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HIGH COURT OF MADRAS

NOTIFICATION No.3/2024 DATED:15.01.2024

Date of Notification 15/01/2024

Last date for Registration & submission of Online

Applications: 13/02/2024

Last date for remittance of fee, by Challan through 15/02/2024

Bank:

Applications are invited from eligible candidates ONLY THROUGH

ONLINE MODE (https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in) for direct recruitment to the post of
DRIVER in the Madras High Court Service.
Note:-
(a) Applications submitted through https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in WILL
ALONE be accepted. Applications submitted through any other mode
viz. by post, courier, RPAD, e-mail, hand delivery etc. will not be
entertained under any circumstances or for any reason. No
correspondence in this regard will be entertained, under any
circumstances.
(b) Before filling the online application for the post of ‘DRIVER’, the
applicants are advised to go through the ‘Notification’ and ‘Instructions
to candidates’ available in the Recruitment Portal of the Madras High
Court, (https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in) thoroughly and carefully and they
shall ensure themselves that they fulfil all the required qualifications and
not disqualified for appointment.
(c) The candidates are advised to make use of ONLY DESKTOP or
LAPTOP to apply for the post online and not to apply through smart
phone or tab since the application module is compatible only for desktop
or laptop.
(d) Mere Registering will not be considered as an application for any Post.
The Judicial Recruitment Cell, High Court, Madras will not be
responsible for any consequences arising due to furnishing of incorrect
and incomplete details in the application or omission to provide the
required details in the application for this recruitment.
(e) If the candidate is found not eligible to apply for the post, he / she will
be disqualified at any stage of the selection process.
(f) The 'Notification' and Instructions to the candidates have been made
available to the candidates both in English and Tamil. In case of
inconsistency between both the versions, the English version will
prevail.
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CAUTION

 All Recruitments by the Judicial Recruitment Cell, High Court, Madras are
made purely on merit basis.
 The candidates, in their own interest, are cautioned against touts and agents,
who may indulge in cheating, by making false promises of securing
appointment through unfair means.
 The Judicial Recruitment Cell, High Court, Madras will not be responsible or
liable for any loss that may be occasioned to any applicant, on account of
indulging in such activity with such unscrupulous elements
 Candidates indulging in unfair means, by approaching the Recruitment body,
either in person or through anyone will be disqualified from appointment.
 Applicants are solely responsible for their claims made in online application.
They cannot blame the service providers like internet cafe/browsing centre/
Common Service centres for the mistakes made while applying online for
recruitment. The online applications once finally submitted cannot be edited.
Hence, applicants are strictly cautioned to verify the filled in online
applications carefully, before finally submitting the same.

2. NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND PAY SCALE:

No. of
Name of the Post Level of Pay
vacancies
Driver Rs.19,500 - 71,900 + Spl.Pay 13

3. DISTRIBUTION OF VACANCIES:

Sl. Backlog Total

Category Vacancies
No. Vacancies Vacancies
1 GT 0 1 1
2 GT(W)(PSTM) 0 1 1
GT (BLINDNESS AND LOW
3 1 0 1
VISION)
4 GT(PSTM) (PRIORITY) 0 1 1
5 BC (OTHER THAN BCM) 0 1 1
6 BC (OTHER THAN BCM) (EX-SER) 0 1 1
7 BC(M) (W) (DW) 0 1 1
8 MBC/DC 0 1 1
9 MBC/DC (W) 0 1 1
MBC/DC
(LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY
INCLUDING CEREBRAL PALSY,
10 0 1 1
LEPROSY CURED, DWARFISM,
ACID ATTACK VICTIMS AND
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY)
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Sl. Backlog Total

Category Vacancies
No. Vacancies Vacancies
11 SC 0 1 1
12 SC (PRIORITY) 0 1 1
13 SC (A) (PSTM) 0 1 1
TOTAL 1 12 13

NOTE:
The number of vacancies advertised for the post are only
approximate and are liable to increase or decrease with reference
to vacancy position at any point of time, before finalisation of
selection.

