Opportunity of Additional Legal Adviser at Ministry of Law and Justice by UPSC

September 18, 2025by canonsphere

About the Job

Union Public Service Commission is hiring an Additional Legal Adviser at Ministry of Law and Justice.

Eligibility

A. Educational Qualification
A Degree in Law from a recognized University or an equivalent qualification.

B. Experience
The candidate should satisfy any one of the following conditions:

He should have been a member of a State Judicial Service for a period of not less than thirteen years; or

He should have held a superior post in the Legal Department of a State for a period of not less than thirteen years; or

He should be a Central Government servant with not less than thirteen years of experience in legal affairs; or

He should be a qualified legal practitioner.

Notes

I) Qualified legal practitioner—For appointment to a duty post in Grade II by direct recruitment, this means:

An advocate or a pleader who has practiced for at least thirteen years; or
An attorney of the High Court of Bombay or Calcutta who has practiced as such attorney and as an advocate for a total period of at least eleven years.

II) Superior post in the Legal Department of a State means a post in the State Government that is not clerical in nature and requires a Degree in Law as a qualification for appointment.

III) In computing the period during which a person has held any office in the State Judicial Service, in the Legal Department of a State, or under the Central Government, any period during which he has held any of the other aforesaid offices or has been a legal practitioner shall also be included.

IV) In computing the period during which a person has been a qualified legal practitioner, any period during which he has held office in the State Judicial Service, held a superior post in the Legal Department of a State, or served as a Central Government servant with experience in legal affairs shall be included.

V) Legal affairs—The term is broad and may be construed to include the following:
a) Rendering legal advice on all matters, including conveyancing;
b) Conducting court cases and appearing in courts as a Government Pleader or Public Prosecutor.

Note: Mere drafting of pleadings without substantive legal input shall not qualify as conduct of court cases.

Although the term legal affairs does not have a statutory definition, it encompasses all matters relating to law and the conduct of litigation in courts or quasi-judicial forums. For recruitment to posts in legal affairs in the Central Government, a Law degree is a prerequisite and essential qualification, in addition to post-qualification experience. Experience in legal affairs in the Central Government shall be construed as the discharge of legal duties requiring an LL.B. degree.

VI) Post-qualification experience shall be reckoned with reference to the minimum prescribed qualification.

If the minimum qualification is LL.B., only post-LL.B. experience will be considered.
If the minimum qualification is LL.M., only post-LL.M. experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

to give advice on all matters referred by the various Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.
to look after Government litigation work.
to conduct court cases and to appear in courts on behalf of the Central Government, wherever required and
to perform administrative and other works as may be assigned.

Location

New Delhi/Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai/Bengaluru. Liable to serve anywhere in India.

Pay Scale

As per the 7th CPC, Level-13 (₹1,18,500–₹2,14,100) in the Pay Matrix, the total emoluments at the time of initial appointment will be ₹1,18,500 plus Dearness Allowance (DA) as applicable per month, excluding HRA and TA.