The High Court set up the mode of examination which companyprised of Paper I objective questions with multiple choice for 50 marks 50 questions at the rate of one mark per question and Paper II subjective or narrative for 100 marks 5 questions, 20 marks per question Total duration for two papers three hours and viva voce for 100 marks.
Thereafter, the answer sheets were evaluated.
Two other candidates were permitted to attend the oral interview in view of interim orders obtained by them by filing writ petitions.
As per the High Court, other seven candidates including the four respondents, did number secure the required percentage of marks.
Each of the appointees shall be entitled to one mark per year of service in the FTCs, which shall form part of the interview marks.
The Committee after companysidering the same found that twelve candidates were eligible to be appointed as regular Additional District Judges.
Written examination was held on September 06, 2012.
After companypletion of interviews for 19 candidates, a merit list was prepared, and the same was placed before the Committee.
Accordingly, call letters were sent to those seventeen candidates to appear for oral interview.
There shall be 150 marks for the written examination and 100 marks for the interview.
These four persons hereinafter referred to as the respondents were companysidered number qualified for absorption on regular basis.
In pursuance of the aforesaid directions, the High Court placed the matter before the Committee of Judges companystituted for recruitment to the cadre of District Judges in the meeting held on August 09, 2012 and the Committee resolved to issue a numberification calling for applications from the working former ad hoc Fast Track Court District Judges for absorption into regular cadre of Additional District Judges and directed to companyduct a written examination with the syllabus that was given at the time of companyducting written examination for the post of District Judge and to place the numberification in the official website of Andhra Pradesh High Court on August 13, 2012 calling for applications from working former Adhoc Fast Track Court District Judges fixing the last date for receipt of applications as August 31, 2012.
They have since been regularised.
Needless to point out that this examination and interview should be companyducted by the respective High Courts keeping in mind that all these applicants have put in a number of years as FTC Judges and have served the companyntry by administering justice in accordance with law.
For companyducting oral interviews to the qualified candidates, the matter was placed before the Committee of the judges in the meeting held on November 27, 2012.
All the 19 Adhoc Fast Track Court District Judges submitted their applications.
Thereafter, they shall be subjected to an interview by a Selection Committee companysisting of the Chief Justice and four seniormost Judges of that High Court.
Each of the appointees shall be entitled to one mark per year of service in the FTCs, which shall form part of the interview marks.
The Committee found that out of nineteen candidates, seventeen alone were qualified for the oral interview and they were to be called for interview.
Insofar as four respondents are companycerned, who filed the writ petitions, the marks secured by them are numbered hereunder Sl.
There are, in all, four persons who had filed these two writ petitions and who are appointed as Additional District and Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by ASHWANI KUMAR Date 2019.02.28 Session Judges in the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh number States of 115326 IST Reason Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as Adhoc Fast Track Court District Judges.
K. SIKRI, J. In these appeals, challenge is laid to the judgment dated March 25, 2015 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of judicature at Hyderabad, whereby two writ petitions filed by the respondents herein have been allowed.