4. QUALIFICATIONS:-
(A) AGE (as on 01.07.2024):-

Minimum Maximum
Sl. Age (should Age (should
Category of Applicant
No. have not have
completed) completed)

(i) For reserved categories i.e. 18 years 37* years

SC / SC(A) /ST/ MBC&DC / BC / BCM
For Others / Unreserved categories
[i.e., Applicants not belonging to SC /
SC(A) / ST / MBC & DC / BC and BCM]
(ii)
[Persons belonging to other States / Union 18 years 32* years
Territories i.e. except the State of Tamil
Nadu and the Union Territory of
Puducherry, will be treated only as
‘Unreserved category’ candidates]

For In-Service candidates:

[“In Service candidate” means –
(iii)
Fulltime member or approved / unapproved 18 years 47* years
probationer of the Madras High Court
Service or Tamil Nadu Judicial Ministerial
Service.]

Note: “Others” [i.e., Candidates not belonging to SCs, SC(A)s, STs,

MBCs/DCs, BCs and BCMs] who have put in 5 years of service in the State /
Central Government are not eligible to apply, even if they are within the age
limit.
*For direct recruitments, maximum age limit has been increased by two
years vide G.O. (Ms.) No. 91, Human Resources Management (S)
Department, dated 13.09.2021.
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Explanation:-

(i) Candidates should not have been born after 01.07.2006 and should not
have been born before:
(a) 02.07.1987 (in case of reserved categories viz. SC / SC(A) /
ST /MBC&DC / BC / BCM)
(b) 02.07.1992 (in case of ‘Others’ i.e., unreserved category
candidates /Candidates from other States / Union
Territories)
(c) 02.07.1977 (in case of ‘In-service’ candidates )
(ii) However, the maximum age stated above is not applicable to the following
category of candidates:
(a) For Differently Abled Persons:
Persons with benchmark disability (i.e. the disability should not
be less than 40%) will be eligible for age concession upto ten years
over and above the age limit prescribed, provided, they are found
to be otherwise suitable. Such applicants should produce a
certificate as laid down in G.O. (Ms) No. 28, Welfare of
Differently Abled Persons (DAP 3.1) Department, dated
27.07.2018 and in accordance with the norms laid down by the
Government of India in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Rules, 2017. No scribe assistance will be allowed to the above said
examination.

(b) Discharged or temporary Government employees:

Discharged or temporary Tamil Nadu Government employees who
have not completed 42 years* of age as on 01.07.2024, are allowed
to deduct from their age the actual period of service rendered upto
the date of notification under the Government of Tamil Nadu
(whether continuous or non-continuous)
Explanation: A discharged State Government employee is a
person who was in the employment of the State and was discharged
because of reduction in establishment or for any other reason but
not on a disciplinary proceeding. (Section 61 of the Tamil Nadu
Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).
(c) For Ex-servicemen:-
(a) The maximum age limit as on 01.07.2024 is 55 years* for
those who belong to SC, SC(A), ST, MBC/DC, BC and BCM.
(b) The maximum age limit as on 01.07.2024 is 50 years* for
those who do not belong to SC, SC(A), ST, MBC/DC, BC and
BCM.
(Section 63 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants
(Conditions of Service) Act, 2016)
(iii) The persons belonging to the State of Tamil Nadu / Union Territory of
Puducherry and belonging to one of the communities viz., Scheduled Caste
or Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiars) or Scheduled Tribe or Most Backward
Classes & Denotified Communities or Backward Classes and Backward
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Classes (Muslims), as the case may be, will alone be treated as belonging to
the respective communities. The Persons belonging to other States / Union
Territories (i.e. except the State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of
Puducherry) will be treated only as ‘Unreserved Category’, even though they
belong to one of the reserved communities in their respective States or Union
Territories. Therefore, they cannot seek either age relaxation or reservation
in appointment or fee concession, under any circumstances. They are
required to fill up their category as “Unreserved Category (UR)” in the
application form and can compete only under “Unreserved Category (UR)”,
by paying required fee. Applicants from other States / other Union
Territories i.e. except the State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of
Puducherry, who have applied by citing their communal status in their
respective States / Union Territories and without paying prescribed fee
and who are age barred (if they have completed 32 years* of age as on
01.7.2024) will be summarily rejected and no correspondence in this
regard will be entertained.
(iv) The applicants, who are full time members or approved / unapproved
probationers in the Madras High Court Service or Tamil Nadu Judicial
Ministerial Service or Puducherry Judicial Subordinate Service or State/
Central Government Service, should obtain “No Objection Certificate” from
their Head of Department / Appointing Authority, as prescribed in
Annexure-B of the "Instructions to candidates", subsequent to this
Notification and shall upload the same at the time of applying. Failure to
upload the No Objection Certificate will lead to rejection of their application.
However, such candidates need not submit their applications through proper
channel and they can apply through online.
(v) No special age concession is applicable for Destitute Widow.

