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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 174]

CHENNAI, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022

Panguni 4, Pilava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2053

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

Pages.

ACTS:

No.15 of 2022—The Tamil Nadu Repealing Act, 2020

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78-84

No. 16 of 2022—The Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service)

Amendment Act, 2020.

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85-88

CONTENTS

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the

assent of the Governor on the 15th March 2022 and is hereby published

for general information: —

ACT No. 15 OF 2022.

An Act to repeal certain Enactments

Wඐඍකඍඉඛ it is expedient that the enactments specifi ed in the Schedule which are

spent or have otherwise become obsolete, or have ceased to be in force otherwise

than by expressed specifi c repeal, should be expressly and specifi cally repealed;

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

Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Repealing Act, 2020.

Repeal of

certain

enactments.

2. The enactments specifi ed in the Schedule are hereby repealed.

Savings.

3. The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not aff ect any other enactment

in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;

and this Act shall not aff ect the validity, invalidity, eff ect or consequences of

anything already done or suff ered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already

acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or

any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or

demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing;

nor shall this Act aff ect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction,

form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom,

privilege, restriction, exemption, offi ce or appointment, notwithstanding that the

same respectively may have been in any manner affi rmed or recognised or derived

by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed;

nor shall the repeal by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction,

offi ce, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice,

procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force.

THE SCHEDULE.

REPEALS.

(See section 2)

Year

Number

Short Title

(1)

(2)

(3)

President’s Acts

1976

13

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1976.

1976

20

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1976.

1976

28

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Act, 1976.

1976

29

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Amendment

Act, 1976.

1976

42

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 1976.

Tamil Nadu Acts

1878

VIII

The Tamil Nadu Coff ee-stealing Prevention Act, 1878.

1922

VII

The Chennai City Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1922.

1930

X

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1930.

79

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Year

Number

Short Title

(1)

(2)

(3)

1949

XVII

The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1949.

1950

XXIII

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1950.

1951

XXII

The Chennai City Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1951.

1952

VIII

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Amendment)

Act, 1952.

1953

VI

The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1953.

1953

XIII

The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1953.

1953

XVI

The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1953.

1954

I

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1954.

1954

XIII

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Amendment)

Act, 1954.

1954

XIV

The Tamil Nadu Suppression of Immoral Traffi c (Amendment) Act, 1954.

1954

XX

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1954.

1954

XXXII

The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1954.

1954

XXXV

The Indian Bar Councils (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1954.

1954

XL

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1954.

1955

IV

The Chennai City Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1955.

1955

VIII

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1955.

1955

XIII

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax and the Tamil Nadu Tobacco (Taxation of Sales

and Registration) (Amendment) Act, 1955.

1955

XVIII

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1955.

1955

XX

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1955.

1955

XXI

The Tamil Nadu Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1955.

1955

XXVI

The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1955.

1955

XXXI

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment) Act, 1955.

1956

III

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1956.

1956

VII

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1956.

1956

IX

The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment)

Act, 1956.

1956

XV

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1956.

1956

XXXII

The Tamil Nadu Tobacco (Taxation of Sales and Registration) Amendment

Act, 1956.

1956

XXXIII

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1956.

1956

XLIII

The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 1956.

1957

I

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax, Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation and Entertainments

Tax (Amendment) Act, 1957.

1957

II

The Tamil Nadu Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1957.

80

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Year

Number

Short Title

(1)

(2)

(3)

1957

III

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax and Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation (Amendment)

Act, 1957.

1957

VII

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Amendment)

Act, 1957.

1957

XII

The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1957.

1957

XVII

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Second

Amendment) Act, 1957.

1958

II

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1958.

1958

V

The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1958.

1958

VII

The Tamil Nadu Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1958.

1958

XII

The Tamil Nadu Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation (Second Amendment) Act, 1958.

1958

XXI

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1958.

1958

XXIV

The Chennai City Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1958.

1958

XXV

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1958.

1958

XXVIII

The Tamil Nadu Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1958.

1959

19

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1959.

1959

27

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Turnover and Assessment) Rules Validation

Act, 1959.

1960

15

The Tamil Nadu Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1960.

1960

19

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1960.

1961

2

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1961.

1961

8

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1961.

1961

21

The Indian Stamp (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1961.

1961

34

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Amendment)

Act, 1961.

1961

44

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1961.

1961

56

The Chennai City Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1961.

1962

5

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1962.

1962

13

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Amendment)

Act, 1962.

1963

6

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1963.

1963

10

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1963.

1963

16

The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1963.

1964

6

The Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries and Removal of Disqualifi cations (Amendment)

Act, 1964.

1964

7

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1964.

1964

11

The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1964.

1964

15

The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1964.

81

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Year

Number

Short Title

(1)

(2)

(3)

1965

15

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1965.

