CO-OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT - Amendments to Rules 150 and 151 of the Tamil Nadu Co-Operative Societies Rules, 1988

No. 462] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 Purattasi 6, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2053

Part III—Section 1(a)

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

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

CO-OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

AMENDMENTS TO RULES 150 AND 151 OF THE TAMIL NADU CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES RULES, 1988.

[G.O. Ms. No. 108, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (CJ1), 23rd September 2022, புரட்டாசி 6, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

No. SRO A-17(c)/2022.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 180 of Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 (Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1983), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Rules, 1988:-

A(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3468)(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3484)(cid:3483).

In the said Rules,—

(1) in rule 150, in sub-rule (2), in clause (a), for sub-clauses (i) to (v), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:-

"(i) the Additional Registrar or the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, as the case may be, of the region concerned, who shall be its Chairman;

(ii) the Managing Director or the Administrator, as the case may be, of the Central Co-operative Bank concerned, who shall be its Member-Secretary;

(iii) the Revenue Divisional Offi cer nominated by the Collector of the district concerned-Member;

(iv) the District Supply Offi cer of the district concerned except Chennai district and in the case of Chennai district, the Deputy Commissioner of Civil Supplies (Chennai City South)-Member; and

(v) an Offi cer of the Co-operative Department not below the rank of Deputy Registrar, belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, nominated by the Registrar-Member.";

(2) in rule 151, (1) in sub-rule (4), in clause (a),—

(ii) after sub-clause (ii), as so amended, the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(iii) In the case of recruitment to the posts of Salesman and Packer, the Recruitment Bureau for the Revenue District shall recruit candidates on the basis of the academic marks obtained by the candidate in the qualifying examination prescribed for each of the post and the performance of the candidate in the interview, giving fi fty percent weightage for the academic marks and the remaining fi fty percent for the interview.

(2) in sub-rule (5), in clause (a), —

(i) in sub-clause (ii), the expression "and Salesman and Packer" shall be omitted;

(ii) after sub-clause (ii), as so amended, the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(iii) In the case of recruitment of Salesman and Packer, the Recruitment Bureau for the Revenue District shall appoint a Screening Committee consisting of a Circle Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, a Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies (PDS) and a Taluk Supply Offi cer nominated by the District Supply Offi cer. The said Screening Committee shall verify all the applications received from the candidates in response to the advertisements, scrutinise the list of candidates received from the District Employment Exchange concerned and prepare a list of candidates for each of the posts in the order of the percentage of the total marks obtained by them in the qualifying examination prescribed for the posts and furnish the same to the Recruitment Bureau for the Revenue District. The Recruitment Bureau for the Revenue District may conduct the interview by itself or constitute such number of interview boards, as deemed necessary consisting of subject experts and officers for the purpose. The Controller of Examinations shall rank the candidates in accordance with the total of the weightage given for the academic marks and the marks awarded in the interview and the Recruitment Bureau for the Revenue District shall fi nalise the list of selected candidates:

Provided that in the selection of candidates, other things being equal, preference shall be given to the candidates who are residing within the Revenue district concerned.".

J. RADHAKRISHNAN,

Principal Secretary to Government.