industries department

the Tamil nadu co-operative sugar mills managerial common cadre system rules, 2018.

[G.O. Ms. No. 132, Industries (MIC.2), 10th November 2018, äŠðC 24, M÷‹H, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´-2049.]

No. SRO A-55 (b)/2018.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 180 of the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983, (Tamil Nadu Act

30 of 1983) the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

Rules

Title and Commencement.- (1) These rules shall be called as the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Sugar Mills Managerial

Common Cadre System Rules, 2018.

(2) These rules shall apply to the officers belonging to categories A and B of Cooperative Sugar Mills.

(3) These rules shall come into force on the date of Publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “Act” means the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983 (Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1983);

(b) “Rules” means the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Sugar Mills Managerial Common cadre System Rules, 2018;

(d) “Registrar” means the Commissioner / Director of Sugar for Cooperative Sugar Mills;

(e) “Sugar Mills” means the Cooperative Sugar Mills registered under the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies

Act, 1983 (Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1983);

(f) “Common Cadre Authority” means the Committee formed under rule 4 of these rules;

(g) “Disciplinary Authority” means the Managing Director of the sugar mills;

(h) “Common Cadre Employee” means an employee in categories A and B of the sugar mills;

(i) “Service” means the service under the Tamil Nadu Managerial Common Cadre System Rules, 2018;

(j) “Year” means the financial year commencing from 1st day of April of any year and ending with 31st day of

March of the succeeding year;

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Part IiI—Section 1(a)

General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

Notifications by government

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2018

[Price: Rs. 8.00 Paise.

Ex-III-1(a)(376)

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(k) Managing D

irector” means the officers appointed by the Government of Tamil N

adu for the management of the

Cooperative Sugar Mills as its Managing D

irectors / Special O

fficers / Administrators.

3. Classification of Employees of Sugar Mills:- (a) The employees of the Cooperative Sugar Mills will be classified

into the following four categories namely :-

Category-A :

Chief Officers consisting of Chief Engineer, Chief Chemist, Chief Accountant and Chief

Cane O fficer.

Category-B :

Deputy Chief Officers consisting of Deputy Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Chemist,

Cane D

evelopment O

fficer and other O

fficers in the grade of Assistant Engineer,

Manufacturing Chemist, Cane O

fficer, O

ffice Manager, Labour Welfare O

fficer and

Accounts O

fficer. The existing Senior Managers and Medical O

fficers will also come

under this category.

Category-C :

Junior Engineers, Electrical Supervisors, Mechanical Supervisors, Draftsman,

Instrument Supervisors, Accountants, all staff in the rank of Superintendents, Lab

Chemists, Manufacturing Supervisors, etc.

Category-D :

Other Staff and Workers.

(b) Only employees in the Category A and Category B will come under the purview of the Tamil Nadu Cooperative

Sugar Mills Managerial Common Cadre System and shall be the Common Cadre Employees for the purpose of these Rules.

native districts.

(d) No Common Cadre Employee can be posted for more than three (3) years in a sugar mill either continuously or

intermittently.

(e) There must be a cooling off period of 2 years for posting of a Common Cadre Employee in the same sugar mill

again after completion of his tenure of 3 years as specified above.

(f) The first of April, every year shall be the crucial date for the preparation of empanelment of Common Cadre

Employees for promotion.

(g) Confidential Reports for all Common Cadre Employees will be recorded by the D isciplinary Authority and Confidential

Reports will be maintained by the Cadre Controlling Authority.

(h) There will not be any change in the pay structure due to the above classification or re-organisation or re-designation

of posts, if any.

4. Formation of Common Cadre Authority.- Common Cadre Authority is a Committee comprising of the following

officials:

(i) Commissioner /Director of Sugar ;

(ii) Additional Director of Sugar – I; and

(iii) Additional Director of Sugar – II

in which Director of Sugar will be the Chairman of the Committee. If the post of one of the Additional Director of Sugar

is vacant, the Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Co-operative Sugar Federation would be the 3rd member of the Committee.

5. Powers of Common Cadre Authority.- The Common Cadre Authority shall have the following powers, namely :-

(a) to appoint and effect postings and transfer of Common Cadre Employees;

(b) to determine and modify from time to time the strength of the Common Cadre Employees working in each sugar

mill based on the capacity of the sugar mills within the overall cadre strength fixed by the Government;

(d) to fix inter-se-seniority of the Common Cadre Employees;

(e) to direct any employee of common cadre service to hold additional charge of the common cadre post in any other

Sugar Mill, which is vacant;

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(f) to delegate any of the powers or functions relating to the service conditions of the Common Cadre Employees to

the respective Disciplinary Authority of the sugar mills; and

(g) to make such decisions as desired when time warrants.

6. Powers of the disciplinary authority.- The Disciplinary Authority for Common Cadre Employees will have the following

powers, namely:-

(a) to be the Disciplinary Authority for Common Cadre Employees. The disciplinary authority can impose any punishment

as warranted;

(b) to exercise overall control and supervision of the Common Cadre Employees with respect to their mills;

(d) to perform the role of Sanctioning Authority for establishment related matters such as fixation of salary, increment,

sanction of leave, permission to leave headquarters etc.;

(e) to record the Confidential Reports for Common Cadre Employees and to scrutinise the self-assessment reports of

the Common Cadre Employees;

(f) to maintain the Service Records of the Common Cadre Employees working in their mills and transfer of the Service

Records when the Common Cadre Employees are transferred;

(g) to execute any other powers / functions with approval of the Common Cadre Authority relating to the service

conditions of the Common Cadre Employees; and

(h) such other powers as delegated by the Common Cadre Authority.

7. Recruitment.- (a) Posts falling under category A shall be filled up either by promotion from category B or by direct

recruitment or on consolidated pay basis. The ratio between direct recruitment and promotion shall be 1:6.

(b) Posts falling under category B shall be filled up either by promotion or by direct recruitment or on consolidated

basis. The ratio between direct recruitment and promotion shall be 1:6.

