THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA

website:www.hckrecruitment.nic.in Phone : 0484-2562235

NOTIFICATION

Applications are invited from qualified Indian Citizens for appointment to the
following post in the High Court of Kerala. Candidate shall apply online through the
Recruitment Portal (www.hckrecruitment.nic.in). No other means/modes of application will
be accepted.
1. Recruitment Number : 4/2020
2. Name of the Post : COURT MANAGER
3. Scale of Pay : ₹42500-87000
4. Number of vacancies and Validity of Ranked List: 2 (TWO) (Vacancies that may arise
during the period of validity of the ranked list shall also be filled up from the list. The
ranked list prepared pursuant to this notification shall remain in force for a minimum
period of one year from the date on which it is brought into force and shall continue to
remain in force until the publication of a fresh list or till the expiry of two years,
whichever is earlier)
5. Method of Appointment : Direct Recruitment.
6. Age Limit :
(i) Candidates born between 02/01/1984 and 01/01/2002 (both days inclusive)
are eligible to apply.
(ii) Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribe born between
02/01/1979 and 01/01/2002 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
(iii) Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes born between 02/01/1981
and 01/01/2002 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
(iv) A candidate who is an Ex-serviceman or Ex-general Reserve Engineer Force
person or a disembodied Territorial Army person, in reckoning the age for his
eligibility for appointment can exclude the period of his service in the defence
forces or in the General Reserve Engineer Force or in the Territorial Army, as
the case may be, and the period of unemployment on discharge up to a
maximum of five years provided he has not completed the age of 50 years.

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 (v) Age relaxation upto 15 years will be granted to (a) the blind and (b) the deaf
and dumb candidates and 10 years to orthopaedically disabled candidates
subject to the condition that in no case upper age limit shall exceed 50 years.
(vi) Age relaxation upto 5 years will be granted to widows, subject to the
condition that in no case upper age limit shall exceed 50 years.
(vii) A candidate who has experience as Court Manager in High Courts or
Subordinate Courts shall be eligible for relaxation of upper age limit up to the
period of service rendered as Court Manager or five years, whichever is less.
This relaxation will be in addition to the age relaxation admissible, if any as
per any other provision.
7. Qualifications:
(1). Educational :-
(a) Bachelors degree (Regular) in any subject awarded or
recognised by any of the Universities in Kerala.
(b) M.B.A (Regular) from a recognised university.
(c) Desirable: - LL.B Degree (Regular) from a recognised
university.
(2). Experience:-
(a) Five Years Experience as Court Manager in High Court,
Subordinate Courts.
OR
Five Years Experience in High Court / State / Central
Government or PSUs in a Gazetted / managerial Capacity.
OR
Five Years Experience in IT systems and Process Management
or Financial Management or Human Resource Management in
a managerial capacity.
(b) Excellent communication skills and
(c) Excellent Computer Application skills.
Note:-
The candidates must have acquired all the qualifications on or before the date
of closure of Step II process of online application.
8. Mode of Selection: Selection will be on the basis of Written Test and Interview.
(i) Written Test: - The written test will be objective type with multiple choices

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 of 2 hours duration consisting of questions from two sections with marks
shown against each (Total 150 marks) as follows.
(1). Section A - 100 marks.
(Managerial Function, Human Resource Management, Research
methodologies, Quantitative techniques, Organisational Behaviour &
Design, Business Economics, Financial Management, Computer
Knowledge and Legal Knowledge)
(2). Section B – 50 Marks
(General English (20 Marks), Test of Reasoning (10 Marks), General
Knowledge (20 Marks)
(ii) Interview: The interview is for 20 marks. The minimum marks for being
included in the ranked list will be 50% in the interview.
9. Application Fee: ₹600/- (Rupees Six Hundred only). Scheduled Castes / Scheduled
Tribes / Unemployed Differently abled candidates are exempted from payment of
application fee. For payment of fee, candidates should either use system generated Fee
Payment Challan or pay online through Debit Card/ Credit Card/Net Banking by
following instructions on the screen. Bank Transaction charges for Payment of
application fee, if applicable, will have to be borne by the candidate.
10. Facilities for Persons with Disabilities:
(i) Candidates who are blind/low vision or affected by cerebral palsy with
locomotor impairment and whose writing speed is affected can avail the
services of a scribe of their choice during the written test. Such candidates,
whether availing the facility of scribe or not, will be allowed compensatory
time of 40 minutes.
(ii) The use of scribe will be governed by the guidelines prescribed by the High
Court and the candidates will have to produce a medical certificate and
declaration at the time of written test in the prescribed format which will be
available in the recruitment portal.
11. Examination Centre: The written test will be conducted at Ernakulam.
12. Candidates possessing degrees which are not awarded by the Universities in Kerala
should obtain certificate of recognition of their degrees, from any of the Universities in
Kerala and keep it with them. The certificate of recognition of the degree should be
produced as and when called for, failure of which will entail cancellation of candidature.
13. Documents in original to prove age, qualifications, Community, Non Creamy Layer