*For direct recruitments, maximum age limit has been increased by two
years vide G.O. (Ms.) No. 91, Human Resources Management (S)
Department, dated 13.09.2021.

(B). EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Must have completed X standard with valid L.M.V Driving Licence.

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5. EXAMINATION FEE:-

Sl. Category Amount

No.
1 BC / BCM / MBC&DC / Others /UR Rs.500/-
SC / SC(A) / ST
(Fee exemption is applicable only to
2 SC / SC (A) / ST candidates Total Exemption
belonging to the State of Tamil Nadu /
Union Territory of Puducherry)
Differently Abled Persons and
Destitute Widows of all castes:-
(a) For differently Abled Persons, the
disability should not be less than
40% [Benchmark Disabilities]
(b) For Destitute Widows, the Total Exemption
3 "Destitute Widow Certificate"
should have been obtained from
Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub
Collector / Assistant Collector.
"Widow certificate can not be
considered as "Destitute Widow
Certificate"

Note:

 Persons claiming age and Fee concession referred to above and

other claims including communal and Priority Reservation shall
possess valid certificates issued by the Competent Authority on the
date of Notification and shall submit the same.
 The online application of the candidate, who makes false
claim/suppression of information for fee concession or age
relaxation or any other benefits, will be rejected at any stage of
selection.
 The fees once paid will not be refunded to the applicants under any
circumstances.
 If a candidate fails to upload / send the required documents within
72 hours of intimation to produce the same, he/she shall not be
entitled for any further extension of time to produce the same and
his / her claim based on such documents shall not be entertained.
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6. MODE OF SELECTION:-

The selection of candidates will be based on (i) Written Examination, (ii) Practical
Test and (iii) Oral Test, in the following manner:

(i) WRITTEN EXAMINIATION

(Maximum Marks: 125 – Duration 150 minutes)

The Written Examination will consist of 125 multiple choice questions (objective
type), each carrying 1 Mark in two parts (Part –A & Part –B). The duration will be
150 minutes.

Total No. Minimum

Total
Subject of Qualifying Duration
Marks
Questions Marks
PART-A
Tamil Eligibility Test
[Refer G.O.Ms.No.133,
Human Resources (M)
Department, dated
01.12.2021.]
FOR DIFFERENTLY
ABLED CANDIDATES: 50 50 20 150
Only for the Differently Minutes
abled candidates, who opt
for 'General English' in
Common Written
Examination, the syllabus
will be in English.

Part-B
General Knowledge 75 75 30

SYLLABUS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION:

Part-A: General Tamil (Upto SSLC Standard as per Tamil Nadu State
Government syllabus)
(For 50 Marks)
General English (Upto SSLC Standard as per Tamil Nadu State
Government syllabus]** [only for Differently abled
candidates who have opted for General English]
**Refer G.O.Ms.No.49, Human Resources (M) Department,
dated 23.05.2022.
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Part-B General knowledge and awareness, driving theory, pre-driving

General checks, zone of vision, priority for certain vehicles, traffic
Knowledge education, vehicle mechanism and repairs, good qualities of
driver, numerical and reasoning ability, driving skills and
(for 75 Marks) driving sense, first aid, emergency care etc.

