IV-2 Ex. (90)

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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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2023

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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 90]

CHENNAI, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023

Maasi 30, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2054

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

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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:—

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

Servants (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2023.

Short title and

commencement.

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

1st day of December 2021.

Tamil Nadu Act

14 of 2016.

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:—

Insertion of new

section 21-A.

“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.”.

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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.

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