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8.11 Public Services – Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats Subordinates Service

Special Rules – Issued.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

G.O. (Ms) No. 270 Dated : 04.04.1990

Read:

1. G.O. (Ms) No. 2156 RDLA Dt.16.10.64

2. G.O. (Ms) No. 1163 RDLA Dt. 10.6.76
3. G.O. (Ms) No. 828 RDLA Dt.7.5.1981
4. G.O. (Ms) No. 161 RDLA Dt. 4.2.1984
Read also
5. From the Director of Town Panchayats Lr.No. 5505/81/A3 Dt.30.10.81, 23.1.82
and 6.3.82
6. From the Director of Town Panchayats Lr.No. 4575/84/A3 dt. 9.4.84.
7. G.O. (Ms) No.64 R.D. dt. 5.2.1985
8. From the Director of Town Panchayats Lr.D.O.Rc..No.4575/84/A3 dt. 10.5.85
9. From the Director of Town Panchayats D.O.Lr.No. 4575/84/A3 dt. 12.08.85
10. From the Director of Town Panchayats D.O.Lr.No. 4575/84/A3 dt. 29.10.86
11. From the Secretary Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Lr.No. 7112/BA2/88
dt. 16.10.1989

ORDER :
In the Government order third read above orders were issued constituting a separate
Directorate of Town Panchayats to be exclusively in-charge of the administration of Town Panchayats
and Panchayat Townships with effect from the date of issue of the said order, namely 7.5.1981.
2.The Director of Town Panchayats in his letter fifth, sixth, eight and ninth read above has
sent the draft rules for various categories of posts in the Town Panchayat Department. The
Government have carefully examined the proposals of the Director of Town Panchayats and have
decided to issue the rules as in the appended notification.
3.(i) The Executive Officer, Township in the cadre of Block Development Officer shall be
designated as “Executive Officer, Township(Special Grade)”, the Superintendent in the grade of
Block Development Officer in the Directorate of Town Panchayats shall be designated as “Executive
Officer, Special Grade(Administration)”, and the Executive Officer, Township in the grade of Selection
Grade shall be designated as “Executive Officer, Township”.
(ii) Ministerial Superintendents in the office of the Director of Town Panchayats and the
Head Assistant in the Office of the District Town Panchayat Officers shall be redesignated as
“Executive Officer, Selection Grade (Administration)” and the Additional Panchayat Officers in the
Office of the District Town Panchayat Officers shall be redesignated as “Executive Officers (Selection
Grade) (Executive)
(By order of the Governor)
S. NARAYAN
Secretary to Government

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NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the constitution of India / in
modification of the / and rules published with the Rural Development and Local Administration
Department Notification S.R.O.No.A. 1192 of 1964 dated the 16th October, 1964, at pages 1220-
1222 of Part-V of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 9th December 1964, as
subsequently amended and the rules published with the Rural Development and Local
Administration Department Notification S.R.O.No.B.133/84, dated the 12th April 1984 at pages
169-170 of Part III Section I (b) of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Dated the 25th April
1984, as subsequently amended so for as they relate to the posts included in these rules, the
Governor of Tamil Nadu here by makes the following Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Town
Panchayat Subordinate Service which will be included as Section No.52 in Volume III of the Tamil
Nadu Service Manual 1970.

2.The rules hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th May 1981,
except the posts of Executive Officer, Grade I and Executive Officer (Accounts) and Executive
Officer, Grade II which will be come into force on the 5th February 1985.

RULES

1.Constitution: The Service shall consist of the following classes of officers namely:-
Category1 : Executive Officer (Special Grade)
(Township)
Executive Officer (Special Grade)
(Administration)

Category 2: Executive Officer, Selection Grade

Town Panchayat, Executive Officer, Township
Executive Officer, Selection Grade (Executive)
Executive Officer Selection Grade
(Administration)

Category 3:Executive Officer, Grade I

Executive Officer (Accounts) in the Directorate
of Town Panchayat and
Executive Officers (Accounts) in District Town
Panchayat Officers.

