1. The Registrar General, High Court, Calcutta and Chairman of the Committee of Registrars, issued employment notification dated July 6, 2011 inviting applications from eligible candidates for filling up various vacant posts in the several district judgeships of the state. In respect of the judgeship of Murshidabad, the posts of, inter alia, process server and peon/nightguard/farash (Group D) were sought to be filled up. The number of unreserved vacancies on the posts of process server and peon/nightguard/farash were 4 and 27 respectively. The employment notification stipulated the educational qualification in respect of Group D category. The candidates were required to have a class VIII pass certificate from any recognised school or recognised madrasah or any other recognised equivalent institution. Regarding the mode of selection, it was further stipulated that the candidates would be required to take a written examination and on the result thereof, those who are short-listed would be called for personality test. The final panel would be prepared on the basis of the total marks obtained in the written examination and the personality test.

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