For the direct recruitment posts in Category B, the age at entry, communal rotation and reservation will be as applicable

to Government servants. For promotion, there will not be any age restriction except otherwise prescribed.

8. Cadre Strength.- Cadre Strength for each category of Common Cadre Employees is fixed assuring 100% crushing

capacity of the mills and shall be as follows, namely:-

Name of the post

(1)

Number of Posts

(2)

Category-A :

Chief Engineer

1 per Mill

15 (except Ambur, Amaravathi, and

Tirupattur)

Chief Chemist

1 per Mill

15 (except Ambur, Amaravathi, Tirupattur)

Chief Accountant

1 per Mill

15 (except Ambur, Amaravathi, Tirupattur)

Chief Cane O fficer

1 per Mill

15 (except Ambur, Amaravathi, Tirupattur)

Category-B :

Deputy Chief Engineer

1 per Mill

Deputy Chief Chemist

1 per Mill

1 per distillery

2 (Amaravathy, Salem)

Total

Assistant Engineer (Mechanical)

4 per mill

72(4 x 18)

1 per distillery

2 (Amaravathy, Salem)

Total

Assistant Engineer (Electrical)

1 per Mill

18 (1x18)

Manufacturing Chemist

5 per Mill

90 (5x18)

4 per distillery

8 (4x2)

1 in Sugar Research

Institute

Total

Cane O fficer

1 per 1600 acres of

cane area

133 (Indicated in Annexure A)

Office Manager

1 per Mill

Labour Welfare O fficer

1 per Mill

Accounts O fficer

1 per Mill

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The post of Labour Welfare O

fficer will be filled based on the provisions contained in Labour Laws.

Cadre Strength shall be filled only if at least 60% of capacity of the Mills is utilised for 3 consecutive years.

9. Eligibility and Qualifications.-

I. Category A : Chief O

fficers.

Serial

No.

Name of the

Post

Qualifications

Experience

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Chief Engineer

(a) Promotion :

B.E. D

egree with Associateship of D

eccan Sugar

Institute/ Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar

Institute/Associateship of National Sugar Institute /

M.Tech. (Sugar Engineering) and Boiler O peration

Engineering qualification.

(or)

Diploma in Engineering with Sugar Engineering

Certificate

Course

and

Boiler O

peration

Engineering qualification.

3 years experience as

Deputy Chief Engineer

in Co-operative Sugar

Mill.

(b) Direct Recruitment :

B.E. D

egree with Associateship of D

eccan Sugar

Institute/ Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar

Institute/Associateship of National Sugar Institute /

M.Tech. (Sugar Engineering) and Boiler O peration

Engineering qualification.

12 years experience in

any Sugar Mill including

minimum of 3 years work

experience in the cadre

not below the rank of

Deputy Chief Engineer

or its equivalent.

Chief Chemist

(a) Promotion :

B.Tech. / B.E (Chemical Engineering) with

Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar Institute/

Associateship of National Sugar Institute /PG

Diploma in Sugar Technology(Anna University)

(or)

B.Sc.,(Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor

degree

with

Associateship

Vasantdada

Sugar Institute/ Associateship of National Sugar

Institute /PG Diploma in Sugar Technology (Anna

University)

3 years experience as

Deputy Chief Chemist

in Co-operative Sugar

Mills.

(b) Direct Recruitment :

B.Tech. / B.E (Chemical Engineering) with

Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar Institute/

Associateship of National Sugar Institute /PG

Diploma in Sugar Technology (Anna University)

(or)

B.Sc.,(Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor

degree with Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar

Institute/Associateship of National Sugar Institute /

PG Diploma in Sugar Technology (Anna University)

12 years experience in

any Sugar Mill including

minimum of 3 years

work experience in the

cadre not below the rank

of Deputy Chief Chemist

or its equivalent.

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Serial

No.

Name of the

Post

Qualifications

Experience

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Chief Cane

Officer

(a) Promotion

M.Sc., (Agri.)

3 years experience as

Cane

Development

Officer

any

Co-operative

Sugar

Mills.

(b) Direct Recruitment

M.Sc.,(Agri.)

12 years experience

in any Sugar Mill

including

minimum

years

work

experience

the

cadre

not

below

the rank of Cane

Development O

fficer

or its equivalent.

Chief

Accountant

Chartered Accountant / Cost and

Works Accountant

12 years experience

working

any

manufacturing

concern.

These posts shall also be filled

up by promotion from among

the existing employees provided

they

possess

necessary

qualifications.

II. Category B : Deputy Chief Officers. (By promotion)

Serial

No.

Name of the

Post

Qualifications

Experience

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Deputy Chief

Engineer

B.E., with Associateship of V asantdada Sugar

Institute/Associateship

National

Sugar

Institute / M.Tech. (Sugar).

(or)

Work experience of 8 years as Assistant

Engineer (Mechanical) / Assistant Engineer

(Electrical) in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

Diploma in Engineering with Sugar Engineering

Certificate

Course

and

Boiler O

peration

Engineering

Work experience of 8 years as Assistant

Engineer (Mechanical) / Assistant Engineer

(Electrical) in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

Ratio of Promotion from Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) and Assistant Engineer (Electrical) to

Deputy Chief Engineer shall be in the ratio of 4:1.

Deputy Chief

Chemist

(Sugar)

B.E.

(Chemical

Engineering)/

B.Tech

(Chemical Engineering) with Associateship of

National Sugar Institute (Sugar Technology) /

Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar Institute

(Sugar Technology)

(or)

B.Sc., (Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor

degree with Associateship of National Sugar

Institute (Sugar Technology) / Associateship of

Vasantdada Sugar Institute (Sugar Technology)

Work experience of 8 years as Manufacturing

Chemist (Sugar) in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

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Deputy Chief

Chemist

(Distillery)

B.E. (Chemical Engineering)/ B.Tech (Chemical

Engineering) with Diploma in Fermentation

and Alcohol Technology from National Sugar

Institute / Vasantdada Sugar Institute

(or)

B.Sc., (Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor

degree with Diploma in Fermentation and

Alcohol Technology from National Sugar

Institute / Vasantdada Sugar Institute

Work experience of 8 years as Manufacturing

Chemist (Distilery) in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

Cane

Development

Officer

B. Sc., (Agri.).

8 years Work experience as Cane O

fficer in

Co-operative Sugar Mills.

III. (i) Category B: Deputy Chief Officers. (Entry Level Cadre) (By Direct Recruitment)

1. Assistant Engineer :

Serial

No.

Post

Qualifications

Posting of Boiler Operation Engineer Exam

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Assistant

Engineer

(Mechanical)

B.E (Mechanical) / B.Tech (Mechanical) with

Associateship of National Sugar Institute

/ Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar

Institute or M.Tech. (Sugar Engineering)

Within 5 years of joining the mill, he should pass

the Boiler O

peration Engineer exam at his own

cost.

Assistant

Engineer

(Electrical)

B.E. (Electrical) / B.E. (Electrical &

Instrumentation) with Associateship of

National Sugar Institute / Associateship of

Vasantdada Sugar Institute

Within 5 years of joining the mill, he should pass

the Boiler O

peration Engineer exam at his own

cost.

2. Manufacturing Chemist. :

Serial

No.

Name of the Post

Qualifications

(1)

(2)

(3)

(i)

Manufacturing Chemist (Sugar)

B.E.

(Chemical

Engineering)/

B.Tech.

(Chemical

Engineering) with Associateship of National Sugar Institute

(Sugar Technology) / Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar

Institute (Sugar Technology)

(or)

B.Sc., (Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor degree

with Associateship of National Sugar Institute (Sugar

Technology) / Associateship of Vasantdada Sugar Institute

(Sugar Technology)

(ii)

Manufacturing Chemist (Distillery)

B.E.

(Chemical

Engineering)/

B.Tech.

(Chemical

Engineering) with Diploma in Fermentation and Alcohol

Technology from National Sugar Institute / Vasantdada

Sugar Institute

(or)

B.Sc., (Chemistry) or any equivalent degree with D iploma in

Fermentation and Alcohol Technology from National Sugar

Institute / Vasantdada Sugar Institute

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3. Cane Officer.

Qualification: B.Sc., (Agri.) from any recognized U niversity

4. Labour Welfare Officer.

Qualification: As prescribed in under Rules 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c) of the Tamil N

adu Factories (Welfare O

fficers) Rules,

1953.

5. Accounts Officer.

Qualification: Company Secretary / Chartered Accountants / Cost and Works Accountant / MBA(Finance) / M.Com.

All officers directly recruited to Category B under Direct Recruitment will be placed under probation for a period of 2 years

within a continuous period of 3 years.

(ii) Category B Deputy Chief Officers (Entry Level Cadre) (By Promotion)

For the post of Assistant Engineer, Manufacturing Chemist, Cane O fficer, Assistant Engineer (Civil) the existing employees in

the cadre of Junior Engineer (Mechanical), Electrical Supervisor, Instrument Supervisor, Junior Engineer (Electrical), Draughtsman,

Lab Chemist, Civil Supervisor / Technical Assistant, Cane Assistant, Cane Development Assistant, Junior Engineer (Civil) will

be considered for promotion as per seniority and suitability subject to the availability of vacancies.

1. Assistant Engineer :

Serial

No.

Name of the post

Qualifications

Experience

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Assistant

Engineer

(Mechanical)

Junior Engineer (Mechanical) /

Draughtsman with Diploma in

Mechanical Engineering and

Sugar Engineering Certificate

Course and Boiler O peration

Engineer

Junior Engineer (Mechanical) /

Draughtsman with Diploma in

Mechanical Engineering and

Sugar Engineering Certificate

Course and Boiler O peration

Engineer

6 years experience

3 years experience

Existing

Junior

Engineer

(Electrical)

Electrical

Supervisor

Instrument

supervisor

who

already

possess Diploma with Sugar

Engineering Certificate Course

and Boiler O

peration Engineer

will be considered for Assistant

Engineer (Mechanical). However

thereafter the promotion as

Assistant Engineer (Mechanical)

will be restricted to Junior

Engineer

(Mechanical)

Draughtsman.

Assistant Engineer

(Electrical)

Junior

Engineer

(Electrical)

Electrical Supervisor / Instrument

Supervisor

with

Diploma

Electrical Engineering or Diploma

Electrical

and

Electronics

Engineering with valid Supervisory

Competency

Certificate

(C- License)

(or)

B.E., (Electrical) / B.E. (Electrical

& I

nstrumentation)

/B.E.

(Instrumentation

Engineering)

B.E., (Electrical and Electronics

Engineering) with valid Supervisory

Competency Certificate (C- License)

years

experience

as Electrical Supervi-

sor / Junior Engineer

(Electrical)

----

3 years experience as

Electrical

Supervisor

Junior

Engineer

(Electrical)

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Serial

No.

Name of the post

Qualifications

Experience

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Assistant Engineer

(Civil)

Junior engineer (Civil) having

Diploma in Civil Engineer

12 years experience in

running sugar mills.

This is suggested only for giving

promotion

existing

Junior

Engineer (Civil), as the posts will

be abolished once the existing 6

Junior Engineer (Civil) retires.

Junior engineer (Civil) having B.E.,

(Civil)

9 years experience in

running sugar mills

2. Manufacturing Chemist :

Serial No.

Name of the Post

Qualifications

Experience

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Manufacturing

Chemist (Sugar)

B.E. (Chemical Engineering) / B.Tech. (Chemical

Engineering) with Associateship of National Sugar

Institute (Sugar Technology) / Associateship of

Vasantdada Sugar Institute (Sugar Technology)

(or)

B.Sc., (Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor

degree with Associateship of National Sugar

Institute (Sugar Technology) / Associateship of

Vasantdada Sugar Institute (Sugar Technology)

3 years experience as Lab

Chemist in Co-operative / Sugar

Mill / Distillery.

ii)

Manufacturing

Chemist (Distillery)

B.E. (Chemical Engineering)/ B.Tech. (Chemical

Engineering) with Diploma in Fermentation and

Alcohol Technology from National Sugar Institute

/ Vasantdada Sugar Institute

(or)

B.Sc., (Chemistry) or any equivalent bachelor

degree with Diploma in Fermentation and Alcohol

Technology from National Sugar Institute /

Vasantdada Sugar Institute

3 years experience as Lab

Chemist in Co-operative Sugar

Mill / Distillery.

3. Cane Officer :

Qualification

Experience

B.Sc. (Agri)

3 years experience as Cane Assistants / Cane Development Assistants

in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

4. Accounts Officer :

Qualification

Experience

B.Com

3 years experience as Accountant in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

5. Office Manager :

Qualification

Experience

Any degree

3 years experience as Superintendent in Co-operative Sugar Mills.

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6. Labour Welfare Officer :

Serial

No.

Name of the Post

Qualifications

(1)

(2)

(3)

Labour Welfare

Officer

Qualified Employees in Co-operative Sugar Mills will be considered for the Post of Labour

Welfare O

fficer. I n case qualified employees are not available, the said post will be filled

up by Direct Recruitment.

AS PER QUALIFICATION PRESCRIBED IN THE TAMIL N ADU FACTORIES (WELFARE

OFFICERS) RULES, 1953

Qualification: The individual should possess the following qualifications, namely:-

1. A degree of Master of Labour Management or Bachelor of Labour Management or

B.A. (Labour Management) or M.A. (Labour Management) awarded by the Tamil N

adu

Institute of Labour Studies, Chennai or by any University;

(or)

2. Any Post Graduate degree in Social Work or Social Welfare or Social D

ynamics

with Industrial Management or Personnel Management and Industrial Relations or

Allied Sociology or Labour and Social Welfare or Sociology or Social Service or Social

Science or Sociology and Economics or Social Technique or Industrial Relations and

Labour Welfare or Commerce (Personnel Management and I ndustrial Relations) or M.B.A.

(Master of Business Administration) awarded by any of the I nstitutions recognized by

the Government of Tami N

adu specified in the Annexure or the I nstitutions recognized

by the University Grants Commission for the purpose of its grant; or

(a)

A degree in Bachelor of Law;

awarded by any U

niversity recognized by the U

niversity Grants Commission for the

purpose of its grants; or

(b)

(1) A Degree awarded by any University other than the degree or Post graduate

degree specified in clauses a (i), (ii) and (iii) above; and

(2) A diploma in Labour Administration or Labour Laws and Administrative Laws or

Personnel Management, I ndustrial Relations and Labour Welfare or Social Work or

Social Science or Personnel Management and Labour Relations or Social Welfare with

Labour Laws on Industrial Relations or Labour Laws or Social Service Administration or

Labour Welfare or Social Work or Labour Training Course or Social Sciences or I ndustrial

Psychology and I ndustrial Relations or Labour Welfare and Personnel Management or

Industrial Sociology, Labour Welfare and Personnel Management or Social Welfare or

Social Science or Social Technique or Personnel Management and Industrial Relations

or H

uman Resource D

evelopment in I ndustry or Business Administration as a main

subject of any U niversity or I nstitutions recognized by the Government of Tamil N adu

as specified in the Annexure or the institutions recognized by the U

niversity Grants

Commission for the purpose of its grant;

10. Crucial Date for Promotion.- First of April every year shall be the crucial date for the preparation of empanelment of

Common Cadre Employees for promotion in their respective category and it will be valid for one year from the date of order

of panel.

11. Salary, Allowance and Service Benefits.- The pay and allowances will be decided by the Government based on the

recommendations of the committee constituted by the cadre authority. Allowances will also be regulated as per the instructions

issued by the Government from time to time.

12. Provident Fund.- Every Common Cadre Employee shall contribute towards contributory provident fund @ 12% of

the pay and Dearness allowance and the mills in which the employee is working shall also make matching contribution to

the fund at the same rate. Every Common Cadre Employee should also make additional contribution to the provident fund

as per the instructions of the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner from time to time. Provident Fund Account shall be

maintained in the Mill concerned.

13. Gratuity.- The Gratuity will be paid as per the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (Central Act 39 of

1972). In order to facilitate the timely disbursement of the gratuity, Tamil Nadu Co-operative Sugar Federation shall maintain

a corpus for Common Cadre Employees and proportionate contribution from the mills will be pooled into the corpus.

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14. Increments.- (a) Power to sanction increment is vested with the Managing Director of the mills concerned. Respective

Managing Directors are conferred with the power to sanction the annual increments in a routine manner, unless it is otherwise

withheld for specific reasons such as leave on loss of pay or punishments etc., awarded by the D

isciplinary Authority.

(b) Increment of the Common Cadre Employees shall be advanced so as to fall on the first day of every quarter

(i.e., 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October of every year). Increment shall be given once in a year and on a date

closest to the date of joining in the common cadre service.

applicable to the Common Cadre Employees.

(d) Selection grade and Special grade:- Awarding of Selection grade / Special grade on stagnating in the same cadre

for 10 years / 20 years, respectively, will be regulated as per the instructions issued by the Government from time to time.

15. Record of Service.- The sugar mills concerned shall maintain the service documents in respect of the Common Cadre

Employee in the format apart from others as prescribed by the Commissioner of Sugar including the following:

(a) Personal file of every Common Cadre Employee containing a copy of his appointment order, Service particulars

including educational qualification and other items, copies of warnings, leave orders, orders of punishment, if any, and other

service records as necessary should be maintained.

(b) Service books.

16. Seniority.- Seniority of the Common Cadre Employee shall be determined with reference to the date of entry into the

Managerial Common Cadre System and will be the criterion for fixing inter-se seniority. I n case of two employees having

the same date of joining in the Managerial Common Cadre System, the date on which the educational qualifications were

acquired by the employee shall be considered. In case of two employees having the same date of joining in the Managerial

Common Cadre System and same date of acquiring educational qualification, the age of the employees will be considered.

The common cadre seniority list will be approved and published by the Cadre Authority on the basis of the above criteria.

17. Leave.- (i) Common Cadre Employee shall be eligible only for the following kinds of leave, namely:-

(a) Casual leave – 12 days per annum

(b) Earned leave – 1 day for every 12 days subject to a maximum of 240 days

(d) Maternity leave (in case of female employees) as specified by the Government, from time to time.

(e) Special Leave (in case of terminal illness). For diseases like Cancer/T.B/Leprosy etc., Medical leave at the credit

shall be allowed at a time irrespective of the length of service.

However the quantum of leave, eligibility criteria of availing himself/herself of the leave shall be decided by the Cadre

Authority in consultation with Government from time to time.

(ii) Power to Refuse or Recall an Employee From Leave:

When the service of a common Cadre Employee is required, he/she may be recalled from leave or the leave sanctioned

may be revoked by the Disciplinary Authority. Leave of any kind cannot be claimed as a matter of right.

(iii) Prior Notice:

An employee who wishes to avail earned leave shall apply in writing two weeks in advance to the Managing Director of the

sugar mills concerned. The Managing Director of the Sugar Mills may waive the notice in any urgent or unforeseen situations.

(iv) Extension of leave:

If an employee on leave deserves extension thereto, he shall make an application in writing so as to reach the sanctioning

authority at least seven days before the expiry of leave. A reply communication sanction or rejection of leave shall be sent

to the Common Cadre Employees to the address given by him.

(v) Leave Address:

Common Cadre Employee proceeding on earned leave or sick leave shall furnish the leave address to the Managing

Director of the mill concerned.

(vi) Absence on account of overstay:

Absence on account of overstay in continuation of sanctioned leave or otherwise constitute misconduct for the purpose

of these rules.

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(vii) Permission to leave headquarters;

Common Cadre Employees entering on leave and leaving the headquarters shall indicate specifically his address in the

leave application and obtain permission to leave headquarters along with leave sanction.

(viii) Receipt of communication means for Common Cadre Employee:

Any communication to the Common Cadre Employee shall be deemed to have been received by him, if it is delivered

to his last known address or sent by registered post irrespective of the fact whether the same is received by him or not.

18. Termination of Service.- No member of the cadre shall be entitled to notice or any salary and allowance in lieu

thereof, if he is removed from service on account of misconduct, dishonesty or moral turpitude. Notice of termination shall

be issued by the disciplinary Authority.

Explanation: Termination of service means removal/dismissal from service of a Common Cadre Employee.

19. Retirement.- Every employee appointed in the service shall retire on attaining the age of 58 years with effect from

the afternoon of the last day of the month in which he/she attains the age of 58 years.

20. Appointment of Legal Heirs In Case of Death While in Service.- The Sugar Mills may provide for appointment to

the legal heirs of the Common Cadre Employee who dies in harness on compassionate grounds in indigent circumstances

subject to the provisions of the Rules and Special bye-laws relating to the service conditions of the employees of the

respective Sugar Mills. The benefit of giving employment will be subject to aspirants fulfilling the norms regarding educational

and other qualifications. Whenever an appointment is made on compassionate grounds, the cadre authority shall ensure that

the appointment is made by the Sugar Mills in which the employee had last worked.

21. Posting and Transfer.- The transfer of the Common Cadre Employee may be made by the Common Cadre Authority

suo motu or at the request of the Managing Director of the sugar mills concerned.

22. Joining Time and Transfer Travelling Allowance.- A Common Cadre Employee on transfer will be allowed joining

time of three days. The salary for the joining period, transfer travelling allowance and daily allowance shall be borne by Sugar

Mill to which the Common Cadre Employee last worked.

23. Performance Evaluation Report.- Every Common Cadre Employee shall furnish a set of reports every year ending

31st March indicating the performance levels fixed for him, achievements, outstanding contributions for developments and

strengthening of the system, awards if received, punishments if any imposed etc., in the preceding year, within a month from

the completion of each year. Such self-appraisal reports shall be scrutinized and countersigned by the Managing D

irector of

the sugar mills concerned in his capacity as Disciplinary Authority.

24. Resignation.- A member of the common cadre service may resign by giving a notice of not less than three months,

in writing to the cadre authority. If less than 3 months’ notice is given, the Common Cadre Employee will have to remit the

salary and allowances for the actual number of days of shortfall in notice. Resignation shall take effect from the date of

acceptance by the cadre authority. If any records, books or properties of the Sugar Mills are found to have been held by

him, he shall be liable to account for the same in spite of acceptance of his resignation for a period of seven years.

25. Conduct and Discipline.- (a) The Common Cadre Employees of the service shall work full time at the disposal of

the Sugar mill to which the Common Cadre Employee is posted and he shall serve the Sugar Mills in its business in such

capacity and during such hours and at such place as may be required from time to time.

(b) Every Common Cadre Employee of the service subject to the provisions of the rules and regulations shall work

under the administrative control of the Managing Director of the Sugar Mill concerned and perform such duties and exercise

such powers as may be enjoined upon or conferred on him under the provisions of the Act, Rules and the bye-laws of the

Sugar Mills.

business information of a confidential nature which during the course of his employment come to his possession or knowledge

or has been collected by him. Every member of the common cadre service shall give an undertaking in writing that he

shall keep and maintain secrecy as laid down in the regulations, failing which he shall be liable for disciplinary action. Such

undertaking shall be executed by the Common Cadre Employee at the time of joining the Sugar Mills to which he is posted.

Every Common Cadre Employee shall serve the Sugar Mill concerned with honesty and faithfulness and shall use his

utmost endeavour to promote the interest of the Sugar Mills. He shall also show courtesy and attention in his dealings towards

persons having business relations with the Sugar Mills.

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(d) No member of the common cadre service shall,-

(a) While on duty, be under the influence of alcoholicdrinks or drugs, or

(b) Appear in a public place in a state of intoxication, or

(e) No member of the common Cadre service shall,-

(i) indulge in disorderly or indecent behaviour or gambling or betting or committing nuisance within the premises

of the Sugar Mills or do anything which disturbs or dislocates the business of the Sugar Mills, or

(ii) Cause or attempt to cause wilful damage to the property of the Sugar Mills or of persons dealing with the

Sugar Mill, or

(iii) Abet or instigate any of the employees for acts of misconduct commission or violation of duties, or

(iv) misuse of loans or advances obtained from the Sugar Mills or the property of the mills under his charge

or care, or

(v) Organise or attend any meeting other than a meeting connected with the business of the Sugar Mills within

its premises without the permission of the Managing Director of the Mill.

(vi) A Common Cadre Employee shall except with the previous sanction of the cadre authority, engage himself

directly or indirectly in any trade or business or undertake any employment

(vii) Common Cadre Employees shall not engage himself directly or indirectly in any trade or business with

the sugar mills after retirement or resignation for at least three years.

(f) No member of the common cadre service shall take part or associate himself with any political demonstration

or shall take part as a candidate, canvass or otherwise use his influence in any political election or election to the Board of

Management of the Sugar Mills or any other Cooperative Societies, other than a society of which he is a member.

(g) No member of the common cadre service shall make any statement to the press or contribute articles to the

press or magazine or give any talk on the Radio in connection with the affairs of the Sugar Mills without the permission of

the Managing D

irector. H

e shall not ventilate any personal grievance through press or leaflets.

(h) No member of the common cadre service shall accept, solicit, or seek any outside employment or office whether

on stipend or in an honorary capacity without previous permission in writing from the cadre authority.

(i) No member of the common cadre service shall join any educational institution for further studies except with the

prior sanction of the Managing Director of the Sugar Mills. The permission so required shall be given only in suitable cases

and for specific period and only when the Managing D

irector is satisfied that according of such permission to the member is

not detrimental to the efficient discharge of his duties.

(j) A member of the common cadre service shall not solicit or accept any gift or gratification from any subordinate

employee or a person who has any dealing with the Sugar Mills.

(k) A member of the common cadre service shall not absent himself from the headquarters except on duty, without

obtaining previous sanction from the Managing Director of the Sugar Mills.

(l) A member of the common cadre service shall not borrow money from or in any way place himself under a

pecuniary obligation to any employee of the Sugar Mill.

(m) No member of the common cadre service shall permit any member of his family to make any such transaction

in the Sugar Mills in which he is posted as is likely to embarrass or influence him in the discharge of his duties.

(n) A member of the common cadre service shall not resort to borrowings from outside agencies including other

Sugar Mills, finance companies, chit funds, hire purchase companies etc., except with the prior approval from the reviewing

authority of the Sugar Mills concerned.

(o) It is not necessary for the Common Cadre Employee to get prior permission of the Common Cadre Authority

for applying passports. However, while the employee applies for the passport, it should be informed to the Common Cadre

Authority. I t will not be necessary for obtaining N

o O

bjection Certificate for travel abroad. H

owever, the leave for the travel

abroad be sanctioned by the Cadre Authority.

(p) A Common Cadre Employee shall not engage himself in strike or in incitements thereto or in similar activities.

(q) No Common Cadre Employee who has spouse living shall enter into or contract a marriage with any person.

No Common Cadre Employee shall enter into or contract a marriage with a person having a spouse living :

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Provided that the cadre authority may permit a Common Cadre Employee to enter into or contract any such marriage

if such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such Common Cadre Employee and the other party to

the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing.

(r) No member of the common cadre service shall enter into or carry on any credit transactions with the Sugar Mills or

any other society except as permitted under the Act, Rules or the Bye-laws of the Sugar Mill-concerned where he is working

or as per the cadre regulations.

(s) If a member of the common cadre service is arrested on a criminal charge, he shall be placed under suspension

from the date of his arrest and if a member of the common cadre service is convicted of a criminal charge by a competent

criminal court, he shall be liable for dismissal. “Let off under Probationary O

ffenders Act” is tantamount to conviction and is

liable for dismissal.

(t) Every common Cadre Employee shall ensure that no child below the age of fourteen years is employed in any

work in the sugar mills including domestic work.

(u) Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women at work place.- No Employee shall indulge in any act of sexual

harassment of any woman at the work place.

Every Common Cadre Employee who is in charge of a work place shall take appropriate steps to prevent sexual harassment

to any woman at such work place.

Explanation.- For the purpose of this rule, “sexual harassment” include such unwelcome sexually determined behaviour,

whether directly or by implication as:-

(i) physical contact and advances; or (ii) demand or request for sexual favours; or (iii) sexually coloured remarks; or

(iv) showing any pornography; or (v) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature.

26. Annual Property Statement.- (a) Every Common Cadre Employee shall furnish a declaration to the Common Cadre

authority of the immovable property held in his name or in the name of his spouse or dependant sons and daughters, as at the

end of the each financial year. H

e shall also obtain prior permission for purchase of or acquiring any interest and immovable

property from the Common Cadre Authority. In addition to furnishing of statement of immovable property, the Common Cadre

Employee shall also furnish a statement of assets and liabilities as on 31st March of every year to the Common Cadre

Authority. Such report may be filed within one month from the completion of each financial year in the formats in Annexure-II.

(b) Prior permission to purchase immovable property shall be obtained from the Common Cadre Authority. The purchase

of movable properties worth more than one month’s salary shall be intimated to the Managing Director within a month of

purchase of such property.

(c) No member of the common cadre service or his family member shall bid in any auction of the property belonging

to the Sugar Mills either directly or indirectly.

27. Disciplinary Proceedings.- The disciplinary proceedings against a Common Cadre Employee shall be conducted with

due observance of the principles of natural justice for which it shall be necessary that,-

(a) The Common Cadre Employee shall be served with a charge memo duly approved by the Managing Director

containing specific charges and mentioning of grounds in support of each charge and he shall be required to submit explanation

in respect of the charge within a reasonable time which shall not be less than fifteen days;

(b) An independent inquiry in an impartial manner shall be conducted by Managing Director. If a Managing Director

considers independent inquiry requires an officer from other sugar mills, he / she will write to the Common Cadre Authority

for sanction of such officials necessary for conducting inquiry. As far as possible the inquiry shall be completed within 90

days and with the written order by Managing Director, it may be extended by 30 days. No extension beyond this time limit

will be allowed except with the sanction from the Common Cadre Authority;

(c) The I nquiry O fficer shall be appointed by the Managing D irector provided that the officer at whose instance disciplinary

action was initiated shall not be appointed as an I nquiry O

fficer nor shall the I nquiry O

fficer be the appellate authority. The

inquiry O

fficer shall not be lower than the rank of the delinquent officer;

(d) A Common Cadre Employee may be placed under suspension by the Managing Director of the mill and the order

of suspension may be revoked by the Managing Director of the concerned mill;

(e) The Common Cadre Authority may suo motu direct the Managing Director of the sugar mill to place any Common

Cadre Employee under suspension;

(f) Suspension shall not be given retrospective effect;

(g) Leave shall not be granted to a member under suspension.

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(h) A Common Cadre Employee against whom proceedings have been initiated either for his arrest on a criminal charge

or who is detained under any law for preventive detention shall be deemed to be as under suspension for the period during

which he is so detained in custody or is undergoing imprisonment and he shall not be allowed any pay and allowance other

than the subsistence allowance admissible for such period until he is released from detention and allowed to resume duties,

as the case may be;

(i) A Common Cadre Employee under suspension shall be entitled to a subsistence allowance as per the Tamil Nadu

payment of Subsistence Allowance Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 1981) :

Provided that no payment of the subsistence allowance shall be made unless the member has furnished a certificate

and the authority passing the order of suspension is satisfied that the Common Cadre Employee was not engaged in any

other employment, business, profession or vocation and other employment and had not earned remuneration there for during

the period of his suspension.

(j) Where the conduct of a Common Cadre Employee has led to his conviction on a criminal charge or where a Common

Cadre Employee refuses or fails without sufficient cause to appear before the I nquiry O

fficer when specifically called upon in

writing to appear or where a Common Cadre Employee has absconded and his whereabouts are not known to the authority

for more than three months or where it is otherwise (for reason to be recorded in writing) not possible to communicate with

him, the competent authority may award appropriate punishment without going through the detailed disciplinary proceedings;

(k) When a Common Cadre Employee under suspension is reinstated the authority competent to order the reinstatement

shall make specific order regarding pay and allowance, to be paid for the period of suspension and whether or not the said

period shall be treated as a period spent on duty :

Provided that where the authority passing the order of reinstatement is of the opinion that the Common Cadre Employee

has been fully exonerated or the suspension was wholly unjustified, the Common Cadre Employee shall be given the full pay

and allowance to which he would have been entitled had he not been suspended. In such cases, the period of suspension

shall be treated as period spent on duty for all purposes;

(l) In cases not falling under clause (k) above, period of suspension shall not be treated as a period spent on duty

unless the disciplinary authority specifically directs that it shall be so treated;

(m) Any disciplinary proceedings initiated against the Common Cadre Employee of a Sugar Mill before the enforcement

of these rules and still continuing shall as far as may be deemed to have been commenced under these rules and may be

continued accordingly.

28. Penalties.- (a)

Without prejudice to the provisions contained in any other rules, a Common Cadre Employee who

commits breach of duty enjoined upon him or has been convicted of a criminal offence or has been punished for an offence

under the Act or does anything prohibited by these rules shall be liable to be punished by any one of the following penalties,

namely:-

I. Minor Punishment.

i. Censure.

ii. Fine.

iii. Withholding of increments without cumulative effects.

iv. Reduction in Promotion.

II. Major Punishments

v. Withholding of increments with cumulative effect.

vi. Removal from Service.

vii. Dismissal from Service.

viii. Compulsory Retirement.

ix. Reduction in the Seniority list.

x. Recovery from pay or security deposit to compensate in whole or in part for any pecuniary loss caused to the

Sugar Mills by the Common Cadre Employee.

(b) Copy of the order of the punishment shall invariably be given to the Common Cadre Employee concerned and entry

to this effect shall be made in his service record.

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the Common Cadre Employee and he has either failed to reply within the specified time or his reply has been found to be

unsatisfactory by the Disciplinary Authority/Managing Director.

(d) No penalty under items (v) to (x) above shall be imposed without recourse to detailed disciplinary proceedings

mentioned in Rule 27.

(e) Common Cadre Employee shall be imposed with the above penalties by Managing Director of the Sugar Mill under

which a Common Cadre Employee is for the time being employed.

29. Appeal- The power to hear appeals preferred by a Common Cadre Employee against orders of such punishment

shall lie with the Commissioner / Director of Sugar.

30. Requirements of Appeal-

(a) It shall be couched in polite and respectful language failing which the appellate authority may reject it.

(b) It shall contain all material facts and arguments and shall be complete in itself.

(d) It shall specify the relief desired.

(e) It shall be submitted to the Appellate authority through proper channel within 60 days from the date of receipt of

the order of punishment.

(f) An appeal preferred through proper channel under sub-clause (e) above shall be forwarded without undue delay

to the appellate authority with the comments of the authority through which it is submitted.

(g) Save as provided in these rules, no appeal shall be addressed or endorsed to or bear recommendations of any

other authority or person. A defiance of this rule as well as any attempt to influence or canvass the appellate authority shall

be deemed as breach of discipline, rendering the appeal liable to rejection and the member is liable for punishment for breach

of discipline.

