Eligibility for appointment.

A person shall be qualified for appointment under section 4 if he––

1. (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 ;
2. (b) is a District and Sessions Judge and is eligible for appointment as a Judge of the High Court.