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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 7]

chennai, wednesday, february 12, 2020

Thai 29, Vikari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2051

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

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2020

[Price : Rs. 4.80 Paise.

Part iiI—Section 1(b)

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

issued by Secretariat Departments.

Notifications by government

DTP—III-1(b)-(7)

Contents

Pages.

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Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Elementary Educational Subordinate

Service

10-14

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Educational Service

15-17

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu School Educational Subordinate

Service

17-19

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Notifications by Government

School Education Department

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Elementary Educational Subordinate Service.

[G.O. Ms. No.204, School Education (EE1(1)), 15th November 2019, Aippasi 29, Vikari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2050.]

No. SRO B-5/2020.— 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 Elementary

Educational Subordinate Service (Section 48A in volume-III of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual, 2016):-

2. The amendments hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on the following dates:-

Amendment 1 shall be deemed to have came into force on the 19th June 1989.

Amendments 3 (iii) and 6(iii) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th June 1989.

Amendments 3 (i) (b) and 6(i)(b)shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th June 1999.

Amendments 2 (ii) (a), (b), 3 (ii) (a), (b) and 6 (ii) (a) and (b) shall be deemed to have come into force on the

27th June 2003.

Amendments 3 (i) (c) and (ii) (c) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 22nd September, 2007.

Amendment 6 (i) (a) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th July 2007.

Amendments 2 (i), (ii) (c), 3 (i) (d), (ii) (d), 4 (i), 6(i) (c) and 6 (ii) (c) shall be deemed to have come into force

on the 25th July 2008.

Amendment 6 (ii) (d) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th November, 2011.

Amendment 4 (ii) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd March, 2017.

10. Amendment 5 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th May 2018.

11.

Amendment 3 (i) (a) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 20th May 2019.

Amendment.

In the said Special Rules,-

(1)

for the expression “Language Pandits”, wherever it occurs, the expression “School Assistants” shall be

substituted ;

(2)

in rule 1,-

(i) in class I, the entries “3. School Assistants (Tamil) School Assistants (other than Tamil) shall be omitted;

(ii)

in class II,-

(a)

the existing entry “Headmasters/Headmistresses of Middle Schools (Secondary Grade)” shall be

numbered as category “1”;

(b)

after the entry, as so numbered the following entry shall be added, namely:-

“(2) Graduate Teachers (Subjects)”;

(c)

for the entries “(2) Graduate Teachers (subjects)”, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“(2) Graduate Teachers (Tamil)

(3) Graduate Teachers (Other than Tamil)

(4) Graduate Teachers (Subjects)” ;

(3)

in rule 2,-

(i) in class I,-

(a) after the entry in column (3), against the category “(1) Block Educational Officer” in column (2), the

following proviso shall be added, namely:-

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“Provided that fifty percent of the substantive vacancies shall be filled up by direct recruitment”;

(b)

for the entries in column (3), against the entry “Headmasters/Headmistresses of Middle Schools (B.Ed Grade),”

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

“(i) By promotion from class II and category 1 of class III of the service in combined seniority;

(ii) If no qualified and suitable candidate is available for appointment by the method specified in item (i)

above, then by direct recruitment.”;

Tamil)” the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“(i) By promotion from eligible person in category 1 of Class III of the service. If no eligible person is

available for promotion in category I of class III of the service, the vacancy shall be filled up by

promotion from eligible person in category 2 of class III;

(or)

(ii) By transfer of qualified personnel from any other unit.

(or)

(iii) If no qualified and suitable candidate is available for appointment by any of the methods specified in

item (i) and (ii) above, then by direct recruitment.”