Note:
 The candidate should get qualified in Part - ‘A’ and Part - ‘B’ separately.
 The questions in Part – 'A' will be in Tamil Language.
** For Differently abled candidates, it will be set either in Tamil or in
English language as per their option.
 Part – 'B' will be evaluated, only if the candidate secures minimum
qualifying marks of 40% (i.e) 20 Marks in Part-'A'.
 The questions in Part – 'B' will be bi-lingual i.e. both English and Tamil. In
case of any inconsistency between English and Tamil versions of the
questions, the English version will prevail over the Tamil version.
 Marks secured in Part – 'B' alone will be considered for shortlisting the
candidates for next stage of selection process, i.e, Practical Test based on the
rule of reservation.
 The candidates for Practical Test will be shortlisted, based on merit in the
written examination, at a ratio not exceeding 10 times of the number of
vacancies or as decided by the Hon'ble High Court, following the rule of
reservation. However, in each reservation group (including General Turn),
all the candidates, who secure the same mark as that of the cut-off mark for
their reservation group, will be admitted to the Practical Test. Therefore,
mere securing the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination will
not confer any right on the candidate to get qualified for the practical test.
 The marks obtained in the written examination will only be qualifying in
nature and the same will not be counted for determining the final order of
selection of the candidates.
 Any representation from candidates for changing the date of Examination /
Selection process, change of examination centre, relaxation of conditions
mentioned in the Notification or exam related direction or guidelines or
minimum marks or qualification/requirement etc. or revaluation/re-totalling
will not be entertained, under any circumstances.
 As per G.O. (Ms.) No.49, Human Resources (M) Department, dated
23.05.2022, the Government has granted exemption from writing the Tamil
eligibility test for the Differently abled candidates, who have studied in
English medium. Hence, the test will be conducted in General English (SSLC
Standard) for those who have opted for the same. This is applicable to the
persons having disability below 40% also.
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(ii) PRACTICAL TEST

(Maximum Marks: 100) (Minimum qualifying marks: 40)

The shortlisted candidates will be called for practical driving to test their
knowledge in driving theory, pre-driving checks, zone of vision, priority for
certain vehicles, traffic education, vehicle mechanism and repairs, good
qualities of driver, driving skills, first aid, emergency care, general manner and
attitude.

(iii) ORAL TEST

(Maximum Marks:15) (Minimum qualifying marks:5)

i. For oral test, the candidates will be shortlisted based on the marks secured in
Practical Test and following the rule of reservation, as per merit in the ratio
of 1:2 or 1:3 or such number as decided by the Hon'ble High Court with
reference to the number of vacancies.
ii. The object of Oral Test is to assess the suitability of the candidates, by
judging their mental alertness, skills, attitude, ethics, character, etc.

7. PREPARATION OF SELECTION LIST:

Final selection of candidates to the post will be made on the basis of

combined marks secured by the candidates in the Written Examination, Practical
Test and the Oral Test, as per merit and following the rule of reservation.

8. PLACE OF POSTING:

The selected candidates will be posted either at the Principal seat at

Madras or at the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai or Tamil Nadu
State Judicial Academy, Chennai or Regional Centre of Tamil Nadu State
Judicial Academy at Coimbatore or Madurai and are also liable to be transferred
from one place to other at any time, depending on the administrative needs and
exigencies without any prior intimation.

9. EXAMINATION CENTRES:

(a) The Written Examination will be held at Chennai and/or any other place
as may be decided by the High Court, Madras. Request for change of
venue will not be entertained under any circumstances.
(b) Practical Test and Oral Test will be conducted, to the eligible candidates
at Chennai.
(c) The dates of Written Examination, Practical Test and Oral Test will be
intimated to the eligible candidates only through the official website of
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the Judicial Recruitment Cell, High Court, Madras

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in and no personal intimation through
post/courier will be sent to the candidates. Therefore, the candidates are
strictly advised to follow the information in the official website of the
Judicial Recruitment Cell, High Court, Madras.
(d) No TA/DA will be paid to the candidates to appear for the Common
Written Examination / Practical Test / Oral Test.

HIGH COURT, MADRAS M. JOTHIRAMAN

DATED: 15/01/2024. REGISTRAR GENERAL