1967

6

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1967.

1967

7

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1967.

1967

17

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment) Act, 1967.

1970

30

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1970.

1972

1

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment and Extension of Term of

Offi ce) Act, 1971.

1972

22

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1972.

1972

25

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1972.

1973

5

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1972.

1973

17

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1973.

1974

21

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1974.

1974

42

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1974.

1975

13

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1975.

1975

38

The Tamil Nadu District Municipal Councillors (Extension of Term of Offi ce)

Act, 1975.

1975

39

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Act, 1975.

1977

2

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1977.

1977

3

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Amendment

Act, 1977.

1978

9

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1978.

1978

12

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Amendment

Act, 1978.

1978

14

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1978.

1978

23

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1978.

1978

36

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Third Amendment) Act, 1978.

1979

6

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1979.

1979

7

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Amendment

Act, 1979.

1979

8

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1979.

1979

57

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 1979.

1979

58

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Second

Amendment Act, 1979.

1979

59

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Second

Amendment Act, 1979.

1980

19

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1980.

82

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Year

Number

Short Title

(1)

(2)

(3)

1980

25

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1980.

1980

31

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Amendment

Act, 1980.

1981

15

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1981.

1981

16

The Coimbatore Municipal Council (Appointment of Special Offi cer) Amendment

Act, 1981.

1981

17

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1981.

1982

16

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1982.

1982

17

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1982.

1982

18

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1982.

1983

12

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1983.

1983

13

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1983.

1983

14

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1983.

1983

24

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1983.

1983

43

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1983.

1984

10

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1984.

1985

5

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1985.

1985

6

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1985.

1985

7

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1985.

1985

8

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1985.

1985

25

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1985.

1986

2

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

5

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

6

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

7

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

8

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Amendment

Act, 1986.

1986

32

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

62

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

63

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 1986.

1986

64

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act, 1986.

1987

15

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment) Act, 1987.

1987

23

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1987.

83

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Year

Number

Short Title

(1)

(2)

(3)

1989

4

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1989.

1989

16

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment) Act, 1989.

1990

17

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1990.

1990

33

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment and Special Provisions)

Act, 1990.

1990

34

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Third Amendment) Act, 1990.

1990

35

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1990.

1991

1

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment and Special Provisions)

Amendment Act, 1991.

1991

14

The Tamil Nadu Municipal Councils (Appointment of Special Offi cers) Act, 1991.

1991

19

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1991.

1992

26

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1992.

1992

58

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1992.

1994

25

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1994.

1998

9

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1998.

1998

10

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment) Act, 1998.

2002

4

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2002.

2003

41

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2003.

2004

23

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2004.

2004

24

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Second Amendment) Act, 2004.

2005

8

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2005.

2006

35

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2006.

2007

1

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2007.

2011

17

The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2011.

2015

18

The Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2015.

(By order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR,

Secretary to Government (Legislation),

Law Department.

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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received

the assent of the Governor on the 15th March 2022 and is hereby

published for general information: —

Act No. 16 OF 2022.

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 Seventy-fi rst 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, 2020.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) (a) Clause (1) of section 2 shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 15th day of September 2016.

(b) Clause (2) of section 2 shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 2nd day of March 2017.

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

30th day of May 2019.

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

19th day of April 2017.

Tamil Nadu Act

14 of 2016.

2. In section 20 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions

of Service) Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in

sub-section (2),—

Amendment of

section 20.

(1) under the heading “Subject for the Examination”, for the

expression “(1) English”, the expression “(1) General Tamil or General English”

shall be substituted;

(2) under the heading “Minimum percentage of marks”, for the entry

“35”, occurring in two places, the entry “45” shall be substituted.

3. Section 25 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1)

thereof, and—

Amendment of

section 25.

(i) in sub-section (1) as so renumbered, for clause (b), the following

clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(b) possesses such other qualifi cations as have been declared

to be higher than or equivalent to the said special qualifi cations or special tests

by the Government in consultation with the Equivalence Committee.”;

(ii) after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered and amended, the

following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—

“(2) (a) The Equivalence Committee shall consist of—

(i)

The

Secretary

to

Government,

in-charge of Higher Education

Department.

—

Chairman.

(ii)

The

Secretary

to

Government,

in-charge

of

Personnel

and

Administrative Reforms Department.

—

Member.

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(iii) The

Secretary

to

Government,

in-charge

of

School

Education

Department.

—

Member.

(iv) The Vice-Chairman, Tamil Nadu State

Council for Higher Education.

—

Member.

(v) The Vice-Chancellor, University of

Chennai.

—

Member.

(vi) The Vice-Chancellor, Anna University.

—

Member.

(vii) The Vice-Chancellor, Annamalai

University.

—

Member.