(d) the entries “3. School Assistants (Tamil) and School Assistants (Other than Tamil)” in column (2), and the

corresponding entries in column (3), thereof, shall be omitted;

(ii) in class II,-

(a)

the existing entry in column (2) shall be numbered as category ‘1’

(b)

after the category 1 as so numbered, the following entries in column (2) and (3) thereof, shall be

added, namely:-

“2. Graduate Teachers (subjects) By direct recruitment”;

(c)

for the entry in column (3), against the entry “(2) Graduate Teachers (subjects)” in column (2) the

following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“(i) By promotion from eligible person in category 1 of Class III of the service. If no eligible

person is available for promotion in category I of class III of the service, the vacancy shall

be filled up by promotion from eligible person in category 2 of class III;

(or)

(ii) By transfer of qualified personnel from any other unit;

(or)

(iii) If no qualified and suitable candidate is available for appointment by any of the methods

specified in item (i) and (ii) above, then by direct recruitment;”

(d) for the entries “2. Graduate Teachers (subjects)” in column (2) and the corresponding entries in column

(3) thereof, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“2.Graduate Teachers (Tamil)

(i)

By promotion from eligible person in category 1 of Class III of the

service. If no eligible person is available for promotion in category 1 of

class III of the service, the vacancy shall be filled up by promotion from

eligible person in category 2 of class III;

(or)

(ii)

By transfer of qualified personnel from any other unit;

(or)

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(iii)

If no qualified and suitable candidate is available for appointment by

any of the methods specified in item (i) and (ii) above, then by direct

recruitment.

3. Graduate Teachers (other than Tamil)

(i)

By promotion from eligible person in category 1 of Class III of the

service. If no eligible person is available for promotion in category 1 of

class III of the service, the vacancy shall be filled up by promotion from

eligible person in category 2 of class III;

(or)

(ii)

By transfer of qualified personnel from any other unit;

(or)

(iii)

If no qualified and suitable candidate is available for appointment by

any of the methods specified in item (i) and (ii) above, then by direct

recruitment.

4. Graduate Teachers (subjects)

(i)

By promotion from eligible person in category 1 of Class III of the

service. If no eligible person is available for promotion in category 1 of

class III of the service, the vacancy shall be filled up by promotion from

eligible person in category 2 of class III;

(or)

(ii)

By transfer of qualified personnel from any other unit;

(or)

(iii)

If no qualified and suitable candidate is available for appointment by

any of the methods specified in item (i) and (ii) above, then by direct

recruitment.”

(iii) in class III,-

for the entries in column (3), against the entry “Head Masters/Headmistresses of Primary Schools” in column (2)

thereof, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-

“By promotion from category 2 of class III”;

(4) in rule 6,-

(i) in sub-rule (b), in clause (iii), for the expression “School Assistants (Other than Tamil) occurs in two places, the

expression “Graduate Teachers (Other than Tamil)” shall be substituted;

(ii) after sub-rule (b), the following sub-rule shall be added, namely:-

“(c) Tests.- (i) Every person appointed to the Category 1 of Class I by direct recruitment shall pass the following tests

within the period of his probation;

(a) Tamil Nadu Government Office Manual Test

(b) The Account Test for Subordinate Officers – Part I

(d) Tamil Nadu School Education Department Administrative - Paper II

(ii) No person shall be eligible for appointment to the post of Block Educational Officer by promotion from Category

2 of Class I unless he has passed the tests prescribed above.” ;

(5) in rule 7,-

(i) for sub-rule (c), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“(c) The District Educational Officer of the Educational District concerned is the authority competent to

issue orders declaring the satisfactory completion of probation in respect of the members of all the

service except the service mentioned in category 1 of class I.”;

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(ii) after sub-rule (c), the following sub-rule shall be added, namely:-

“(d) The Chief Educational Officer of the Revenue District concerned is the authority competent to issue

orders declaring the satisfactory completion of probation in respect of the members of service

mentioned in category 1 of class I.”;

(6) in the Annexure referred to in rule 6 (b) (i),-

(i) in class I,-

(a) after the entries in column (4), against the category “1.Block Educational Officer” in column (2), the following

proviso shall be added, namely;-

“Provided that a degree should be from any one of the subjects such as Tamil, English, Mathematics,

Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Biology, Geography and History.”;

(b) for the entry in column (3), against the entry “Headmasters/Headmistresses of Middle Schools

(B.Ed. grade)” in column (2), the entry “By promotion” shall be substituted;

corresponding entries in column (3) and (4) thereof, shall be omitted;

(ii) in class II,-

(a)

the existing entry “Headmasters/Headmistresses of Middle School (Secondary Grade)” in column (2), shall be

numbered as category “1”;

(b)

after the category “1” as so numbered the following entries in column (2), (3) and (4) thereof, shall be added,

namely:-

“2.Graduate Teachers (Subjects)

By direct recruitment

A degree in any University in the State or its

equivalent and B.Ed. degree in any University

in the State”;

(c)

for the entries “2. Graduate Teachers (subjects)” in column (2), and the corresponding entries in column (3)

and (4) thereof, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“2.Graduate Teachers

(Tamil)

(i)

By promotion from eligible person in

category 1 of Class III of the service.

If no eligible person is available for

promotion in category 1 of class III

of the service, the vacancy shall be

filled up by promotion from eligible

person in category 2 of class III;

(or)

(i)

B.Lit. degree of the Madras University or its

equivalent in any University in the State in

the language in respect of which recruitment

is necessary and Teacher Training of Madras

University or any other Universities;

(or)

Minimum general educational qualifications as

defined in Schedule I to the General Rules for

the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services

and title of Oriental Learning conferred by

any University in the State in the language in

respect of which recruitment is necessary.

(ii)

By transfer of qualified personnel

from any other unit;

(or)

(ii)

B.T., or B.Ed., degree of any University in

the State or Trained Teachers Certificate of

the Secondary Grade or Senior Basic Grade

Trained Teachers Certificate on successful

completion of the Pandits Training Course or

Diploma in Teaching awarded by any University

in the State.

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(iii)

If no qualified and suitable candidate

is available for appointment by any

of the methods specified in item

(i) and (ii) above, then by direct

recruitment.

3. Graduate Teachers

(other than Tamil)

(i)

By promotion from eligible person

in category 1 of Class III of the

service. If no eligible person is

available for promotion in category

1 of class III of the service, the

vacancy shall be filled up by

promotion from eligible person in

category 2 of class III;

(or)

(i)

B.Lit. degree of the Madras University or its

equivalent in any University in the State in

the language in respect of which recruitment

is necessary and Teacher Training of Madras

University or any other Universities;

(or)

Minimum general educational qualifications

as defined in Schedule I to the General Rules

for the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate

Services and title of Oriental Learning

conferred by any University in the State in the

language in respect of which recruitment is

necessary.

(ii)

By transfer of qualified personnel

from any other unit;

(or)

(ii)

B.T., or B.Ed., degree of any University in

the State or Trained Teachers Certificate of

the Secondary Grade or Senior Basic Grade

Trained Teachers Certificate on successful

completion of the Pandits Training Course

or Diploma in Teaching awarded by any

University in the State.

(iii)

If no qualified and suitable candidate

is available for appointment by any

of the methods specified in item

(i) and (ii) above, then by direct

recruitment.

4. Graduate Teachers

(subjects)

(i)

By direct recruitment

A degree in any University in the State or its

equivalent and B.Ed. degree in any University

in the State.”

(d)(i) after the item (ii) in column (3), against the entry “(2) Graduate Teachers(Tamil)” in column (2), the following

entries shall be added, namely:-

“(iii) Pass in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)”

(ii) after the item (ii) in column (3), against the entry “(3) Graduate Teachers (Other than Tamil)” in column (2),

the following entries shall be added, namely:-

“(iii) Pass in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)”

(iii) after the item (ii) in column (3), against the entry “(4) Graduate Teachers(Subjects)” in column (2), the following

entries shall be added, namely:-

“(iii) Pass in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)”

(iii) in class III, for the entry in column (3), against the entry “Headmasters/Headmistresses of Primary Schools

(Secondary grade)” in column (2), the entry “By promotion” shall be substituted.

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Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Educational Service.

[G.O. Ms. No.212, School Education [SE2(1)], 22nd November 2019, è£˜ˆF¬è 6, Mè£K, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´-2050.]

No. SRO B-6/2020.— 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 Higher Secondary

Educational Service. (Section 37 in Volume-II of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual 2016).

The amendments hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on the following dates:-

The Amendment 2(i)(a) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th August 2008.

The Amendment 1, 2(ii), 4 and 5 shall be deemed to have come into force on the10th July 2009.

The Amendment (2)(i) (b), (c), and (3) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd November 2011.

amendments

In the said Special Rules,-

(1)

in rule 1, in class III,-

(i)

the categories “1” and “2”, shall be renumbered as categories “2”and “3”;

(ii)

before the category as so renumbered the following category shall be inserted, namely:-

“1. District Inspectors of Physical Education”,

(2)

in rule 2(a),-

(i)

in class II,-

(a)

after the item “(ii)” in column (3), against the category 1 Post

Graduate Assistants in Academic Subjects” in column (2), the

following item shall be inserted, namely:-

“(ii-a) In case of the post of Post Graduate Assistants in Commerce,

also recruitment by transfer from the category of Vocational

instructors, teaching the subjects “Commerce” in Higher

Secondary Standards.

Explanation:

For the purpose of fixing the inter–se – seniority

In respect of Vocational Instructors for Commerce among the

category eligible for appointment to the post of Post Graduate

Assistants in Commerce, the date of regular appointment in

the cadre, after passing M.Com., B.Ed., degree or the date of

passing M.Com., B.Ed., degree while in service whichever is

later shall be taken into account for the purpose of inter- se-

seniority”;

(b)

After the item “(iii)” in column (3), against the category “1 Post

Graduate Assistants in Academic Subjects” in column(2), the

following item shall be added, namely:-

“(iv) (a) Recruitment by transfer from the post of Superintendent

in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in School Education

Department;

(b) If no qualified and suitable candidates are available for

appointment by the method (a) above, recruitment by transfer

from the posts of Assistant/ Steno-Typist in the Tamil Nadu

Ministerial Service in School Education Department;

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appointment by the method (a) and (b) above, recruitment

by transfer from the posts of Junior Assistant/ Typist in the

Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in School Education

Department.”

(c)

After the item “(iii)” in column (3), against the category 2

Post Graduate Assistants in Languages” in column(2), the

following item shall be added, namely:-

“(iv) (a) Recruitment by transfer from the post of Superintendent

in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in School Education

Department;

(b) If no qualified and suitable candidates are available for

appointment by the method (a) above, recruitment by transfer

from the posts of Assistant/ Steno-Typist in the Tamil Nadu

Ministerial Service in School Education Department;

appointment by the method (a) and (b) above, recruitment

by transfer from the posts of Junior Assistant/ Typist in the

Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in School Education

Department;”

(ii)

in class III,-

(a) the categories 1 and 2 in column (2) shall be renumbered as categories “2” and “3”

(b) before the category as so renumbered the following category and entries in column

(2) and (3) shall, respectively, be inserted, namely:-

“1 District Inspectors of Physical

Education”

By transfer from category 2 of

Class III”;

(3)

in rule 2(b) (ii), after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided further that 2% of the total number of substantive vacancies of all subjects and

languages put together in category 1 (Post Graduate Assistant in Academic Subjects) and category

2 (Post Graduate Assistant in Languages) under Class II, shall be reserved for appointment by

recruitment by transfer from among those staff, who are qualified in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial

Service working in the School Education Department (i.e.) “Superintendents, Assistants/Steno-

Typists and Junior Assistants/Typists without fixing subject wise reservation;”

(4)

In rule 3, in the Table, in class III,-

(i)

the categories “1” and “2” in column (2) shall be renumbered as categories “2”and “3”;

(ii)

before the category as so renumbered the following category shall be inserted, namely:-

“1 District Inspectors of Physical Education”;

(5)

in the annexure to rule 7(a), in the Table, after the entry “Post Graduate (State Council of Educational

Research & Training Post Graduate Teachers Certificate Course) Teachers in Academic Subjects”

in column (1) and the corresponding entries in column (2) and (3) thereof the following shall be

inserted, namely:-

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“District Inspectors of Physical

Education.

