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A person shall be qualified for appointment under section 4 if he–– (a) is an officer of the 1 [Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] and has held, for at least five years, the post of Secretary to Government or any other post under the * State or the Central Government carrying a scale of pay which is not less than that of a Secretary to Government ; (b) is a District and Sessions Judge and is eligible for appointment as a Judge of the High Court.