Consultant (Legal)

• Number of Vacancies: 01 (one)

Age limit

• Retired persons below the age of 62 years.

Eligibility Criteria/Essential Educational Qualification

(a) Graduate in any discipline with minimum Bachelor's Degree in Law or any equivalent degree from a recognised Institution/University and duly registered as an Advocate from State Bar Council.

(b) Retired Government servants from any Ministry/Department or its attached/subordinate offices of Central/State/UT Governments, Autonomous Bodies, Statutory Bodies or PSUs having served in pay level of 10 and above (as per 7th CPC) with requisite qualification as mentioned in point no.(a) above.

Experience

(a) Minimum 10 years’ experience of handling court cases related to service matters in any Central or State Government Ministry/Department/PSU.

(b) Experience in the service matters/Recruitment/Tender matters etc. and dealing with all type of legal matters.

(c) Experience in Govt. Sector/Judicial body/Regulatory/Quasi-Judicial body Etc./dealing with all type of legal matters etc.

(d) Experience in legal drafting and administrative coordination.

(e) Experience in preparing draft counter replies for filing before District Court/High Court/Supreme Court/CAT & other courts and get them vetted from legal perspective.

Remuneration

• Fixed Monthly amount arrived at by deducting basic pension from the pay drawn at the time of retirement. The maximum consolidated remuneration payable to retired PSU employees engaged as consultant will be calculated as per DoT OM No. 3-10/2014-SEA-I/Fin dated 29th March 2022. However, the monthly remuneration payable to Central Govt./Autonomous Bodies employees will be calculated as per OM 3-25/2020-E.III A dated 9th December 2020 and OM No. 03-25/2020-E.III (A) dated 18.10.2023. The amount of remuneration so fixed shall remain unchanged for the term of the contract. No increment, or additional allowances, like D.A., HRA etc. shall be payable.

 

 

1. Number of posts is tentative. ICSSR reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of posts and may or may not fill any post(s).

2. The prescribed qualifications are the minimum and mere possession and fulfilment of the essential and desirable qualifications for a post does not entitle the candidate to be called for interview.

3. Application must be neatly typewritten on A-4 size paper in the prescribed format. The format can also be downloaded through the website www.icssr.org.

4. One recent passport size photograph should be pasted on the top right-hand corner of the application. Application without photograph will be treated as incomplete application.

5. Envelope containing application should be super-scribed with “APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF CONSULTANT (LEGAL/ADMIN/ENGINEER).”

6. The candidates short-listed for interview will be informed by post, e-mail as well as notified in the ICSSR’s website. The ICSSR will not be responsible for any postal delay.

7. Original certificates should be produced only at the time of interview. However, attested photocopies of testimonials and P.P.O/LPC. may also be attached with the application in support of their educational qualifications and experience etc.

8. Applications received after expiry of the prescribed period and/or found to be incomplete in any manner or not submitted in prescribed format will not be entertained.

9. The decision of the ICSSR in respect of selections shall be final and no correspondence in this regard will be entertained. Canvassing in any type from any source will disqualify the candidature of the applicant.

10. ICSSR reserves the right to interpret all rules including wherever it is not specifically mentioned and may cancel the candidature without assigning any reason (s).

11. Period of contract is initially for a period of six months which may be extended subject to the performance of the candidate and further requirement of ICSSR.

12. The application complete in all respect must be sent to the Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110067 not later than 21 days of publication of this advertisement in the Employment News (i.e. upto 04.07.2026).