PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS DEPARTMENT - Amendments to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service.

© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14 GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009. 2017 [Price : Rs. 1.60 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 13] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 Panguni 16, Thunmugi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2048 Part III—Section 1(b) Service Rules including Ad hoc Rules, Regulations, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments. NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT CONTENTS Pages. HOME DEPARTMENT Amendment to Ad hoc Rules relating to the Technical Posts of Police Transport Workshop-cum-Training School, Avadi and Regional Police Transport Workshop, Trichy .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS DEPARTMENT Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Regulations .. 48-49 DDTTPP——IIIIII--11((bb))- ((2123))—1 [47]48 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part III—Sec. 1(b) NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT HOME DEPARTMENT Amendment to Ad hoc Rules Relating to the Technical Posts of Police Transport Workshop-cum-Training School, Avadi and Regional Police Transport Workshop, Trichy. [G.O. Ms. No. 206, Home (Pol.XI), 13th March 2017, ñ£C 29, ¶¡ºA, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2048.] No. SRO B-17/2017.—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 Rules published with the Home Department Notification No. SRO B-217/85, published at pages 229 to 251 of Part III—Section 1(b) of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 5th June 1985, as subsequently amended:- 2. The amendments hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force with effect on and from the 11th February 2010. AMENDMENT In the said Rules, in rule 3, in the TABLE, in column (2), against the entries “21.Electrician Grade-II” and “22.Batteryman” in column (i) to item (iii), the following proviso shall be added, namely:- “Provided that nothing contained in these rules shaII adversely affect any person who was already promoted as Electrician Grade-II or Batteryman from the erstwhile post of Helper on or before the 11th February 2010 and they shall be entitled for promotion as Fitter Grade-I, fixation of pay on par with their junior and restoration of their seniority in the post of Fitter Grade-II”. NIRANJAN MARDI, Principal Secretary to Government. PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS DEPARTMENT Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Regulations. [G.O. Ms. No. 41, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (M), 9th March 2017, ñ£C 25, ¶¡ºA, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2048.] No. SRO B-18/2017.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 318 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Regulations, 1954 (Volume-I of the Tamil Nadu Services Manual, 1987). 2. The amendments hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd September 2011. AMENDMENTS In the said Regulations,- (1) in regulation 13, in clause (1), in the first and second provisos, for the expression “Accountant”, the expression “Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer” shall be substituted; (2) in ANNEXURE-III, under the heading “STAFF OF THE COMMISSION”, in the tabular column, for the expression “Accountant” in column (1), and the figure “10” in the column (2) thereof, the expression “Assistant Section Officer-cum- Programmer” and the figure “26” shall, respectively, be substituted; (3) in ANNEXURE V,- (A) in clause 1,- (i) sub-clause (a) shall be renumbered as sub-clause (a) (i); (ii) in sub-clause (a) (i) as so renumbered, the expression “Accountants” shall be omitted; (iii) in sub-clause (a) (i) as so amended, the following sub-clause shall be added namely:- “(ii) (a) the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer shall constitute as a distinct category and the Secretary shall be the authority competent to make appointment, in respect of the said post;Mar. 29, 2017] TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 49 (b) Appointment to the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer shall be made by direct recruitment or by promotion from the category of Data Entry Operator in the Commission. (c) (i) No person shall be eligible for appointment to the category of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer by direct recruitment, if he has completed or will complete the age of 30 years on the 1st day of July of the year in which the selection for appointment is made. (ii) No person shall be appointed to the category of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer by the method of direct recruitment or by promotion unless he possesses the qualification of a Master Degree in Computer Application or Master Degree in Science (Information Technology/Computer Science). (d) The principle of reservation of appointments as provided in Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016 (Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 2016) shall apply to the category of Assistant Section Officer- cum-Programmer to be filled by direct recruitment”; (B) in clause 2,- (1) in sub-clause (a)(i),- (a) the expression “/Accountant” occurring in two places shall be omitted; (b) before the proviso, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- “Every person appointed to the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer by direct recruitment shall, from the date on which he joins duty, be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years”; (2) in sub-clause (a)(ii),- (a) for the expression “/Accountant” in the main provision, the expression ”Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer” shall be substituted; (b) in the proviso, the expression “/Accountant” shall be omitted; (3) in sub-clause (b),- (a) the expression “/Accountant” shall be omitted; (b) the following paragraphs shall be added at the end, namely:- “Every person appointed to the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer by direct recruitment shall complete the foundational training at Civil Service Training Institute, Bhavanisagar and shall pass the test conducted at the end of training within the period of probation: Every person appointed to the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer shall pass the Tamil Nadu Government Office Manual Test and the Departmental Test in Tamil Nadu Services Manual Volume-I within the period of his probation. If a person appointed to the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer does not pass the prescribed Tests within the period of his probation, he shall not be allowed to draw his second and subsequent increments until he passes the said Tests. Such ineligibility to draw increments shall not have the effect of postponing his future increments after he has passed the Tests”; (4) in sub-clause (c), for the expression “Accountants”, the expression "Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmers" shall be substituted; (C) in clause 3, the following paragraph shall be added, namely:- “The service rules applicable to the post of Assistant Section Officer in the Commission, shall, except or otherwise provided in these Regulations, be applicable to the holders of the post of Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer in the Commission”; (D) in clause 8, for the expression “Assistant promoted to officiate as Accountant”, the expression “Data Entry Operator promoted to officiate as Assistant Section Officer-cum-Programmer” shall be substituted. S. SWARNA, Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU