Who can apply?
Minimum qualification
Serving Civil Judge meeting prescribed service experience
Eligibility conditions
Limited departmental promotion for Civil Judges (Senior Division) with at least three years in that grade and at least seven years combined service as Civil Judge Junior/Senior Division. This is not an open recruitment for fresh Law graduates.
Age and cutoff
No separate numerical age condition stated in this notice
Read all post-specific conditions in the original notice. A discovery tag or this summary is not an authority-issued eligibility decision or a selection guarantee.
Age relaxations and exceptions
No separate numerical age condition stated in this notice
Important dates
- Official publication
- 01 Oct 2026
- Application opens
- 03 Oct 2026
- Application closes
- 15 Oct 2026
An application extension does not automatically change the age or qualification cutoff. Date-only deadlines do not imply that the authority published a midnight closing time.
Salary or benefit and conditions
J-5 ₹1,44,840–1,94,660
Selection / assessment process
180-mark written examination, 80-mark performance assessment and 20-mark viva, with stated qualifying thresholds.
Documents to prepare
This is a local preparation checklist, not an upload or official document acceptance.
How to apply, step by step
- Eligible serving judicial officers apply through exams.jklhc.in from 3 to 15 October 2026. The referenced June 2024 detailed syllabus remains applicable.
Use the authority’s own application flow. Never share passwords, OTPs or payment PINs with us. Official application fees are separate from optional form-help charges.
Important instructions
The official notification and any later amendments govern appointment conditions. Post/category breakup is in the linked official notification; horizontal reservation is not added to the total.
Official notification and action links
For official dates and conditions, follow the issuing organisation’s original announcement. Unconfirmed application actions are not linked as open forms.
Change history
Applications open: J&K and Ladakh District Judge LDCE 2026 — 11 Promotion Posts