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advocate
(Querist) 26 March 2015
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sir,
My qualification is B.ed, LL.B., and i am enrolled lawyer and practicing as a lawyer for last three years.
I have got govt. teacher job on adhoc basis. My joining is in Ist week of April. My query is as below:
1. Whether i have to send any letter to Bar Council that i am leaving advocate practice and joining govt teacher job.
2. Whether i have to surrender my membership in my bar council.
If yes then what is the procedure for the same.
Secondly, as it is adhoc base job if there will no scope for regular job in the next 2-3 years then i will not have any option except to come back to my legal profession.
Then whether i have to enroll again in bar council and obtain membership again.
Last query: if i do not intimate to bar council and join govt. teacher job on adhoc basis then what will be consequenses in later stage for this professional mis-conduct.
Please advise
Regards,
MS
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 26 March 2015
You may not surrender your license expressly. Your joining in a full time job would impliedly mean that you have ceased your practice.
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 26 March 2015
You should inform Bar council and request to keep membership suspended. You can again join practice after permission from Bar Council.
advocate
(Querist) 27 March 2015
thanks rajendra sir, can u please advise wht is th procedure for suspend membership for 2 to 3 years.
Also, what will be the procedure to re-activate my membership after some time approx. 2-3 years
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate 
(Expert) 29 March 2015
In a letter to Bar council you can request for suspension of your practice in view of the other assignment you are likely to take and may also inform that in the event of discontinuing the desired profession at a later stage, upon satisfactory proof you may be permitted to resume practice as and when you may re-apply for the same.
