**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated June 27, 2018. It publishes amendments to service rules, including ad hoc rules, regulations, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments. It includes amendments to rules for Junior Co-operative Auditors, Fundamental Rules, and Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service. Most amendments are retroactively effective from various dates in 2010 and 2015.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Finance Department: Junior Co-operative Auditor Adhoc Rules Amendment**
* Effective from January 27, 2010.
* Amends rule 8(b) related to direct recruitment qualifications.
* For direct recruitment as Junior Co-operative Auditor, acceptable degrees now include B.B.M., B.Com., B.Com (Computer Application), B.A. (Co-operation), Diploma in Rural Services (Gandhigram Rural University), B.A. (Economics), B.A. (Corporate Secretaryship), and B.B.E. from UGC-recognized Universities.
* **Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department: Fundamental Rules Amendment**
* Effective from April 28, 2015.
* Adds a ruling to Fundamental Rule 56(1) after clause (c).
* Prevents retrospective dismissal/removal/compulsory retirement for retained government servants, ensuring penalties take effect only from the order's issue date.
* **Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department: Special Rules for Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service Amendment**
* Effective from August 10, 2010.
* Amends Rule 6 in Annexure IX-E.
* Requires Assistant candidates to possess a degree from any University recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC)
**Impact Analysis**
* **Finance Department**
**Impact**
The Finance Department will have to apply the changes to qualification requirements in the recruitment of the Junior Co-operative Auditor.
**Action Required**
Implement the revised educational qualifications in future recruitment processes for Junior Co-operative Auditors.
* **Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department**
**Impact**
The Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department will apply changes to the existing fundamental rules, and special rules for ministerial services.
**Action Required**
Apply the new ruling on government servant retirement to prevent retrospective penalties and enforce revised degree qualifications for Assistant positions in the Ministerial Service.
* **Tamil Nadu Government Employees**
**Impact**
Those seeking Junior Co-operative Auditor jobs can now use the new range of acceptable degrees. Retained government servants are now protected against retrospective penalties. Assistant candidates must have a degree from UGC recognized Universities.
**Action Required**
Potential candidates must ensure they have the newly listed degrees for Junior Co-operative Auditor posts. Affected retained employees should be aware of their protection against retrospective penalties. Assistant candidates must ensure they have a degree from a UGC recognized University.
Key Entities Referenced
Article 309 of the Constitution of India: Empowers the Governor of Tamil Nadu to make amendments to service rules.
Fundamental Rules: Rules governing the conditions of service of government employees, specifically amended in this notification.
Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service: Service rules specific to the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service, amended in this notification, Section 22 in Volume-III of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual.
Tamil Nadu Co-operative Subordinate Service: Concerns amendment to the Adhoc Rules for the post of Junior Co-operative Auditor.
University Grants Commission: Cited as the body that needs to recognize universities for degree eligibility for certain government posts.