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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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2018

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Part iiI—Section 1(b)

Service Rules including Ad hoc Rules, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

Notifications by government

Contents

DTP—III-1(b)-(32)

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law DEPARTMENT

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Legal Educational Service

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Notifications by Government

law DEPARTMENT

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Legal Educational Service

[G.O. Ms. No. 228, Law (LS), 24th July 2018, Aadi 8, Vilambi,

Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049.]

No. SRO B-63/2018.—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the

Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Legal Educational

Service (Section 33 in Volume II of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual, 2016).

2. The amendments hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on and from the 26thApril 2013.

Amendments.

In the said Special Rules,-

(1) in rule 1, in the tabular column, after the entry “I” under the heading “Class” in column (1) and the corresponding

entry “Director of Legal Studies” in column (3) thereof, the following entries shall, respectively, be inserted namely:-

Principal”.;

(2) in rule 2, in sub-rule (a), after the entry “Class I Director of Legal Studies” in column (1) and the corresponding

entries in column (2) thereof, the following entries shall, respectively, be inserted namely:-

“Class IA

Principal

(i) By promotion from the categories of Associate Professor

and Associate Professor (Pre Law) in a single common

seniority list;

Explanation.- For the purpose of item (i), a single common

seniority list shall be prepared in accordance with section 7 of

the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service)

Act,2016 with reference to the seniority already determined

irrespective of the date of appointment to the categories of

Assistant Professor or Assistant Professor (Pre Law). ”.

(ii) By direct recruitment, if no qualified and suitable candidate

is available for appointment by method (i) above.”;

(3) in rule 4,-

(a) in sub-rule (a), in the Table, after the entry “Director of Legal Studies” in column (1) and the corresponding entry

in column (2) thereof, the following entries shall, respectively, be inserted, namely:-

“Principal

48 years.” ;

(b) in sub-rule (b), in the Table, after the entry “Class I Director of Legal Studies” in column (1) and the corresponding

entries in columns (2) and (3) thereof, the following entries shall, respectively, be inserted, namely:-

“Class IA

Principal

(i) Promotion

(i)

Must have obtained Master’s degree in Law with not less

than fifty five percentage of marks or a degree of equivalent

standard of any other University and recognized as equivalent

thereto by the Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University:

Provided that candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or

Scheduled Tribes, shall possess not less than fifty percentage

of marks in the Master’s degree in Law:

Provided further that the holders of Ph.D., degree in Law,

who have passed the Master’s degree examination prior to

the 19th September 1991, shall possess not less than fifty

percentage of marks in the Master’s degree in Law:

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Provided also that the holders of the posts of Associate

Professor and Associate Professor (Pre Law) on the 24th

March 1999, shall possess not less than fifty percentage of

marks in Master’s degree in Law;

(ii)

A Ph.D., degree in Law; and

(iii)

Must have experience as Associate Professor or Associate

Professor (Pre-Law) in a Law College for a period of not less

than three years.

(ii) Direct

Recruitment

(i)

A Master’s degree with atleast fifty five percentage of marks

(or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading

system is followed) by a recognized University;

(ii)

A Ph.D., degree in Law with evidence of published work and

research guidance;

(iii)

Associate Professor or Professor with total experience of not

less than fifteen years in teaching or research or administration

in Universities or Colleges and other Institutions of Higher

Education;

(iv)

A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance

Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System

(PBAS), as set out in the University Grants Commission

(Minimum Qualifications for appointment of Teachers and

other Academic staff in Universities and Colleges and

Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher

Education) Regulations, 2010.”;

(5) in rule 5, in sub-rule (b), for the expression “members of the service in the categories in Class II”, the expression

“members of the service in Class IA and in the categories in Class II.” shall be substituted;

(6) in rule 6, for the expression “Director of Legal Studies”, the expression “Director of Legal Studies or Principal”

shall be substituted;

(7) for rule 8, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“8. Transfers and postings.-The Government shall be the competent authority for transfers and postings in respect

of members of Class I and IA and the Director of Legal Studies shall be the competent authority for transfers and postings

in respect of members of other Classes.”.

S.S. POOVALINGAM,

Secretary to Government.