By transfer

(i) A M.P.Ed. degree of a university in

the State or a degree of equivalent

standard;

(ii) A diploma equivalent to

M.P.Ed. degree.

(iii) Must have passed the Account Test

for Executive Officers or Account Test for

Subordinate Officers Part I:

Provided that every member of the

service who had already passed Account

Test for Local Body Employees conducted

by the Director of Government

Examinations need not pass the said test’’.

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu School Educational Subordinate Service.

[G.O. Ms. No. 07, School Education [SE3(1)], 20th January 2020, ¬î 6, Mè£K, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´--2051.]

No. SRO B-7/2020.— 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 School

Educational Subordinate Service (Section 48 in volume-III of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual, 2016).

2. (i) The Amendment 5 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 24th March 1986.

(ii) Amendments 1 (ii), (iii), 8 (iii) (a) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th June 1989.

(iii) Amendment 7 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 8th May 1997.

(iv) Amendments 2 (i) (a), (b), (c) and (d) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th July 2007.

(v) Amendments 1 (i), (iv), (v) and 8 (iii) (b) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th July, 2008.

(vi) Amendment 1 (vi) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th July, 2009.

(vii) Amendment 2 (i) (e) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd November 2009.

(viii) Amendments 8 (i), (ii), (iv) and (v) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th November, 2011.

(ix) Amendment 2 (i) (f) shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th April 2015.

(x) Amendments 2 (ii), 3, 4 and 6 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th September, 2016.

Amendments

In the said Special Rules,-

(1) (i) for the expression “School Assistant” wherever it occurs the expression “Graduate Teacher (Subjects)” shall

be substituted;

(ii) for the expression “Pandits in Tamil” wherever it occurs the expression “School Assistants in Tamil” shall be

substituted ;

(iii) for the expression “Pandits and Munshis (other than Tamil)” and “Pandits and Munshis (other than Tamil)

Grade I and Grade II” and “Pandits and Munshis (other than Tamil) including Arabic Munshis in Kanyakumari

District and Shencottah Taluk of Tirunelveli District, Grade II”, wherever it occurs the expression “School

Assistants (Languages other than Tamil)” shall be substituted;

(iv) for the expression “School Assistants in Tamil” wherever it occurs the expression “Graduate Teacher (Tamil)”

shall be substituted;

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(v) for the expression “School Assistants (Languages other than Tamil)”, wherever it occurs, the expression

“Graduate Teacher (Languages other than Tamil and English)” shall be substituted;

(vi) the expression “Regional Inspectors of Physical Education and” wherever it occurs shall be omitted;

(2) in rule 3, -

(i) in sub-rule (a), in the tabular column,

(a) item (iv) in column (2) against the expression “(1) Deputy Inspector of Schools and School Assistants” in column

(1), shall be re-numbered as (v)

(b)

before item (v) as so renumbered, the following shall be inserted namely:-

“(iv) (a) Recruitment by transfer from the post of Superintendent in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in

School Education Department;

(b) If no qualified and suitable candidates are available for appointment by the method (a) above,

recruitment by transfer from the post of Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in School

Education Department;

above, recruitment by transfer from the post of Junior Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service

in School Education Department:

Provided that out of 50% vacancies earmarked for promotion by Recruitment by transfer, 2% (two percent) of

the vacancies shall be filled up from among those staff (“Superintendents, Assistants, and Junior Assistants”)

who are qualified in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service working in the School Education Department;”

(c)

item ‘(iv)’ in column (2) against the expression “School Assistants in Tamil” in column (1), shall be renumbered

as ‘(v)’

(d) before the item (v) as so renumbered, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(iv) (a) Recruitment by transfer from the post of Superintendent in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in

School Education Department;

(b) If no qualified and suitable candidates are available for appointment by the method (a) above,

recruitment by transfer from the post of Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in School

Education Department;

above, recruitment by transfer from the post of Junior Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial

Service in School Education Department;

Provided that out of 66

% vacancies earmarked for promotion by Recruitment by transfer, 2% (two

percent) of the vacancies shall be filled up from among those staff (“Superintendents, Assistants,

and Junior Assistants”) who are qualified in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial service working in the School

Education Department.”

