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109                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                (Part VI.—The States)

be, and the posting and promotion of, district judges in any State shall be made
by the Governor of the State in consultation with the High Court exercising
jurisdiction in relation to such State.
       (2) A person not already in the service of the Union or of the State shall
only be eligible to be appointed a district judge if he has been for not less than
seven years an advocate or a pleader and is recommended by the High Court
for appointment.
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       [233A. Validation of appointments of, and judgments, etc.,
delivered by, certain district judges.—Notwithstanding any judgment,
decree or order of any court,—
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              (a) (i) no appointment of any person already in the judicial service
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       of a State or of any person who has been for not less than seven years an
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       advocate or a pleader, to be a district judge in that State, and
               (ii) no posting, promotion or transfer of any such person as a
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       district judge, made at any time before the commencement of the
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       Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966, otherwise than in
       accordance with the provisions of article 233 or article 235 shall be
       deemed to be illegal or void or ever to have become illegal or void by
       reason only of the fact that such appointment, posting, promotion or
       transfer was not made in accordance with the said provisions;
           (b) no jurisdiction exercised, no judgment, decree, sentence or order
       passed or made, and no other act or proceeding done or taken, before the
       commencement of the Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966
       by, or before, any person appointed, posted, promoted or transferred as a
       district judge in any State otherwise than in accordance with the
       provisions of article 233 or article 235 shall be deemed to be illegal or
       invalid or ever to have become illegal or invalid by reason only of the
       fact that such appointment, posting, promotion or transfer was not made
       in accordance with the said provisions.]
       234. Recruitment of persons other than district judges to the judicial
service.—Appointments of persons other than district judges to the judicial service
of a State shall be made by the Governor of the State in accordance with rules made
by him in that behalf after consultation with the State Public Service Commission
and with the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to such State.


1. Ins. by the Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-12-1966).

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