Category 4: Executive Officer, Grade II

2(a) Appointment: Appointment to the posts specified in column (1) of the table below
shall be made by the methods specified in the corresponding entries in column (2) thereof.

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THE TABLE

Category Method of Appointment

(1) (2)
1.(1) Executive Officer, a) Transfer from the other post of Executive
(Special Grade) (Township) Officer in category I; or
(2) Executive Officer, (Special Grade) b) Promotion from Executive Officer,
(Administration) Selection Grade Town Panchayat, Executive
Officer, Township, Executive Officer,
Selection Grade (Executive) and Executive
Officer, Selection Grade(Administration) in
category 2
2 (1) Executive Officer, (Selection Grade) (a) Transfer from the other posts of
(Town Panchayat) Executive Officers in Category 2: or
(2) Executive Officer, (Township) (b) Promotion from among the holders of
Executive the post of Executive Officers, Grade I or
Officer, (Accounts) in the Directorate of Town
Panchayats and District Town Panchayat
offices in theCategory 3
(3) Executive Officer, (Selection Grade)
(Executive)
(4) Executive Officer, (Selection Grade )
(Administration)
3 (1) Executive Officer Grade I (a) Transfer from the other Executive Officer
in category 3:or
(2) Executive Officer, (Accounts) in the (b) Promotion from among the holders of
Directorate of Town Panchayats and in the post of Executive Officer, Grade II, in
District Town Panchayat Offices category 4;or(c) Recruitment by transfer
from among the holders of the posts of Head
Clerks of Town Panchayats in the Tamil Nadu
Ministerial Service, or Assistant in the
District Town Panchayat Offices/Directorate
of Town Panchayats in the Tamil Nadu
Ministerial Service. Provided that
appointment to the post of Executive Officer,
Grade I, shall be with reference to the cadre
strength of the categories of Executive
Officer, Grade II, Executive Officer(Accounts)
in the Directorate of Town Panchayats and
District of Town Panchayat Offices, Head
Clerks and Assistant in each district.
4.Executive Officer, Grade II (a) Direct recruitment; or
(b) Recruitment by transfer from among the
holders of the post of junior Assistant,
Revenue Inspector, and Typist and Steno-
typists of Town Panchayat Department in the
Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service.

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Note: The ratio between direct recruitment by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
and by recruitment by transfer shall be in the ratio of 1:3
III) Executive Officer(Accounts) in the By recruitment by transfer from
Directorate of Town Panchayats and among the holders of the posts of As-
Executive Officer (Accounts) in the sistants in the Directorate of the Town
District Town Panchayats Offices. Panchayats and District Town
Panchayats Offices in Tamil Nadu Min-
isterial Service of Town District
Panchayat Department.

(b) Appointment by promotion to the posts in category 1,2 and 3 shall be made on grounds of
merit and ability, and seniority being considered only where merit and ability are approximately
equal.

3) Qualification :- No person shall be eligible for appointment to the posts specified in column
(1) of the Table below by the methods specified in the corresponding entries in the column (2)
thereof, unless he possesses the qualifications specified in the corresponding entries in column
(3) thereof
THE TABLE

Posts Method of Qualification

Appointment
1 2 3
1) Executive Officer, Promotion Must have served for a period of not
(Special Grade) less than two years as Executive Officer
(Township) and in category 2
Executive Officer
(Special Grade)
(Administration)
2.Executive Officer Promotion Must have served for a period of not
(Selection Grade) Grade I or Executive Officer (Accounts)
(Town Panchayats), less than two years as Executive Officer,
Executive Officer in the Directorate of Town Panchayats
(Township) Executive and / or District Town Panchayat Offices.
Officers (Selection
Grade) (Executive) and
Executive Officer
(Selection Grade)
(Administration)
3) Executive Officer Promotion Recruitment by transfer Must have
Grade I and Executive served as Executive Officer, Grade II for
Officer (Accounts) in the not less than two years
Directorate of Town i) Must possess the Minimum General
Panchayats and in the Educational Qualification;
District Town ii) Must have served as Head Clerk or
Panchayats Offices Assistant in the Directorate of Town
Panchayats or District Town Panchayat
offices for a period of not less than two
years.