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 status, etc should be produced as and when called for, failure of which will entail
cancellation of candidature. The candidates who belong to differently abled category will
have to produce a certificate from the medical board as per G.O (P) No.39/2012/SWD
dated 30/06/2012 as and when called for. (The format of certificates will be available in
the link ‘Downloads’ in the recruitment portal.)
14. Candidates, who are in the service of the Government of India or any of the State
Governments, while applying, should obtain No Objection Certificate from their Head of
Office or Department and keep it with them. If the candidate fails to produce the No
Objection Certificate as and when called for, his/her candidature will stand cancelled.
(Format of NOC is available in the link 'Downloads' in the recruitment portal)
15. The candidate should ensure that the particulars furnished by him/her are correct in all
respects. Anything not specifically claimed in the application against the appropriate
field will not be considered at a later stage. In case it is detected at any stage of the
recruitment that a candidate does not fulfill the eligibility norms and/or that he/she
furnished any incorrect/false information or has suppressed any material facts, his/her
candidature will stand cancelled. If suppression of material facts or furnishing of any
incorrect/false information is detected even after appointment, his/her service is liable to
be terminated.
16. Applications not submitted in accordance with the eligibility and other norms mentioned
in this Notification as well as the instructions published in the Recruitment Portal of the
High Court will be summarily rejected.
17. Canvassing in any form will entail cancellation of candidature.
18. Appointment from the ranked list will be made in accordance with rules of reservation
prescribed in the Rules 14 to 17 of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services
Rules, 1958 and in accordance with the rules made for the purpose from time to time.
19. How to Apply:
a) The online application process has two parts - Step-I and Step-II. 'Step-I/ New
Applicant' is the first part for registration of the applicants. 'Step-II/ Registered
Applicant' is the second part of the process for those applicants who had
completed Step-I. A candidate's online application is complete only if he/she
completes both the steps which include the submission of application by
clicking the 'FINAL SUBMISSION' option available in Step –II process and
payment of application fee (if applicable).
b) Candidates are advised to have a valid Mobile Number / valid personal e-mail

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 ID. It should be kept active during the recruitment process. No request for change
of Mobile Number/e-mail ID will be entertained. The High Court will send
various intimations relating to the recruitment as SMS/e-mail to this Mobile
Number/e-mail ID.
c) In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she may create
his/her e-mail ID before applying online.
d) If the candidate does not mention his/her Mobile Number/e-mail ID, no intimation
relating to the recruitment will be sent to the candidate. Such candidates will have
to visit the recruitment portal frequently for getting information about the
recruitment.
e) Before applying online, a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital)
image of his photograph and signature (in a pen drive or CD) as per the
following specifications;

Sl. Dimensions(should be the exact size)

2 Signature 10 KB to20 KB 100 pixels 150 pixels

f) For further details the candidates are advised to visit the link "Guidelines for
Photograph & Signature" available on the main page. Candidates should take
care to upload good quality photograph. Otherwise it would be difficult to
identify the candidate from the photograph on the Admission Ticket. If the
candidate cannot be identified from the photograph printed on the Admission
Ticket, he/she will not be allowed to write the examination.
g) The candidate should also keep the particulars of educational qualifications and
other personal details ready before applying as these details are required to be
entered in the online Application Form. The detailed requirements are given in the
link “Sample Application Form” available in the main page.
h) To start the application process, the candidates should click the link 'Step-I/ New
Applicant’ in the web page or the 'Apply online' button available against the
notification link. This will take the candidate to the next page where the options of
'POSTS' are displayed. The candidates can access the RECRUITMENT OF
COURT MANAGER main page (hereafter called the main page) by clicking the

