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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2023

[Price: Rs. 2.40 Paise.

Part III—Section 1(b)

Service Rules including Ad hoc Rules, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

DTP—III--1(b)-(12)

CONTENTS

ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOREST DEPARTMENT

Pages.

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service .. .. ..

FINANCE (CO-OPERATIVE AUDIT) DEPARTMENT

Amendments to Adhoc Rules to the posts of Joint Director of Co-operative Audit,

Deputy Director of Co-operative Audit and Assistant Director of Co-operative Audit

in the Department of Co-operative Audit

16-19

No. 12]

CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2023

Panguni 8, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2054

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

[Part III—Sec. 1(b)

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS DEPARTMENT

Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service

[G.O. Ms. No. 40, Environment, Climate Change and Forest (FR.2(ii) 27th February 2023,

ñ£C 15, ²ðA¼¶, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´–2054.]

No. SRO B-8/2023.—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India,

the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Forest

Subordinate Service (Section 12 of Part III-B in Volume III of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual, 2016)

2. The amendments hereby made shall come into force on the 1st January 2023.

Amendments

In the said Special Rules for rule 2-A the following rules shall be substituted:

"2-A, Appointment as Forest Watcher: Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (a) of rule 2, the post of Forest

Watcher shall be filled up from among the Social Forestry Workers, Plot Watchers or the Scheduled Tribes engaged as

Anti-Poaching Watchers who have rendered service as such for a period of not less than ten years in total as on the

1st January of the year in which recruitment to the post of Forest Watcher is made and the Scheduled Tribe Youths living

in forest settlements of Eastern or Western Ghatsand other than Scheduled Tribes engaged as Anti-Poaching Watchers,

who have rendered sevice as such for a period of not less than ten years in total as on the 1st January of the year in which

recruitment to the post of Forest Watcher is made.

Provided that fifty five percent of the total vacancies shall be filled up by direct recruitment following the rule

of reservation and forty five percent of the total vacancies shall be filled up equally from among the Scheduled Tribes

Anti-Poaching Watchers, Scheduled Tribe Youths living in the forest settlements of Eastern or Western Ghats (by direct

recruitment) and Anti-Poaching Watchers other than Scheduled Tribes.

SUPRIYA SAHU,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

FINANCE (CO-OPERATIVE AUDIT) DEPARTMENT

Amendments to Adhoc Rules to the posts of Joint Director of Co-operative Audit,

Deputy Director of Co-operative Audit and Assistant Director of Co-operative Audit in the

Department of Co-operative Audit

[G.O. Ms. No. 40, Finance (Co-operative Audit), 15th February 2023,

ñ£C 3, ²ðA¼¶, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´–2054.]

No. SRO B-9/2023.—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India,

the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the adhoc rules published with the Finance

Department Notification No.SRO.B.222/87, at pages 294 to 298 of Part III-Section 1(b) of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette,

dated the 22nd day of July 1987.

2. The amendments hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd February 2015.

Amendments

In the said Adhoc Rules,

(i)

In rule (1), after the expression "Joint Directors of Co-operative Audit", the expression "Deputy Directors of

Co-operative Audit" shall be inserted.

(ii)

In rule 3 in clause (a) for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-

Mar. 22, 2023]

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The Table

Posts

Method Appointment

(1)

(2)

i. Joint Director of Co-operative Audit

Promotion from among the holders of the

post of Deputy Director Co-operative Audit

ii. Deputy Director of Co-operative Audit

Promotion from among the holders

of the posts of Assistant Director of

Co-operative Audit

iii. Assistant Director of Co-operative Audit

(i) Direct Recruitment; or

(ii) Recruitment by transfer from among

the holders of the posts of Co-operative

Audit Officer in the Co-operative

Audit Department in the Tamil Nadu

Co-operative Subordinate Services.

(iii) For rule 3 (b), the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

" Promotion to the post of Joint Director and Deputy Director shall be made on grounds of merit and ability. Seniority being

considered only where merit and ability are approximately equal."

(iv) After rule 4, the following Rules shall be inserted, namely:-

4. PREPARATION OF ANNUAL LIST OF APPROVED CANDIDATES:

4(a) For the purpose of preparation of the annual list of approved candidates for appointment to the posts by promotion

and by recruitment by transfer, the crucial date on which the candidate should have acquired the prescribed qualification shall

be the 1st October of the year to which the list relates to.

