Andhra Pradesh Police 2021 Assistant Public Prosecutors Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria for the post of Additional Public Prosecutors Grade II / Assistant Public Prosecutors :

A. Age Limit:

a)

         i.            For post code no. 41: A candidate must not have attained the age of 35 years as on 1st July, 2013 i.e., he/ she must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1978.

       ii.            For post code no. 42: A candidate must not have attained the age of 33 years as on 1st July, 2013 i.e., he/ she must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1980.

b) The upper age limit will be relaxable as under

         i.            Up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Backward Class or a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe

       ii.            Up to a maximum of ten years if a candidate is Orthopaedically Handicapped Person

      iii.            length of regular service limited upto a maximum of five years if a candidate is an employee of A.P. State Government (Employees of APSEB, APSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities, Local bodies etc. are not entitled for age relaxation)

     iv.            Three years in addition to the length of service rendered in the Army, Naval or Air Force of the Union for the candidates who served in the Armed Forces

       v.            Three years in addition to the length of service rendered as a whole time Cadet Corps Instructor in NCC provided the candidate rendered a minimum service of 6 months as a whole time Cadet Corps Instructor in NCC.

     vi.            Up to a maximum of three years if a candidate is a retrenched temporary employee in the State Census Department with a minimum service of 6 months during 1991

Save as provided above, the age limits prescribed can in no case be relaxed.

NOTE: The date of birth accepted by the SLPRB is that entered in the Secondary School Certificate or Matriculation or an equivalent examination certificate. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.

Minimum Educational Qualification: The candidate must possess, as on the date of notification i.e., 08-03-2013, a Bachelor degree in any subject along with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law awarded by any University in India, established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act or of any Institution recognised by the University Grants Commission or any other equivalent qualification. The candidates who have passed five year course in law after Intermediate are also eligible

Experience:

         i.            For post code no. 41: The candidate must have practiced as an advocate for not less than seven (7) years as on date of notification i.e., 08-03-2013.

       ii.            For post code no. 42: The candidate must have practiced as an advocate for not less than three (3) years active practice in Criminal Courts in the State as on date of notification i.e., 08-03-2013.

Note: As per sub section 9 of Section 24 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the period during which a person has been in practice as a Pleader or has rendered (whether before or after the commencement of this Code) service as a Public Prosecutor or as an Additional Pubic Prosecutor or Asst. Public Prosecutor or other Prosecuting Officer, by whatever name called, shall be deemed to be the period during which such person has been in practice as an advocate.

Medical Standards:

         i.            The candidate should possess sound health and be free from any bodily defect or infirmity which will render him unfit for service

       ii.            Candidates whose speech or hearing or sights are impaired are not eligible for service.