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Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd. (SPMCIL) is empanelling Advocates for posts: Advocates for High Court, Advocates for CAT, and Advocates for District courts and other courts/tribunals. The Advocates will plead, draft and represent the SPMCIL Corporate Office. Send the application in the prescribed format by speed post or registered post to JGM (Legal), SPMCIL, New Delhi. It must reach by 14 November 2026. Applications received after this date will not be accepted.

SPMCIL Recruitment 2026 at a Glance

The official notification does not specify the age limit or the application fee.

About SPMCIL

Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd. (SPMCIL) is a public sector company. It has a Corporate Office in New Delhi and nine Units. Its Legal department, headed by the JGM (Legal), is at the World Trade Center, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi. The Advocates selected for this panel will represent the SPMCIL Corporate Office before various courts.

Where and How to Send

Apply only in the prescribed format, which is available on the website of SPMCIL. No other format of application will be accepted. Send the application form by speed post or registered post to: JGM (Legal), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd., 3RD Floor, Tower-G, World Trade Center, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi – 110029.

1. Get the prescribed application format from the website of SPMCIL.
2. Read the criteria, instructions and terms and conditions for empanelment before filling in the form.
3. Attach the documents listed under Enclosures below.
4. If you want to be empanelled for more than one Court (High Court, CAT or District Court/Labour Court), you may send a separate application for each forum. Use a separate envelope for each one, super-scribed with the relevant Court.
5. Send the application by speed post or registered post to the JGM (Legal) address above.
6. Make sure the application reaches within 21 days of the date the notice is published. Any application received after 14 November 2026 will not be accepted.

Posts, Eligibility and Pay

The fee rule is the same for all three posts. Advocates are paid for drafting and attending court cases (effective and non-effective hearing) in the High Court, the Central Administrative Tribunal and District Courts/Labour Courts. The fee follows the fee schedule for Advocates that the Union of India set in Office Memorandum No. J-12011/6/2025-Judicial/E. 158060 dated February 5, 2026. That Memorandum was issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs, and the schedule applies as revised from time to time. No retainer fee will be paid to any panel Advocate.

Essential Qualification (all three posts)

• Degree in law from a UGC recognized University.
• Duly enrolled with concerned Bar Council.

Desirable Qualifications (all three posts)

• LLM from a UGC recognized University.
• Diploma/Certificate Course(s) in Labour Laws.

Tenure of Empanelment

The empanelment is valid for two years from the date of empanelment and may be extended for one more year if required. The performance of each empanelled Advocate will be reviewed at regular intervals to decide whether they continue on the panel. An empanelled Advocate has no claim to be given all of the Corporate Office’s cases, because the SPMCIL Corporate Office is free to engage any Advocate of its own choice.

Candidates should check the official notification for the discipline-specific eligibility of each post.

SPMCIL Recruitment 2026 Job Description

The notice prints one list of duties for all three posts:

• Appearing in Court on time to contest cases for the SPMCIL Corporate Office is mandatory. Missing a court case without a reasonable ground and advance notice will not be accepted.
• Refusing any work without a reasonable cause may lead to removal from the panel at once, without waiting for the empanelment period to end. Conflict of interest is given as an example of a reasonable cause.
• Accept the terms and conditions of empanelment as SPMCIL decides them from time to time.
• Report the status of cases to the SPMCIL Corporate Office every month.
• If needed, also represent and defend SPMCIL’s Corporate Office, its other Units and/or the Union of India/Ministry of Finance in the same case. No extra fee is paid for this.
• If required, give all assistance to a special or senior Counsel engaged in a case before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, a High Court or other judicial bodies.
• Keep the SPMCIL Corporate Office informed and ents in the designated cases, hearing by hearing.
• Apply for certified copies of the order/judgment as soon as a case is decided. Hand them over to the SPMCIL Corporate Office within three days of receiving them.
• After the order/judgment, give an opinion within three days of receiving the certified copy. The opinion must give the reasons for any adverse order and advise on whether to file an appeal.
• Keep cases, and information received as a panel Advocate, secret and confidential, both during and after the tenure.

Enclosures

• Copy of Degree in Law.
• Copy of Enrolment certificate issued by Bar Council.
• Copy of identity card issued by Bar Association/Council.
• Copy of judgments of 10 cases pertaining to the relevant field for which applied.
• Copy of office order/letter of empanelment issued by other PSUs/Government Bodies etc.

Selection Process

Selection for the SPMCIL panel has two stages: shortlisting of the applications, then an interaction before the interaction/empanelment Committee.

Shortlisting

SPMCIL considers the following when it reviews applications:

• Length of practice and specialization in the area of law.
• Proper and adequate infrastructure, such as office premises and the number of associate Advocates/assistants.
• Track record and integrity of the Advocate.

Only applicants who meet the eligibility conditions and are shortlisted will be called for the interaction. Meeting the eligibility criteria alone gives no right to be called for the interaction or to be empanelled. SPMCIL reserves the right to decide whom to shortlist for the interaction and empanelment, based on its requirement and the number of applications received.

Interaction

Important Instructions

• The guidelines may change without any reason being given.
• Conflict of interest: an empanelled Advocate must not advise any party, or accept any case, against Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited, its Corporate Office or any of its nine Units.
• SPMCIL reserves the right to end an empanelment with one month’s written notice without giving a reason. A panel Advocate may also resign from the panel by giving one month’s notice.
• An empanelment is liable to be cancelled for any of these reasons:
  • giving false information in the application;
  • missing a hearing without sufficient reason or prior information;
  • a conflict of interest;
  • not following SPMCIL Corporate Office’s instructions, or acting against specific instructions;
  • threatening, intimidating or abusing employees, officers or representatives of SPMCIL and its Units;
  • passing information about SPMCIL and its 9 Units to opposite parties, their Advocates or any third party in a way likely to damage SPMCIL’s interests;
  • giving false or misleading information about the proceedings of a case;
  • seeking frequent adjournments, or not objecting to an adjournment sought by the other party, without sufficient reason.
• Any difficulty in applying these guidelines, or any doubt about what a clause means, will go to the Competent Authority of SPMCIL, whose decision will be final.

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