DLSA Jalore Para Legal Volunteer (Adhikar Mitra) Training Panel 2026 - 26 Posts

DLSA Jalore - Para Legal Volunteer (PLV / Adhikar Mitra) Training Panel 2026 - 26 Posts

Office of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Jalore, Rajasthan (located in the District & Sessions Court premises; Phone 02973-294337, Email [email protected]) invites applications from eligible candidates for preparing a panel of candidates to be trained as 26 Para Legal Volunteers (Adhikar Mitra) for DLSA Jalore and the Taluka Legal Services Committees, as per directions of the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority, Jaipur (letters F.2(37)/PLV/DS-First/20000-35 dt. 24.11.2021 & 20812 dt. 22.11.2024, letter No. 15539-582 dt. 29.11.2025 and RALSA/2026/878-921 dt. 16.01.2026). Vijnapti No. DLSA/Ja/PLV/Vijnapti/2026/03 dated 16.10.2026.

PLV Posts (Training Panel)

Eligibility

• The applicant must have passed Secondary examination of the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education.
• Good and comprehensive knowledge and ability to write and read Hindi in Devanagari script.
• Minimum age of the applicant is 21 years or above (no upper limit notified). Resident preference: the applicant must be a resident of the village falling in the jurisdiction of the district or the taluka level for which the application is being made (proof: Aadhaar/ration card/voter ID/domicile or other equivalent certificate).
• Mentally and physically fully healthy, without any physical defect that obstructs normal services and observance; no court case pending against the applicant; not of political background.

Documents to submit with application

• Verified copy of Secondary examination marksheet or certificate (also serves as birth proof).
• Verified copies of educational qualification certificates.
• Two fresh original character certificates from reputed persons unrelated to the applicant, not older than six months.
• Recent passport-size photo pasted (do not staple) on the application bearing the applicant signature.
• Verified copy of domicile certificate.
• Self-attested proof of being a local resident of the village falling in the jurisdiction of the district/taluka applied for (Aadhaar/ration/voter ID/domicile or equivalent).
• Self-attested affidavit that no court case of any kind is pending against the applicant.

Persons also eligible to apply for PLV

• Graduate/post-graduate level students of Sociology.
• Anganwadi workers / Sathins.
• Volunteers of Nehru Yuva Kendra / social workers / Rajivika workers.
• Law students (until they get enrolled for legal practice).
• Members of apolitical service-spirited non-government organisations and clubs.
• Members of NGOs, clubs, women groups, self-help groups.
• Educated inmates of long imprisonment with good conduct.
• Any other person whom the DLSA/Taluka Legal Services Committee considers eligible.

Selection and Training

• Applications received shall be scrutinized and eligible applicants shall be called for an interview; candidates successful in the interview shall be given PLV training.
• If more applications are received, applicants shall be shortlisted for interview.
• The interview date and venue for Jalore jurisdiction shall be published in newspapers, pasted on the notice boards of the Taluka LSC offices (Bhinmal, Raniwada, Sanchore, Aahor) and this office, and also made available at https://jalore.dcourts.gov.in/notice-category/recruitments/. No fee is payable for the interview.

Application - last date and procedure

• All applications, complete in prescribed format with desired documents, are to be submitted in person at the Authority office (Jalore) and/or the offices of the concerned Taluka Legal Services Committees (Bhinmal / Raniwada / Sanchore / Aahor) by 05.11.2026.
• Applications received after the above date shall be rejected; no consideration shall be given to incomplete applications, applications missing verified copies or essential certificates, or otherwise deficient. Applications received by email shall also not be considered.
• Persons who applied earlier under the previous notification (No. 03 dated 30.05.2025) need not re-apply. PLVs currently serving must submit fresh applications.
• In the application it is mandatory to mention the area where the applicant wishes to serve (district level or taluka level with name). Priority in selection will be given to those who do not seek this as a means of income; selected persons must have the spirit of serving the needy and compassion for exploited and deprived classes.

Duties of selected Para Legal Volunteers (Adhikar Mitra)

1. To educate village/neighbourhood and nearby citizens about their constitutional and legal rights and duties for a dignified life.
2. To make citizens aware of the nature of disputes/problems and encourage resolution through the legal services authorities.
3. To assist DLSA/Taluka LSC in organizing legal awareness camps.
4. To inform citizens about the work being done by State Authority/District/Taluka Committees/Supreme Court LSC, and provide information for availing free legal services.
5. To encourage settlement of pre-litigation disputes through DLSA/Taluka LSC and publicize that pre-litigation disputes can be settled through Lok Adalats without expense, time and any court fee.
6. To make citizens aware that on settlement (compromise) of pending court cases through Lok Adalat or Mediation Centre, the court fee deposited earlier is refundable and no appeal lies against Lok Adalat decisions.
7. To make citizens aware that disputes relating to consumer services (transport, postal, telephone, electricity or water supply, sanitation, hospital or insurance services, banking and financial institutions, housing, LPG supply, education, real estate etc.) can be settled through Permanent Lok Adalat without court fee.
8. To give information about legal services schemes and welfare schemes/programs of Central/State governments and ensure wide publicity/dispay of publicity material at prominent public places and fairs as directed.
9. To cooperate actively in effective functioning of Legal Services clinics (Rahat) established in his/her area.
10. To make weaker sections of society aware of their rights.
11. To give information about settlement of citizens disputes through Lok Adalat, mediation and compromise via DLSA/Taluka LSC/Rajasthan SLSA/NALSA and the benefits arising.
12. To inform DLSA/Taluka LSC in writing or orally about injustice in his/her area.
13. To inform victims about compensation under Section 357-A of CrPC / Section 396 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
14. When authorized by DLSA, to visit jails/sub-jails/lock-ups, mental hospitals, observation homes to make prisoners aware of legal rights.
15. To inform the nearest legal services institution of violations of child rights, child labour, missing children, illegal trade of girls etc.
16. To give information about dispute settlement, pre-litigation, Lok Adalat, mediation etc. and their utility.
17. To work under direction and supervision of the Chairman of the concerned DLSA/Taluka LSC and submit the monthly report of activities by the 2nd of the next month.
18. NALSA (Legal Aid Clinics) Scheme 2010 and Regulations 2011 shall apply for the activities of legal services clinics.
19. To publicize schemes through material made available by DLSA and, after the camp, spend 4-5 hours going door-to-door in villages and wards of the camp area to deliver scheme information to the masses.

Important notes

• Selection of PLV is purely temporary; services can be ended without notice/benefit; PLVs are not entitled to claim regular appointment and no contractual/bonded service relation with DLSA Jalore is deemed. This is not a government service.
• Under the earlier notification No. 03 dated 30.05.2025, applicants who had submitted applications need not re-apply; presently working PLVs (Adhikar Mitra) must submit new applications.
• Copy of the vijnapti forwarded to RLSA Jaipur, District Collector Jalore, Taluk Committees, District Employment Officer, collegewhich matters, Bar Associations, Aashapurna Vidhi Mahavidyalaya etc.), and to the System Officer to upload on the district court website.