State Bureau, Lucknow. Disabled persons working in judicial services will now be given four percent reservation in promotion to the posts of Civil Judge (Senior Division). Till now this system was applicable at the recruitment level, but the situation regarding reservation in promotion was not clear.
Making this clear, Principal Secretary Appointment M. Devraj released Uttar Pradesh Judicial Service (Seventh Amendment) Rules-2026 on Friday.
This rule was approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister on Thursday. It was released on Friday.
Under the amended rules, now for recruitment to the posts of PCS-J, it has been made mandatory to have a law graduate from a recognized university with minimum three years of advocacy experience in courts or related work. Candidates will have to present this certificate at the time of application.
Good knowledge of Hindi is mandatory for recruitment in this. After selected, Civil Judge (Junior Division) will have to undergo compulsory training of one year.
A Civil Judge (Junior Division) who has completed five years of service will be promoted to the post of Civil Judge (Senior Division). For this, a selection committee will be formed, which will prepare a list of twice as many eligible candidates.
In every recruitment year, 10 percent of the total vacancies of Civil Judge (Senior Division) will be filled by promotion. Applications for promotion examination will be taken through the District Judge.
Every candidate must submit character certificate. After the examination the committee will release the eligibility list and the final selection list will be prepared on the basis of merit order. The promotion process on reserved posts will be compulsorily completed every year.
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