**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on September 28, 2016. It contains notifications by the government, including ad hoc service rules and regulations issued by Secretariat Departments. Key actions include adjustments to service rules for specific posts, with different actions required for different stakeholders.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Health and Family Welfare Department - Ad Hoc Rules for Dialysis Technicians:**
* Applies to temporary posts of Dialysis Technician Grade I and Grade II in Government General Hospital, Madras, and Government Royapettah Hospital.
* Rules are effective retroactively from December 27, 1979.
* Posts constitute separate categories within the service.
* Specifies methods of appointment for Grade I and Grade II, including promotion, transfer, and direct recruitment.
* Age limits for direct recruitment: 30 years for Grade I, 20 years for Grade II.
* Details required qualifications for each grade.
* Specifies probation period of two years for direct recruits.
* Defines scale of pay for both positions.
* **Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department - Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service:**
* Amendments apply to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service.
* One amendment is effective from March 25, 2013, modifying the method for filling Assistant vacancies in the Finance Department, splitting them between direct recruitment (50%) and other methods (50%).
* Outlines the percentage allocation of the other methods, including promotion from Typists (25%), recruitment by transfer from Junior Assistants/Assistants (15%), and Record Staff (10%).
* Another amendment, effective from July 31, 2015, modifies the service requirement for Assistant positions (category 3a) in departments other than Law and Finance and the Governor's Secretariat.
* Requires 3 years of service after acquiring a Bachelor's degree, instead of 5 years, for recruitment by transfer to Assistant positions.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Dialysis Technician Grade I and Grade II (Current and Prospective Employees):**
* **Impact:** Establishes and/or clarifies the rules for eligibility, appointment, and promotion. The scale of pay is determined by these rules.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the stated qualifications and experience requirements for appointment or promotion.
* **Finance Department Assistants, Junior Assistants, Record Staff, and Typists:**
* **Impact:** Modifies the promotion/recruitment pathway for Assistants in the Finance Department.
* **Action Required:** Understand the new allocation percentages for filling vacancies and adjust career planning accordingly.
* **Assistants and Junior Assistants (Departments other than Law/Finance/Governor's Secretariat):**
* **Impact:** Modifies the experience requirements for recruitment by transfer.
* **Action Required:** Be aware of the new 3-year post-Bachelor's degree service requirement for consideration.
* **Hospitals and Institutions:**
* **Impact:** Alters the procedure, eligibility, and scale of pay when hiring or promoting Dialysis technicians
* **Action Required:** Enforce the rules stated in the document in hiring and promotion.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service: The service that governs the employees in the Tamil Nadu Secretariat. Rules are amended for this service.
Tamil Nadu Medical Subordinate Service: The service that governs the medical professionals in Tamil Nadu. Adhoc Rules are related to the Dialysis Technicians in this service.
Chennai: The location where the gazette is published, and where several of the covered institutions are located.
Article 309 of the Constitution of India: Constitutional article which provides the power to make rules regarding conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State.