About Bombay High Court
The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Bombay and is one of the oldest high courts in India.
About the Job Opportunity
The Registry of the High Court, Bombay is granted permission to prepare a Select List of 206 and Wait for List of 41 candidates, for the posts of ‘Clerk’ (i.e. existing 82 vacant posts and vacancy of 133 posts expected to arise in the next two years, thus total 215 posts) after keeping reserved 4% posts (i.e. 9 posts) for PwD candidates as per the directions issued in the Writ Petition(L) No. 1137/2018 with PIL No. 72 of 2018 (PIL No. 46 of 2018 Aurangabad Bench).
The reserved 9 posts will be filled in the near future by Notification of the High Court which will be issued in due course. The validity of such Select List and Waitlist shall be for a period of two years since the date of their notification.
Number of Vacancies
247 Vacancies
Eligibility
A candidate:
- must be a Graduate of any recognized University in any faculty. However, the preference will be given to Law Graduates.
- must have passed Government Commercial Certificate Examination or examination conducted by Government Board or Government Certificate in Computer Typing Basic Course (GCC-TBC) or ITI for English Typing with speed of 40 wpm.
- must possess Computer Certificate about proficiency in operation of word processors in Windows and Linux in addition to M.S. Office, M.S. Word, Wordstar-7 and Open Office Org. obtained from any of the following Institutes:
- Universities established under the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994.
- Goa/Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
- NIC
- DOEACC
- APTECH
- NIIT
- C-DAC
- DATAPRO
- SSI
- BOSTON
- CEDIT
- MS-CIT
- Certificate regarding Qualification of computer knowledge specified in Government Resolutions dated 04/02/2013, 08/01/2018 and 16/07/2018 issued by Information Technology (GAD) department of Government of Maharashtra.
Age Limit: On the date of publication of the advertisement age of the candidate should not be less than 18 years and more than 38 years in the case of the General category and not more than 43 years in case of candidates belonging to SC, ST, Other Backward Class or Special Backward Class specified for the time being by the Government of Maharashtra. The maximum age limit shall not be applicable to the High Court/Government Employees, applying through proper channels.
In addition to the above eligibility criteria, the candidate must have adequate knowledge of the Marathi language.
How to Apply?
The candidate shall submit the application online only in the prescribed format through the High Court website within 15 days from the date of publication of the advertisement in the newspaper, after which the link will be disabled.
The link shall open at 11 AM on December 23, 2021, and the same shall close at 5 PM on January 6, 2022.
For detailed instructions for filling up of online application, refer to the official notification.
Application Fee
- The Registration fees of Rs. 25/- should be paid by online mode only (Non-refundable).
- Mere payment of non-refundable fees by a candidate does not create any right in favour of the candidate to appear for the Screening/Written Test.
- After publication of list on the official web-site of the Bombay High Court, only shortlisted candidates shall pay a sum of Rs.250/- towards examination fees, by Online mode only (Non-refundable)
Selection Process
Stage 1: Screening/written test of 90 marks of 1-hour duration comprising of objective type multiple choice questions on the
following syllabus:
- Marathi: Grammar, construction of sentence and usage of words
- English: Spelling, Grammar, construction of sentence and usage of words
- General Knowledge: Questions on daily events and experience, work of eminent persons in various field and on history and geography of India, especially related to Maharashtra.
- General Intelligence: Questions to test quantitative aptitude, etc.
- Arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, average percentage and decimal fraction, etc.
- Computer: Computer related general questions
Stage 2: Only shortlisted candidates after qualifying screening test would be called for English Typing Test of 20 marks. The English Typing Test will be taken on Computer only.
Stage 3: Only Candidates qualifying typing test would be called for a viva-voce/Interview of 40 marks.
Refer to the official notification by clicking here, for complete information.
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