(viii) The Director of Technical Education.

—

Member.

(ix) The Director of Collegiate Education.

—

Member.

(x) The Member-Secretary, Tamil Nadu

State Council for Higher Education.

—

Member

Secretary.

(b) The Chairman of the Equivalence Committee may request the Chairman

or Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, the Chairman or Member

Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board or any other offi cial to

attend any meeting of the Committee as a special invitee, if considered necessary.”.

Amendment of

Schedule-VI.

4. In Schedule-VI to the principal Act,—

(1) under the category “BLINDNESS AND LOW VISION”,—

(i) under the heading “General Turn”, for the turn “121” indicated

against rotation “37”, the turn “125” shall be substituted;

(ii) under the heading “General Turn Women”, for the turn “125”

indicated against rotation “3”, the turn “121” shall be substituted;

(iii) under the heading “Backward Classes (other than Backward

Class Muslims)”,—

(a) for the turn “117” indicated against rotation “6”, the turn

“118” shall be substituted;

(b) for the turn “22” indicated against rotation “86”, the turn

“20” shall be substituted;

(iv) under the heading “Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed

Communities”, for the turn “117” indicated against rotation “48”, the turn “113”

shall be substituted;

(2) under the category “DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING”,—

(i) under the heading “Backward Classes (other than Backward

Class Muslims)”, for the turn “72” indicated against rotation “18”, the turn “74”

shall be substituted;

(ii) under the heading “Scheduled Castes”, for the turn “173”

indicated against rotation “22”, the turn “172” shall be substituted;

(iii) under the heading “Scheduled Castes Women”, for the turn

“11” indicated against rotation “94”, the turn “162” shall be substituted;

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(3) under the category “LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY INCLUDING

CEREBRAL PALSY, LEPROSY CURED, DWARFISM, ACID ATTACK VICTIMS

AND MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY”,—

(i) under the heading “General Turn Women”, for the turn “148”

indicated against rotation “11”, the turn “145” shall be substituted;

(ii) under the heading “Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed

Communities”, for the turn “34” indicated against rotation “37”, the turn “37”

shall be substituted;

(iii) under the heading “Scheduled Castes”, for the turn “149”

indicated against rotation “93”, the turn “126” shall be substituted;

(iv) under the heading “Scheduled Castes (Arunthathiyars on

Preferential Basis)”, for the turn “31” indicated against rotation “31”, the turn

“32” shall be substituted;

(4) under the category “AUTISM, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY,

SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY & MENTAL ILLNESS / MULTIPLE

DISABILITIES”,—

(i) under the heading “General Turn Women”,—

(a) for the turn “200” indicated against rotation “62”, the

turn “195” shall be substituted;

(b) for the turn “78” indicated against rotation “72”, the turn

“98” shall be substituted;

(c) for the turn “100” indicated against rotation “82”, the

turn “98” shall be substituted;

(ii) under the heading “Backward Classes (other than Backward

Class Muslims) Women”,—

(a) for the turn “181” indicated against rotation “9”, the turn

“180” shall be substituted;

(b) for the turn “93” indicated against rotation “13”, the turn

“97” shall be substituted;

(c) for the turn “195” indicated against rotation “48”, the

turn “194” shall be substituted.

5.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act,—-

Validation.

(1) any person who is already a member of a service and did not

possess the minimum general educational qualifi cation, appeared for the

examination of the S.S.L.C Standard prescribed in sub-section (2) of section 20

of the principal Act conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission,—

(i) by choosing General Tamil as one of the subject along with

General Knowledge and obtained the minimum percentage of marks during

the period commencing on and from the 15th September 2016; or

(ii) obtained 45 percentage of marks in each subject, by choosing

either General Tamil or General English along with General Knowledge, during

the period commencing on and from the 2nd day of March 2017;

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and

ending

with

the

date

of

publication

of

this Act

in

the

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, shall be deemed to possess the minimum

general educational qualifi cation under the principal Act, as amended

by this Act;

(2) the Equivalence Committee specifi ed in section 25 of the

principal Act and continued as modifi ed during the period commencing on the

30th day of May 2019 and ending with the date of publication of this Act in the

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette shall be deemed to have been validly in

existence on and from the said date and continued in accordance with law,

and any power exercised or duty performed by the said Committee during the

said period shall be deemed to have been validly exercised or performed, as

if the principal Act as amended by this Act had been in force at all material

times; and

(3) the reservation of appointments provided for persons with

disabilities against the turns specifi ed in Schedule – VI of the principal Act

commencing on and from the 19th day of April 2017 and ending with the date of

publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette shall be deemed

to have been validly provided as if the principal Act as amended by this Act had

been in force at all material times.

(By Order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR,

Secretary to Government (Legislation),

Law Department.

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