ACT No. 35 OF 2021 - The Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2021

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No. 497] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021 Aippasi 5, Pilava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2052

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

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

the Governor on the 22nd October 2021 and is hereby published for general

information:—

ACT No. 35 OF 2021.

An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Government Servants

(Conditions of Service) Act, 2016.

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

the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

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

commencement.

(Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2021.

(2) (a) Section 3 shall be deemed to have come into force on the

15th day of September 2016.

(b) Section 4 shall be deemed to have come into force on

the 2nd day of March 2017.

(c) The remaining sections shall come into force at once.

Tamil Nadu Act

Amendment of 2. In section 73 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions

14 of 2016.

section 73.

of Service) Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for sub-

section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

"(1) The Government may, by notifi cation, either prospectively or

retrospectively, alter, add to or cancel any of the Schedules.".

Substitution of 3. In the principal Act, for Schedule–IV, the following Schedule shall be

Schedule-IV.

substituted, namely:—

Ex-IV-2—497--1

[209]210 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

"SCHEDULE – IV.

SECOND CLASS LANGUAGE TEST.

(See section 21)

SYLLABUS.

PART – A. WRITTEN EXAMINATION.

Maximum Marks – 100.

Minimum pass Marks – 45.

Time Duration – 3 hours.

PART – I.

(Translation, Composition and Letter Writing). Marks-50.

1. Translation. Marks-10.

Translation from English to Tamil.

2. Composition Marks

(not exceeding 150 words). 2x15=30.

(1) Glory of Tamil language.

(2) Population growth.

(3) Protection of environment.

(4) Education for all.

(5) Patriotism.

(6) Spirituality/Devotion.

(7) Rural development/ Village development.

(8) Co-operation.

(9) Development of Women.

(10) Social reforms/Social work/Social service.

(11) Science and Technology.

3. Letter Writing (Offi cial Letter). Marks-1x10=10.

(1) Employee Leave letter.

(2) Request letter for Annual increment.

(3) Reply letter for taking further action in the department.

(4) Preparation of reply under the Right to Information

Act, 2005 (Central Act 22 of 2005).

(5) Preparation of answers for Legislative Assembly

Questions.

PART – II.

Marks- 2x5=10.

1. Comprehension.

2. Dialogue Writing.

PART – III.

Marks- 40x1=40.

Exercises on Language skills (From 1st-10th Standard

Tamil Text Books).

(1) Writing the numbers in words.

(2) Sentence formation.

(3) Writing the names of English, Tamil months and week

days in Tamil.

(4) Writing the types of Alphabets.

(5) Writing the names of Under graduate and Post graduate

courses in Tamil.

(6) Differentiate the short vowels and long vowels.

(7) To fi nd out the differences in gender/living /non-living.

(8) Translating the technical terms into Tamil.

(9) Writing the title of the Book and it's Author.

(10) Identifying the Tenses of the Verbs.

(11) Writing the appropriate question for the answer.

(12) To fi nd out the phonetic differences (Mayangoli).

(13) Writing the Synonyms.

(14) Writing the Tamil word for the word in other language.

(15) Writing the nouns.

(16) Writing the verbs.

(17) Writing the words in Alphabetical order.

(18) Writing 'varga letters' (fi lling up).

(19) Writing the Emblem, Tree, Animal and Bird of Tamil Nadu.

PART – B. VIVA – VOCE EXAMINATION.

Maximum Marks. Minimum Pass

Marks

1. Conversing with accuracy 100 60

and fl uency in Tamil.

2. Dictating an order or delivering 50 25 a short address on a given subject in Tamil.

PART – C.

Maximum Marks. Minimum Pass

Marks

Taking down in English, evidence 50 25

given in Tamil and asking questions

thereon in Tamil.

PART – D.

Reading with fl uency and 100 50

translating three petitions

or other offi cial manuscripts in

Tamil, written in plain running hand.

Explanation.— In the case of candidates who are required to pass the

Second Class Language Test (Full Test), they will be allowed to appear for

Part 'D' separately and will be required to appear for all the other Parts at

one time.

4. In Schedule-IV to the principal Act as so substituted,—

Amendment of Schedule-IV.

(1) under the sub-heading "PART-A. WRITTEN EXAMINATION",

for the expression "Time Duration – 3 hours", the expression "Time Duration

– 2.30 hours" shall be substituted;

(2) under the sub-heading "PART-B. VIVA-VOCE

EXAMINATION", for item 1, and the entries relating thereto, the following

item and entries, shall, respectively, be substituted, namely:—

"1. Conversing with 100 60

accuracy and fl uency

in Tamil.

Provided that in the case

of candidates belonging

to linguistic minorities, the

minimum pass mark shall

be 50.".

Validation. 5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, all acts done

or any action taken by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission in regard

to the conduct of the Second Class Language Test in Tamil prescribed in

sub-section (1) of section 21 during the period commencing on and from the

15th September 2016 and ending with the date of publication of this Act in

the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, shall be deemed to have been validly

done or taken in accordance with law, as if the principal Act, as amended by

this Act, had been in force at all material times when such acts or actions

were done or taken.

(By order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR, Secretary to Government (Legislation), Law Department.

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