Department of Home Affairs and Justice Punjab Invites Application for 178 Law Officer Recruitment 2022

In supersession to this Department's Public Notice/Advertisement dated 19.12.2019 (published on 20.12.2019) vide which applications were invited for the engagement of various categories of 42 law officers in the office of Advocate General, Punjab at Chandigarh, it is hereby informed that the said engagement process of 42 law officers has been withdrawn and fresh Applications from eligible advocates/candidates are invited for engagement as law officers in the office of Advocate General, Punjab at Chandigarh and Legal Cell, New Delhi, to defend the cases for and on behalf of State of Punjab.

1. Position: Law Officers

2. No of Posts: 178

3. Category of Law Officers to be Engaged:

• Senior Additional Advocate General: 02
• Additional Advocate General: 32
• Senior Deputy Advocate General: 25
• Deputy Advocate General: 45
• Assistant Advocate General: 69
• Advocate-on- Record: 05

4. Practicing as an Advocate not less than:

• Senior Additional Advocate General: A designated Senior Advocate or altermatively an advocate having not less than 20 years of standing
• Additional Advocate General: A designated Senior Advocate or alternatively an advocate having not less than 16 years of standing
• Senior Deputy Advocate General: 14 Yrs
• Deputy Advocate General: 10 yrs
• Assistant Advocate General: 3 yrs
• Advocate-on- Record: Nil, but having passed the Record Advocate on examination

5. Minimum annual gross income from profession in the last three years.:

• Senior Additional Advocate General: 20,00,000/-
• Additional Advocate General: 15,00,000/-
• Senior Deputy Advocate General: 10,00,000/-
• Deputy Advocate General: 7,00,000/-
• Assistant Advocate General: 3,50,000/-
• Advocate-on- Record: NIL

6. Eligibility:

a. 5% posts of Law Officers shall be filled up from amongst the persons who are or have been a member of the Service under the Punjab Prosecution and Litigation (Group A) Service Rules, 2002 in the rank of District Attorney or above.

b. However, the eligibility condition with regard to minimum standing as practicing Advocate and annual professional income shall not apply to applicants who retired as Judicial Officers, retired Law Officers of various departments of the Government of Punjab and retired Law Officers of the Directorate of Prosecution and Litigation, Punjab. 

c. The persons in service applying under (b) above may do so through proper channel as per their Service Rules. The persons in Service should also get a Certificate from Director, Prosecution that they have no Charge Sheet /disciplinary proceedings /criminal cases pending against them. Other provisions of The Punjab Law Officers (Engagement) Act 2017 will be applicable.

Selection Procedure

Selection Will be Based either Written Exam/Interview

How to Apply:

For more details, please refer to official notification at Download Official Notification