Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1). The appointment to all posts to class III and class IV services of the Subordinate Judicial Service in the criminal Courts in each district, may be made by the District & Sessions Judge who is the Head of the Department, from the list of the candidates selected by the Advisory Committee formed for the purpose in each district, in accordance with the recruitment rules for the recruitment of Class III and Class IV services in the Subordinate Judicial Service, framed by the Government and contained in the Appendix attached to the Government Resolution No. H.D. No. MIS-1055/62546-III, dated 26th December, 1957, and as amended from time to time and as per the Gujarat Subordinate Judicial Service Class III and Class IV Services (Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 1966, and by notification of Legal Department No. MIS-1072-D, dated 12th May, 1975. (2) The Judicial Magistrate is the Disciplinary Authority as per rule 2 of the Gujarat Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1971. The Judicial Magistrate, as the Head of the office may impose some of the penalties mentioned in rule 6 as specified in rule 7 and the appendix of the Gujarat Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1971. In case of removal, reduction in rank or for other punishments, the District Judge or the Head of the Office, as the case may be, may impose such penalty as provided in said Rules. The Gujarat Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1971, are applicable to all the members of the Class III and Class IV Services of the Subordinate Judicial Service. (3) For taking the disciplinary action and inflicting the penalty provided under the Gujarat Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1971, the procedure laid down in the said rules should be scrupulously followed by the Disciplinary authority.