4(b) Appointing Authority: The Appointing Authorities for the posts shall be as follows:-

The Table

Posts

Appointing Authority

(1)

(2)

i. Joint Director of Co-operative Audit

Government

ii. Deputy Director of Co-operative Audit

iii. Assistant Director of Co-operative Audit

Director of Co-operative Audit

(v) In rule 5, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-

5. RESERVATION OF APPOINTMENTS: The rule relating to reservation of appointments (Section 27 of Tamil Nadu Government

Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016) shall apply for appointment to the post of Assistant Director by Direct Recruitment.

(vi) In rule 6, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-

6. QUALIFICATION:

(a) Age: No person shall be eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Director by direct recruitment if he has

completed or will complete 32 years on the first day of July of the year in which the selection of appointment is made.

(G.O.Ms.No.91, Human Resources Management (S) Department, dated 13.09.2021)

(b) No person shall be eligible for appointment to the posts specified in column (1) of the Table below by the methods

of appointment specified in the corresponding entries in column (2) unless he possesses the qualifications specified in the

corresponding entries in column (3) thereof.

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

[Part III—Sec. 1(b)

The Table

Posts.

Methods of

appointment

Qualification.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1. Joint Director

of Co-operative

Audit

By Promotion

Must have put in service for a period of not less than one year as

Deputy Director of Co-operative Audit including the periods spent on

foreign service or the deputation but excluding the periods spent on

leave and suspension.

2. Deputy Director

of Co-operative

Audit

By Promotion

Must have put in service for a period of not less than Three years

as Assistant Director of Co-operative Audit including the period of

probation the period spent on Foreign Service or on deputation

but excluding the periods spent on leave and suspension.

3. Assistant Director

of Co-operative

i. By Direct recruitment

ii. Recruitment

by transfer

Must possess the degree of M.A., (Co-operation) or M.Com. with

Co-operation as a subject or M.Com. with Higher Diploma in

Co-operation awarded by the National Council for Co-operative

Training or must have passed the final examination conducted by the

Institute of Chartered Accountants.

(G.O.Ms.No.494, Finance (CA) Department, dated 10.12.2001)

M.Com., with higher diploma in co-operative B.A., Co-operation with

M.Com.,

M.A., Co-operative Management, M.A.,

Co-operation, M.Com., Co-operative

Management, M.Com., with diploma in

Co-operation.

(G.O.Ms.No.72, Finance(CA) Department,

dated 12.03.2013)

(a) Must have put in service for a period of not less than three years

as Co-operative Audit Officer; and

(b) Must have passed -

(i) the Account Test for Executive Officers;

(ii) Departmental Test for Officers of the Co-operative

Department

Co-operation,

Auditing,

Banking,

Book-Keeping and Co-operative Management and

Administration by the Tamil Nadu Public Service

Commission; and

(G.O.Ms.No.268, Finance (CA) Department, dated 06.08.2018)

(iii) The Tamil Nadu Government Office Manual Test conducted

by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.

"Provided that the members of composite Co-operative

Department, absorbed permanently in the Co-operative

Audit Department pursuant to the orders issued in the

G.O.(Ms)No.26, Finance (Audit-II) Department, dated

12.01.1989 need not to pass the Account Test for the

Executive Officers for appointment to the post of Assistant

Director, of Co-operative Audit by the way of recruitment by

Transfer"

(G.O.(Ms) No.228, Finance (CA) Department, dated 25.08.2011)

(vii) In rule 10, for the Table the following table shall be substituted, namely:-

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The Table

SI.

No.

Posts

Scale of pay With

effect from 01.01.2006

Level in the pay matrix effect

from 01.01.2016.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Joint Director of

Co-operative Audit

Rs.15,600-39, 100 with

Grade Pay of 7,600

Level-26

Rs.61,900

Deputy Director of

Co-operative Audit

Rs.15,600-39, 100 with

Grade Pay of 6,600

Level-25

Rs.59,300

Assistant Director of

Co-operative Audit

Rs.15,600-39, 100 with

Grade Pay of 5,400

Level-22

Rs.56,100

N. MURUGANANDAM,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.