COMMERCIAL TAXES AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT--Notifications under the Indian Stamp Act.--Amendment to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Registration Service. -- FINANCE DEPARTMENT--Notifications under the Indian Stamp Act.--Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978.

© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14 GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No.197/2009. 2025 [Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 38] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 Purattasi 8, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2056 Part III—Section 1(b) Service Rules including Ad hoc Rules, Regulations, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments. NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT CONTENTS Pages. COMMERCIAL TAXES AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT Amendment to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Registration Service .. .. 102 FINANCE DEPARTMENT Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 .. .. .. .. 102-103 DTP—III-1(b)-(38) [101]102 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part III—Sec. 1(b) NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL TAXES AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT Amendment to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Registration Service. [G.O. Ms. No. 120, Commercial Taxes and Registration (H2), 25th August 2025, ஆவணி 9, விசுவாவசு, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.] No. SRO B-48/2025.—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 amendment to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Registration Service (Section 25 in Volume II of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual, 2016). 2. The amendment hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on 13th September 2021. Amendment In the said Special Rules, in rule 4, under the heading "Qualification", in the tabular column in column (2), against the method of recruitment "Direct Recruitment" in Column (1) thereof, after the proviso in item (i), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided further that, on and from 13.09.2021 till 12.09.2026 the maximum age limit for appointment to the said categories by direct recruitment shall be enhanced by two years" SHILPA PRABHAKAR SATISH, Secretary to Government. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978. [G.O.Ms.No.192, Finance (Pension), 29th August 2025, Aavani 13, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056] No. SRO B-49/2025.— 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 Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978:- 2. These amendments shall come into force with effect from 29th August 2025. Amendments In the said Rules,- (1) in rule 9, (a) for the marginal heading “Right of competent authority to withhold or withdraw pension”, the following marginal heading shall be substituted namely:- “Right of competent authority to withhold pension or gratuity or withdraw pension”; (b) in sub-rule (1), in clause (a), (i) for the expression “The competent authority reserves to itself the right of withholding or withdrawing a pension or part thereof”, the following expression shall be substituted, namely:- “The competent authority reserves to itself the right of withholding a pension or gratuity, or both, either in full or in part, or withdrawing a pension either in full or in part”; (ii) for the expression “withholding or withdrawing the pension”, the expression “withholding of pension or gratuity or withdrawing the pension” shall be substituted; (iii) in the first proviso to clause (a), for the expression “withholding or withdrawal of the pension”, occurring in two places, the expression “withholding of pension or gratuity or withdrawal of the pension” shall be substituted;Sep. 24, 2025] TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 103 (c) in sub-rule (5), for the expression “not to withhold or withdraw pension”, the expression “not to withhold pension or gratuity or withdraw pension” shall be substituted; (d) after sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule shall be inserted namely:- “(5-A) The decision of the Competent Authority on any question of withholding (or) withdrawing the whole or any part of the pension and gratuity under sub-rule (1) shall be final.”; (2) in rule 60, in sub-rule (1), for clause (c) including the provisos thereto, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(c) (i) In respect of a Government servant who is under suspension on the date of his superannuation, - (1) on a charge of misconduct; or (2) against whom an enquiry into grave charges of criminal misconduct or allegations of criminal misconduct is pending; or (3) against whom an enquiry into grave charges is contemplated or is pending; or (4) against whom a complaint of criminal offence is under investigation or trial, and whose suspension is revoked on the date of his superannuation, so as to enable him to retire from service, no gratuity shall be authorised until the conclusion of such proceedings and issue of final orders thereon. (ii) In respect of Government servant whose case is not covered under sub-clause (i), gratuity shall be authorised irrespective of the pendency of such proceedings: Provided that if such proceedings are involving any pecuniary loss to the Government, a portion of gratuity may be authorised after deducting the maximum computed financial loss for which the Government servant is held liable, along with un-recovered Government dues if any, of such Government servant with interest. ”; (3) in rule 69, in sub-rule (1), for clause (b) excluding the provisos thereto, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(b) (i) In respect of a Government servant who is under suspension on the date of his superannuation, - (1) on a charge of misconduct; or (2) against whom an enquiry into grave charges of criminal misconduct or allegations of criminal misconduct is pending; or (3) against whom an enquiry into grave charges is contemplated or is pending; or (4) against whom a complaint of criminal offence is under investigation or trial, and whose suspension is revoked on the date of his superannuation, so as to enable him to retire from service, no gratuity shall be authorised until the conclusion of such proceedings and issue of final orders thereon. (ii) In respect of Government servant whose case is not covered under sub-clause (i), gratuity shall be authorised irrespective of the pendency of such proceedings: Provided that if such proceedings are involving any pecuniary loss to the Government, a portion of gratuity may be authorised after deducting the maximum computed financial loss for which the Government servant is held liable, along with un-recovered Government dues if any, of such Government servant with interest.” T. UDHAYACHANDRAN, Principal Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU