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CHENNAI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019

Aadi 16, Vikari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2050

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2019

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

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320-Ex-IV-2—1

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent

of the Governor on the 31st July 2019 and is hereby published for general

information:—

ACT No. 34 OF 2019.

An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Government Servants

(Conditions of Service) Act, 2016.

Bඍ it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the

Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Government Servants

(Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2019.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) (a) Section 2 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th day

of September 2016;

(b) Sections 3, 6, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 7 and section 8

shall be deemed to have come into force on the 11th day of October 2017;

of March 2017; and

(d) Section 5 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day

of December 2016.

Tamil Nadu Act

14 of 2016.

2. In section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service)

Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (j), for sub-clause

(vii), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:—

Amendment of

section 3.

“(vii) any person who was on deputation in Army Postal Service for more

than six months prior to the 14th day of April 1987;

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(viii) any person who was boarded out or released on medical grounds

and granted medical or disability pension;

(ix) any person discharged on or after July 1987 under Army

Rule 13(3) III (V) for the reason that his service is no longer required and in receipt

of pension;

(x) such other person as may be notiﬁ ed by the Government from time to

time:

Provided that in all cases, an ex-serviceman once recruited to a post in

any service or class or category, cannot claim the concession of being called an

ex-serviceman for his further recruitment:

Provided further that a person discharged before July 1987 under Army

Rule 13 (3) III (V) for the reason that his service is no longer required is not an

ex-serviceman;”.

Substitution of

section 4.

3. For section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“4. Classiﬁ cation: —Persons holding posts under the Government shall

be classiﬁ ed into Groups as speciﬁ ed in Schedule-XIII.”.

Amendment of

section 8.

4. In section 8 of the principal Act, in the ﬁ rst proviso, the expression “who has

taken a degree” shall be omitted.

Amendment of

section 20.

5. In section 20 of the principal Act, the proviso to sub-section (5) shall be

omitted.

Amendment of

section 26.

6. In section 26 of the principal Act, in the proviso to sub-section (2), for

the expression “Provided that in the case of direct recruitment to the posts with

Grade Pay which does not exceed rupees two thousand and eight hundred”, the

expression “Provided that in the case of direct recruitment to the posts with the pay

which does not exceed level 10 in the pay matrix” shall be substituted.

Substitution of

references to certain

expressions by other

expression.

7. In the principal Act,—

(1) (i) in sub-section (1) of section 7, in clause (ii) and (iii) of sub-section

(5) of section 40 and in Schedule-XI, for the expression “scale of pay”, wherever it

occurs, the expression “levels of pay in the pay matrix” shall be substituted;

(ii) in section 39 for the expressions “time scale of pay” and “time scale”,

the expression “levels of pay in the pay matrix” shall be substituted;

(2) (i) in clause (a) of section 3, in the proviso to sub-section (6) of section

29, in sub-section (3) of section 40, in the second proviso to sub-section (1) of

section 41 and in sub-section (7) of section 47, for the expression “scale of pay or

pay band”, wherever it occurs, the expression “levels of pay in the pay matrix” shall

be substituted;

(ii) in sub-section (3) of section 7 for the expression “time scale or pay

band” occurring in two places, the expression “levels of pay in the pay matrix” shall

be substituted;

(iii) in sub-section (2) of section 28 and in clause (ii) of

sub-section (6) of section 47, for the expression “time scale of pay or pay band”,

in two places where it occurs, the expression “levels of pay in the pay matrix” shall

be substituted.

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(By order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR,

Secretary to Government (FAC),

Law Department.

8. After Schedule XII to the principal Act, the following Schedule shall be

added, namely:—

Addition of new

Schedule XIII.

“SCHEDULE XIII.

[See section 4].

Group A

Employees in posts drawing level of pay from Rs.59,300-1,87,700

to Rs.1,28,900-2,25,000 (levels 25 to 32 in the pay matrix);

Group B

Employees in posts drawing level of pay from Rs.35,900-1,13,500

to Rs.57,700-1,82,400 (levels 13 to 24 in the pay matrix);

Group C

Employees in posts drawing level of pay from Rs.15,900-50,400 to

Rs.35,600-1,12,800 (levels 2 to 12 in the pay matrix);

Group D

Employees in posts drawing level of pay Rs.15,700-50,000

(level 1 in the pay matrix).”.

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