Central Bureau of Investigation shortly called as CBI was formed on the 1st of April 1963 and it is governed by the Indian Government. It has 52 branches in four regions and it serves the intelligence agency, national security agency and criminal investigation body of the Government of India.

Recruitment by CBI:

Central Bureau of Investigation is looking for bright legal brains, who are interested in working with this prosecuting agency as law officers (Public Prosecutors) on contract basis.

Name of the Position: Law Officers (Public Prosecutor)

Number of Vacancies: Total number of Vacancies is 71, which is divided as follows among the different locations of the country

• Delhi Zone – 17 (Delhi – 15, Jaipur – 02)

• Bhopal Zone – 03 (Bhopal – 01, Jabalpur – 01 and Raipur – 01)

• Lucknow Zone – 06 (Lucknow – 04, Ghaziabad – 02)

• Chandigarh Zone – 03 (Jammu – 01, Shimla -01, Ambala/Punchkula – 01)

• Patna Zone – 09 (Patna – 03, Ranch – 02, Dhanbad – 04)

• Kolkata Zone – 10 (Bhubaneswar – 04, Kolkata – 06)

• Guwahati Zone – 02 (Guwahati)

• Chennai Zone – 04 (Chennai – 03, Thiruvananthapuram – 01)

• Hyderabad Zone – 08 (Hyderabad – 03, Visakhapatnam – 02, Bangalore – 02, Dharwad – 01)

• Mumbai Zone-I – 07 (Mumbai – 03, Nagpur – 01, Amravati – 01, Pune – 01, Goa – 01)

• Mumbai Zone-II – 02 (Ahmedabad)

Period of employment: The contract will be initially for one year, which might extend to three years.

Pay Scale:

Candidates appointed for the position of Law Officers will get a consolidated pay of Rs.60,000 per month.

Eligibility Details:

Educational Qualification: Candidates must be graduates in the field of law.

Experience: Candidates must possess not less than 10 years of experience at the bar in carrying out criminal cases in the court of law

How to apply:

Candidates can download the application form from the website of Central Board of Investigation at www.cbi.nic.in and application in the same format complete in all respects along with required documents should be sent to the address pertaining to the zone for which the candidate is applying before the 02nd of August 2011. For addresses to which the application should be sent for each zone, candidates can visit the Annexure-I of http://www.cbi.nic.in/recruitments/advt_law_officer.pdf

Last Date for receipt of completed application: 02nd of August 2011

For detailed job notification issued by Central Board of Investigation and for the address to which application should be sent to each zone, candidates can visit the notification page of Central Board of Investigation at http://www.cbi.nic.in/recruitments/advt_law_officer.pdf