(e)

under class V,- after the entries in item “(iv) in column (2), against the category ‘(2), Art Masters in Secondary

and Training Schools’ in column (1), the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

“Provided that 20 percent of the vacancies in the post of Art Masters shall be filled by transfer of

service from the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service (from the posts carrying identical or lower scale of

pay) Tamil Nadu General Subordinate Service and Tamil Nadu Basic Service in the School Education

Department at the ratio of (3:3:3:3:4:4). [i.e. Watchman-3%, Office Assistant-3%, Record Clerk- 3%,

Lab Assistant-3% Junior Assistant-4%, Assistant-4%].”;

(f)

for the proviso as so added, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided that 20 percent of the vacancies in the post of Art Masters shall be filled by transfer of

service from the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service (from the posts carrying identical or lower scale of

pay) Tamil Nadu General Subordinate Service and Tamil Nadu Basic Service in the School Education

Department at the ratio of 2:2:2:3:4:4:3. [i.e.Watchman-2%, Office Assistant-2%, Record Clerk-2%,

Lab Assistant-3%, Junior Assistant-4%, Assistant-4%, Librarian-3%.]”

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(ii) in sub-rule (b), - for the expression “clause (14) of rule 2 in Part I of the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate

Services rules” the expression “clause (r) in Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of

Service) Act, 2016” shall be substituted.

(3) in rule 6,- for the expression “The rule of reservation of appointment (General rule 22)” the expression “The principle

of reservation of appointments [Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016]” shall

be substituted.

(4) in rule 7,-

(i)

in sub-rule (a),- for the expression “General rule 21” the expression “Section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Government

Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016,” shall be substituted;

(ii)

in sub-rule (c),- for the expression “under the proviso to General rule 21” the expression “under the proviso to

Section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016,” shall be substituted;

(5) in rule 9,- after the proviso to sub-rule (c), the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

“Provided further that, the Pandits and Munshis other than Tamil who relinquish their right of promotion

to administrative posts are exempted from passing the Language Test”;

(6) in rule 11, - for the expression “under the rule 10 (a) (i) of the General rules for the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate

Services the expression “Section 17(1) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (conditions of service) Act, 2016,”

shall be substituted;

(7) for rule 14,- the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(14) Seniority.- The seniority of teachers transferred to one unit from another unit shall be reckoned with

reference to the date of joining to the category in which he was transferred subject to the following condition:-

An approved probationer in the post appointed in the other units will be placed below the approved probationers

in identical category in this unit.”;

(8) in the Annexure II referred to in rule 9,-

(i) the entries in column (3) against the category “Deputy Inspectors of School and Graduate Teachers” in

column (1), and the method of Appointment “Direct recruitment” in column (2) shall be numbered as (i);

(ii) after the entries and proviso as so numbered the following entries shall be added, namely:-

“(ii) Pass in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET);”

(iii) (a) for the expression “Pandits and Munshis (other than those in Hindi), Grade I including” in column (1),

the expression “School Assistants (other than those in Hindi) including” shall be substituted;

(b) for the expression “School Assistants (other than those in Hindi) including” in column (1) the expression

“Graduate Teacher (other than those in Hindi) including” shall be substituted;

(iv) after the entries in item (ii) in column (3) against the category “Graduate Teacher (other than those in

Hindi) including Graduate Teacher in Tamil” in column (1), the following entries shall be added, namely:-

“(iii) Pass in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).”;

(v)

(a) the existing entry in column (3) against the category “Secondary Grade Teacher” in column (1), shall be

numbered as “(i)”;

(b) after the entry as so numbered the following entry shall be added, namely:-

“(ii) Pass in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).”;

PRADEEP YADAV,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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

on behalf of the Government of Tamil Nadu