(h) In any case, where the appellate authority considers that the punishment imposed by the disciplinary authority

is not commensurate with gravity of charges established, bearing in mind the general discipline can suo motu enhance or

reduce or set aside or revert for re-enquiry of the punishment imposed by the Disciplinary authority.

31. Suits and Criminal Cases- (a) Where a civil suit or a criminal case arising out of the circumstances directly connected

with the discharge of his official duties is filed against a Common Cadre Employee and the Common Cadre Employee makes

a request for the defence of the case at the cost of the Sugar Mills concerned the Managing Director of the Sugar Mills

concerned may consider such request and sanction defence of the case at the cost of the Sugar Mills subject to the approval

of the cadre authority.

(b) While seeking approval of the common cadre authority, the Sugar Mills shall intimate the reasons for offering

defence at the cost of the Sugar Mill and furnish such other information as the cadre authority may require for disposal of

the request of the Sugar Mills.

treated as falling within the scope of rule 30.

(d) Even where a case against a member of the service is under police investigation or trial, the cadre authority may

institute or proceed with department enquiry and take disciplinary action against the erring Common Cadre Employee, pending

judicial enquiry or trial. Such enquiry shall be completed within the stipulated time.

32. Miscellaneous- If dispute or doubt about the interpretation or application of any of the provisions of these rules

arises, the matter shall be referred by the common cadre authority to the Government whose decision shall be final and

binding.

Save as otherwise provided in these rules, all order concerning service matters shall be issued under the signature and

seal of common cadre authority or by persons specifically authorised by the committee.

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ANNEXURE - I

Cane Officers Sanctioned Strength

Serial

No.

Name of the Mills

Number of Cane

Officers

(1)

(2)

(3)

Ambur

Salem

Kallakurichi-I

Dharmapuri

Vellore

Tirupattur

Chengalrayan

Tiruttani

N.P.K.R.R.

M.R.K.

Cheyyar

Subramaniya Siva

Kallakurichi-II

Amaravathy

National

Madurantakam

Arignar Anna

Perambalur

Total

133

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ANNEXURE – II

FORM No. – I

STATEMENT O

F I MMOVABLE PROPERTY H ELD BY COMMON CADRE O

FFICERS

Serial

No.

Description of

Property

Precise location

(Name of District, Taluk

and Village in Which

situated and also its

distinctive number etc.)

Area of land

(in case of land

and building)

Nature of land

(in case of

land property)

Extent of

interest

If not in own name

of the State in whose

name held and his /

her relationship if any

to the common cadre

officers.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Date of acquisition, how

acquired (whether by

purchase, mortgage lease,

inheritance gift or otherwise

and name with details of

persons / person from

whom acquired)

Address and

connection of the

common cadre

officers if any

with the persons

concerned (Please

see Note-I below)

Value

of the

property

Source

income

Details of

payment

Particulars

of sanction

of prescribed

authority if any

Total annual

income

from the

property

Remarks

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

Date:

Signature

Note : - In col. 9 – particulars regarding sanctions obtained or report made in respect of the various transactions may

be given.

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FORM No. II

STATEMENT O

F LIQUID ASSETS H ELD BY COMMON CADRE O

FFICERS

(1) Cash, Bank Balance exceeding three months emoluments.

(2) Deposits, loans advance and investments (such as Shares, Securities, Debentures etc.)

Serial

No.

Description

Name and

address of

company,

Bank etc.

Amount

(in Rupees)

If not in own name and

address of person in

whose name held and

his / her relationship

with the common cadre

officers.

Source of

income

Details of

income

Annual

income

derived

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Date:

Signature

Note : “Annual Income Derived” means the pay and allowances received by the Common Cadre Employee.

FORM No. III

STATEMENT O

F MOVABLE PROPERTY H ELD BY COMMON CADRE O

FFICERS

Serial

No.

Description

of items

Price of value at the time

of acquisition and / or the

total payments made up

to the date of return as

the case may be in the

case of articles purchases

on hire purchase or

installment basis.

If not in own name

and address of person

in whose name and

his / her relationship

with the common cadre

officers.

Source of

income

Details of

Payments

How

acquired with

approximate

date of

acquisition.

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Date:

Signature

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FORM No. IV

STATEMENT O

F PROVIDENT FUND AND LIFE IN SURANCE POLICY H ELD BY COMMON CADRE O

FFICERS

Serial

No.

Policy Number

and date of

policy

Name of insurance

company

Sum insured and

date of maturity

Amount annual

premium

Source of income

Details of payments

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Type of Provident Fund /

General Provident Fund /

CPF/ Account No.

Closing balance as

last reported by the

Audit / Accounts

Officer along with date

of such balance

Contributions made

subsequently Subscrip-

tion and refund.

Total

Remarks (If there is dispute regarding

closing balance the figures according to

the common cadre officers should also be

mentioned in the Column.

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Date:

Signature

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FORM No. V

STATEMENT O

F D EBTS AND OTHER LIABILITIES O

F THE COMMON CADRE O

FFICERS

Serial No.

Amount (Rs.)

Name and address

of Creditor

Date of incurring

liability

Details of

transaction

Source of

Income

Details of

payment

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Date:

Signature

Note :

Individual items of loans not exceeding three months emoluments or Rs. 50000/- whichever is less not be

included. (The terms of emoluments means pay and allowances received per month by the Common cadre

Officer).

In column (8) information regarding permission if any obtained from or report made to the competent authority

may also be given.

The statement should also include various loans and advances available to Common Cadre O fficers like advance

for purchase of vehicle, house building advance etc., (other than advances of pay and travelling allowance,

advances from the General Provident Fund and loans on Life Insurance Policies and Fixed Deposits).

K. GNANADESIKAN,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

printed and published by the Director of Stationery and printing, c

hennai

on behalf of the Government of Tamil Nadu