates are advised to log-in (with their application number
and password) after 72 hours of their payment and download filled -in-form (which will be
generated as soon as Bank provides us the successful payment status) and thereby the process
for Registration gets completed. In-case the Bank does not receive them payment within 72
hours of transaction, the corresponding payment transaction will be treated as incomplete. In
such a scenario, it is advised to initiate fresh payment of Application Fee by logging in to the
portal.
Kindly note, the candidates will have to complete both Part I and Part II of application process. Partial
completion of any stage viz. Part I only or Part II only will be treated as ineligible application. No
further communication will be made to candidates whose applications are considered ineligible.
Applicants are advised to enter correct/valid data in respect of various information as sought by the
website. Incorrect details, if any, entered by any applicant will result in summarily rejection of the
application at any stage of the recruitment process.
** Selected candidates shall be issued appointment letters on the date Commercial Court is inaugurated
by the Hon'ble Chief Justice, High Court Calcutta.
For any Technical Support, contact the following HELPLINE e-mail ID during working days
(Monday-Saturday). The facility of help desk will be available from 28.01.2025(Tuesday).
Sd/-
(Jayashree Banerjee),
Chief Judge-cum-Chairman,
Dated: 27th day of Recruitment Committee,
January, 2025 at City Civil Court, Calcutta.
Kolkata.
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