State of Tamilnadu- Act
Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats (Establishment) Rules, 1988
TAMILNADU
India
India
Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats (Establishment) Rules, 1988
Rule TAMIL-NADU-TOWN-PANCHAYATS-ESTABLISHMENT-RULES-1988 of 1988
- Published on 23 March 1989
- Commenced on 23 March 1989
- [This is the version of this document from 23 March 1989.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
- In these rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context -Part II – General Rules
1. Scope of the General Rules. - The rules in this part shall apply to the holders of all posts in the town panchayat service, whether temporary or permanent (other than provincialised categories in town panchayats) appointed thereto before, on or after the date specified in sub-rule (b) of rule 1 in Part I.
2. Application of rules. - These rules shall apply to all members of the establishment under town panchayats (other than the provincialised categories in town panchayats) whether permanent, temporary of officiating, whose pay or the maximum pay of the posts held by them exceeds Rs.720 per mensem and who are not paid from contingencies.
3. Approved Candidates. - (a) All first appointments to a service or class or category, whether by direct recruitment or by recruitment by transfer or by promotion shall be made by the appointing authority from a list of "approved" candidates". Such list shall be prepared in the prescribed manner by the appointing authority or any other authority empowered in the special rules in that behalf. Where the candidates in such list are arranged in their order of preference, appointments to the service shall be made in such order:
Provided that the list of approved candidates for appointment by promotion and by recruitment by transfer to all the categories of posts in the service shall be prepared annually against the estimated number of vacancies expected to arise during the course of a year. The estimate of vacancies shall be prepared taking into account the total number of permanent posts in a-category, the number of temporary posts in existence; the anticipated sanction of new posts in the next year; the recruitment of leave reserves and anticipated vacancies due to retirement and promotion, etc., in the course of the year and the number of candidates already in position in that category. The list of approved candidates shall be in force for a period of one year only and shall lapse at the end of the year. The candidates whose names were included in the previous list, but were not appointed shall be considered if eligible, for inclusion in the list for the next year along with their seniors, if any, whose names were not included in the previous list either because they were found not suitable or because they were not qualified when the previous list was drawn up. For preparing the lists, it shall be sufficient to consider the claims of all the candidates, senior to the junior most candidate proposed for inclusion in the list.Explanation. - (a) The period of one year validity for the list of approved candidates shall be reckoned from the date of approval of the panel by the competent authority.4. Compliance as to age by Direct Recruitment. - (a) No person whose age exceeds twenty eight years or who does not possess the prescribed qualification shall be appointed to any post in superior service under a town panchayat.
5. Debarred and dismissed servants of Government and Local Bodies not to be employed. - No person who has been dismissed from the service of the Central or State Government or of any local authority or who has been removed from such service on account of insolvency or who has been debarred from employment in the service of the Central or State Government shall be entertained in service, except with the previous sanction of the Director of Town Panchayats.
6. Retention or Re-appointment of a person convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude. - No officer or servant of a town panchayat who is convicted of offence involving moral turpitude shall be retained in the service of the town panchayat and no person so convicted shall be appointed to any post in its service, except with the special sanction of the Director of Town Panchayats.
7. Unit for Appointment, Reversion and Discharge of probationers or Approved probationers or full members. - For purpose of appointment, reversion or discharge for want of vacancies and re-appointment of probationers and approved probationers and appointment as full member, each town panchayat shall constitute a separate unit and where a separate service has been constituted under Chapter II of Part III the Revenue District concerned shall be the Unit.
8. Appointment Authority. - The appointing authority for the posts shall be the executive authority of the town panchayat concerned, or the authority specified in Part III.
9. Language Qualification. - No person shall be eligible for appointment to any post either by direct recruitment or by recruitment by transfer or by promotion unless he possesses an adequate knowledge of Tamil.
Explanation. - For the purpose of these rules, a person with an adequate knowledge of Tamil shall mean a person (i) who has acquired knowledge in Tamil in the High School course; or (ii) who has passed the second class language test in Tamil:Provided that where a person appointed to any post by transfer or by promotion has not acquired an adequate knowledge of Tamil he should pass the second class language test in Tamil, within a minimum period of four years from the date of his appointment. If he fails to pass the test within the prescribed period he shall not be eligible to draw increments in the time scale of pay applicable to him until he passes the test:Provided further that a language test of the standard for VIII Standard, shall be prescribed for those whose educational qualification is above VIII Standard but below S.S.L.C. and for those who do not possess an adequate knowledge of the official language of the State of Tamil Nadu as specified below:| Item of syllabus | Maximum marks | Minimum marks for pass | Aggregate marks for a pass | Duration of |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Dictation of half a page typed matter. | 60 | 24 | 30 | |
| Part II Reading | 40 | 26 | 50 | 30 |