Section 9 in The Tamil Nadu Municipal Corporations Service Rules, 1996
9. Linguistic qualification. - No person shall be eligible for appointment to any service by direct recruitment unless he has an adequate knowledge of Tamil.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this rule, a person shall be deemed to have an adequate knowledge of Tamil if-(i)in the case of the post for which the educational qualification prescribed is X Standard and above, he has studied Tamil as one of the Language in the X Standard.(ii)in the case of a post for which the educational qualification prescribed is below X Standard, he has studied Tamil as one of the subject in the school;(iii)in the case of a post for which no educational qualification is prescribed, the appointing authority shall conduct an Oral Test whether the person is able to converse freely and fluently in Tamil.
