ACT No. 5 OF 2023 - An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016.

No. 90] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023 Maasi 30, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2054

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 13th March 2023 and is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 5 OF 2023.

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-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

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

commencement.

Servants (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2023.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the

1st day of December 2021.

Tamil Nadu Act

Insertion of new 14 of 2016.

section 21-A.

2. After section 21 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

"21-A. Compulsory Tamil language paper for recruitment.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 21, on and from the 1st day of December 2021, any person who applies for recruitment to any post in any service by direct recruitment shall pass the Tamil language paper in the examination conducted for the recruitment with not less than forty percent marks.

(2) The syllabus and content for the Tamil language paper shall be as may be ordered by the Government from time to time.".

Validation. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, or in any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority, anything done or any action taken during the period commencing on the 1st day of December 2021 and ending with the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be, and to have always been, validly done in accordance with law as if this Act had been in force at all material times.

(By Order of the Governor)

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