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 option ‘COURT MANAGER’ available there. Before proceeding further, the
candidate should read the detailed notification in the home page and How to
Apply, Guidelines for Photograph & Signature, FAQ and Sample Application
Form provided in the main page.
i) In Step-I (Registration for New Applicants), the candidate has to fill in basic
information about him/her. The information provided during Step-I process cannot
be modified after submission with key number.
j) Towards the end of Step-I process, the candidate will be asked to generate a Key
Number. The Key Number should be eight digit long and it should contain at
least one upper case letter (A,B,C,....), one lower case letter (a,b,c,.....), one
numerical digit (0,1,2,3,....) and one of the special characters (! @ # $ % ^ * ( )_ +
{ } ; : < . >). The candidate is advised to note down the Key Number and to
keep it securely till the selection process is over since it is required to be entered
each time he/she log into the system. Under no circumstances, he/she should
share/mention Key Number with/to any other person. Before proceeding with
the completion of the Step-I (Registration) process, the candidate should
ensure that the reservation category, Religion, Caste, and other entered
details are shown correctly in the 'confirmation screen'.
k) On completion of Step-I, the candidate will be assigned an Application Number
which will be displayed on the screen and intimated to the candidates through
SMS/e-mail. Candidate can continue the application filing process by clicking on
the 'Proceed' button available in the above screen and complete the application
filing process in one go, if he/she so desires, or exit the page.
l) If he/she opts to exit the page, he/she has to log into the system by clicking on the
link “Step-II / Registered Applicant” and then entering the Application Number
and Key Number. The candidate will then have access to the Step-II process.
m) In Step-II/Registered Applicant, the link 'Upload Photograph and Signature ‘will
be available. Only after completion of uploading of photograph and signature, the
link – 'Application’ will be visible. The details furnished by the candidates during
Step-II process can be modified till the Final Submission of online applications.
However, the photograph and signature once uploaded cannot be changed.
Final Submission link will be available only if all the required details are
furnished in the link 'Application' and its other dynamic sub links (Employment
details, Service Particulars, Civil/Criminal cases etc.).The candidate should fill all

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 the required information in these links.
n) On satisfying that the information furnished are correct and complete, the
candidate must finally submit the Application by clicking the link 'Final
Submission', and furnishing the details required therein. The process of online
filing of application will be complete only on successful Final Submission of
application as stated above. Once an online application is finally submitted, no
further change can be made in Step-II. Therefore, the candidates are instructed to
ensure the accuracy and correctness of details furnished before clicking the 'Final
Submission' button.
o) Payment of application fee is the last stage of the online application process.
After making 'Final Submission' as indicated in clause (n) above, the candidate,
if applicable, shall make the payment of application fee within the stipulated time.
An application will be incomplete if application fee is not remitted and such
applicants will not be considered for the selection process.
p) The application fee can be paid through online mode (Debit Card/Credit
Card/Net Banking) or offline mode (Cash payment at the branches of the
State Bank of India using the system generated fee payment challan).
Payment of fee by Demand Draft/Cheque/Money Orders/Postal Orders etc. will
not be accepted. Fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can it be
held in reserve for any other examination. The candidates are instructed to refer to
the Terms & Conditions and policies with respect to payment, available in the
payment page of the website. Fee payment by either mode can be made only
after the final submission of application. The candidates should ensure that the
web browser used by them is compatible with the same of Bank to make hassle
free payment of application fee.
i) Online payment facility will be available from the date of commencement of
Step I process. For making online payment of application fee, the candidate
should click the link 'Fee Payment' available in the profile of the candidate
and follow the instructions available on the screen.
ii) Payment through offline mode can be made only after the last date fixed for
closure of Step II process. The challan for offline mode of fee payment can be
downloaded from fee payment page available in the profile of the candidate
till the date fixed for closure of Step II process. After that date, the system
generated challan will not be available. So, the candidates should ensure

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 that the challan is downloaded on or before the date fixed for closure of Step
II process. However, payment through offline mode can be made till the date
fixed for the same.
q) The candidates who are exempted from fee payment and the candidates who wish
to pay the fee through online mode (Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking) can
complete the online application filing process in one go, if they so desire. In case
the candidates do not intend to complete the online application filing process in
one go, he/she can login to STEP-II link available in the Home Page by providing
Application Number and Key Number and continue the process.
r) The successful remittance of application fee marks the end of online application
filing process.
s) The candidates should take printout of Application and keep it for future
reference. They need not send the printout of the online application or any other
documents to the High Court.
20. Admission Tickets/Call Letters for Written Test/ Interview:
(i) The candidates should download the Admission Tickets/Call Letters from the
link “STEP-II” from the recruitment portal www.hckrecruitment.nic.in.
(ii) The Admission Tickets for written test will be ready for download three weeks
prior to the date of the written test and the Call Letters for Interview will be
ready for download two weeks prior to the Interview and the candidate will be
intimated through SMS/e-mail. The candidates who have found place in the
Short List can download and take printout of the call letters for interview.
(iii) If a candidate is unable to download his/her Admission Ticket/Call Letter,
he/she should contact the High Court at 0484-2562235. In case no
communication is received in the office of the High Court from the candidate
regarding non-receipt of his/her Admission Ticket/Call Letter at least one
week before the Written Test/Interview, as the case may be, he/she
himself/herself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of his/her Admission
Ticket/Call Letter. The candidates are also advised to visit the recruitment
portal of the High Court (www.hckrecruitment.nic.in) at least once in a week
to know about the schedule of the written test/ Interview.
(iv) The candidates should note that their admission to the written test/ interview
will be purely provisional based on the information given by them in the
Online Application Form. This will be subject to verification of all the

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