TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2021

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

No. 289]

CHENNAI, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021

Aani 11, Pilava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2052

Part III—Section 1(a)

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

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

III-1(a) Ex. (289)

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COOPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

TAMIL NADU CONSUMER PROTECTION (SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF PRESIDENT

AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE COMMISSION AND DISTRICT COMMISSION) RULES, 2021 UNDER THE

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019 (CENTRAL ACT 35 OF 2019).

[G.O. Ms. No. 48, Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection (H1), 25th June 2021,

ÝQ 11, Hôõ, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´-2052.]

No. SRO A-14(a)/2021.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Sections 30 and 44 read with clauses (h) and (m) of sub-section (2) of

Section 102 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (Central Act 35 of 2019), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the

following rules, namely: —

RULES

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Tamil Nadu Consumer Protection (Salary, allowances

and conditions of service of President and Members of the State Commission and District Commission) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

2. Deﬁ nitions. — In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —

(a) “Act” means the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (Central Act 35 of 2019);

(b) “Government” means the State Government;

(d) “President” means the President of the District Commission or the State Commission, as the case may be;

(e) The words and expressions used in these rules and not deﬁ ned and deﬁ ned in the Act shall have the same

meaning respectively, assigned to them in the Act.

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3. Salaries and allowances payable to President and members of the District Commission.—(1) The President shall

be entitled to the salary and allowances as are admissible to a District Judge in the super time scale of pay.

(2) A Member shall receive a pay equivalent to the pay ﬁ xed at the minimum in the pay matrix of a Deputy Secretary

to Government and other allowances as admissible to such oﬃ cer.

(3) The pay of a person appointed as President or member, who is in receipt of any pension, shall be reduced by the

gross amount of pension drawn by him.

(4) There shall be an annual upward revision of the pay of the President and member at the rate of 3%.

4. Salaries and allowances payable to President and members of the State Commission.—(1) The President of

the State Commission shall receive the salary and other allowances as are admissible to a sitting Judge of the High Court.

(2) A Member of the State Commission shall receive a pay equivalent to the pay ﬁ xed at minimum in the pay matrix

of an Additional Secretary to Government and other allowances as are admissible to such oﬃ cer.

(3) The pay of a person appointed as President or member, who is in receipt of any pension, shall be reduced by the

gross amount of pension drawn by him.

(4) There shall be an annual upward revision of the pay of a member at the rate of 3%.

5. Medical ﬁ tness.—No person shall be appointed as President or member, unless he is declared medically ﬁ t by an

authority speciﬁ ed by the Government in this behalf.

6. Casual vacancy.—In case of a casual vacancy in the oﬃ ce of President in the State Commission or District Commission,

as the case may be, the Government shall have the power to appoint the senior most Member to oﬃ ciate as President.

7. House rent allowance.—The President or member shall be entitled to house rent allowance at the same rate as are

admissible to Group ‘A’ Oﬃ cer of the Government of a corresponding status.

8. Transport allowance.—The President or member shall be entitled to transport allowance at the same rate as are

admissible to Group ‘A’ Oﬃ cer of the Government of a corresponding status.

9. Leave, medical treatment and hospital facilities.—The President and members of the State Commission and the

District Commission shall be entitled to leave, Leave Travel Concession, medical treatment and hospital facilities as per the

provisions applicable to Group ‘A’ Government Servants in the Government.

10. Declaration of ﬁ nancial and other interests.—The President or member shall, before entering upon his oﬃ ce, declare

his assets, and his liabilities and ﬁ nancial and other interests.

11. Other conditions of service.—(1) The terms and conditions of service of the President or member with respect to

which no express provision has been made in these rules, shall be such as are admissible to a Group ‘A’ Oﬃ cer of the

Government of a corresponding status.

(2) The President or member shall not practice before the National Commission, the State Commission or the District

Commission after retirement from the service of the State Commission or the District Commission, as the case may be.

(3) The President or member shall not undertake any arbitration work while functioning in these capacities in the

State Commission or the District Commission, as the case may be.

(4) The President or member of the State Commission or the District Commission, as the case may be, shall not, for

a period of two years from the date on which they cease to hold oﬃ ce, accept any employment in, or connected with the

management or administration of, any person who has been a party to a proceeding before the State Commission or the

District Commission:

Provided that nothing contained in this rule shall apply to any employment under the Central Government or

a State Government or a local authority or in any statutory authority or any corporation established by or under any

Central, State or Provincial Act or a Government company as deﬁ ned in clause (45) of Section 2 of the Companies

Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013).

12. Oaths of oﬃ ce and secrecy.— Every person appointed to be the President or member shall, before entering upon

his oﬃ ce, make and subscribe an oath of oﬃ ce in Form I and oath of secrecy in Form II annexed to these rules.

13. The salary, remuneration and other allowances shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of the Government.

14. The terms and conditions of the service of the President and the members of the District Commission and the State

Commission shall not be varied to their disadvantage during their tenure of oﬃ ce.

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ANNEXURE

(SEE RULE 12)

FORM I

Form of Oath of Oﬃ ce for the President and Member of the State Commission and District Commission

I, ………. having been appointed as the President/ Member in the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, ……../

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, …………..do solemnly aﬃ rm/do swear in the name of God that I will

faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as the President/Member of the State Commission/District Commission to

the best of my ability, knowledge and judgment, without fear or favour, aﬀ ection or ill-will and that I will uphold the Constitution

and the laws of land.

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FORM II

Form of Oath of Secrecy for the President and Member of the State Commission and District Commission

I, ……. having been appointed as the President/Member of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission,

…………./ District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, …… do solemnly aﬃ rm/do swear in the name of God that I

will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my

consideration or shall become known to me as President/Member of the State Commission / District Commission except

as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as the President/Member.

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Md. NASIMUDDIN,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.