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4. Executive Officer Direct Recruitment (a) A Degree(b) Must not have

Grade II Recruitment by transfer completed or will not complete the age
of thirty years of the year on the first
day of July of the year in which selection
for appointment to the post is made. a)
Must have served as Junior Assistant,
or Revenue Inspector or Typist and
Steno-Typist in the Directorate of Town
Panchayats or District Town Panchayat
Offices for a period of not less that two
years;
b) Must have passed the Departmental
tests for officers of the Panchayat
Development Department, Panchayat
Development Account test and District
Office Manual test.

4. Appointing Authority

(a) The Director of Town Panchayats shall be the appointing authority for the following
categories.

1. Executive Officer (Special Grade)(Township) and Executive Officer (Special

Grade)(Administration)

2. Executive Officer, Selection Grade, Town Panchayats. Executive Officer Township. Executive
Officer, Selection Grade (Executive), and Executive Officer, Selection Grade (Administration)

3. Executive Officer,(Accounts) in the Directorate of Town Panchayats and District Town

Panchayat Offices.

b) The Collector of the Revenue District Concerned shall be the appointing authority for
the post of Executive Officer, Grade I and Executive Officer GradeII

5.Probation: Every person appointed to the post by direct recruitment or recruitment by

transfer shall, from the date on which he joins duty, be on probation for total period of two years
on duty within a continuous period of three years.

6. Unit for appointment, reversion, discharge of probationers / approved probationers and

full members:- For the purpose of appointment, reversion or discharge for want of vacancies and
reappointment, or probationers and approved probationers and appointment as full members,
the State shall be the unit for the following categories:-

1. Executive Officers, Special Grade (Township) and Executive Officers, Special Grade
(Administration)

2. Executive Officer, Selection Grade Town Panchayat, Executive Officer (Township) Executive
Officer Selection Grade (Executive) and Executive Officer, Selection Grade (Administration)

3. Executive Officers (Accounts) in the Directorate of Town Panchayats and District Town
Panchayat Offices.

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For the purpose of appointment, reversion or discharge for want of vacancies and
reappointment of probationers and approved probationers and appointment as full members,
the revenue District concerned shall be the unit for the following categories:-

1. Executive Officer, Grade I (Town Panchayat)

2. Executive Officer, Grade II (Town Panchayat)

7. Tests: Every person appointed to the posts by direct recruitment or by recruitment by

transfer shall within the period of probation pass the Departmental Tests for Officers of Panchayat
Development Department, Panchayat Development Account Test and District Office Manual Test,
if he has not already passed those tests.

Provided that a person who has already commenced his probation before the issue of these
rules in any of the posts of which the test qualification has been prescribed in these rules should
pass the test within a period of two years from the date of issue of these rules. Failure to pass the
test within the above period will entail stoppage of increment until he passes tests. However, the
stoppage of increment will not have the effect of postponing his future increments after he has
passed the tests.

8. Posting and transfers:- (a) Postings transfers within the district shall be made by the
District Collector and from one district to another district by the Director of Town Panchayats.

(b) In case of transfer of person belonging to District Unit, by mutual consent or at his own
request as the case may be from one district to another district, the person shall take his rank
last in the list of probationers or approved probationers or full members, as the case may be in
that Category.

9.Preparation of Annual list of approved candidates. For the purpose of preparation of

annual list of approved candidates for appointment to the post, the crucial date on which the
candidate should posses the qualifications shall be the 1st March of every year. The Director of
Town Panchayats shall be the approving authority for the panels for all the posts from Executive
Officer, Grade II.

10.Saving clause:- Nothing contained in these rules shall adversely affect the persons holding
any of the posts referred to in these rules on the date of issue of these rules.

S.NARAYAN
Secretary to Government

// Forwarded / By order //

sd/-…..
Section Officer

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