Section 44 in Tamil Nadu Educational Inspection Code
44. Office Procedure-Form of salutation in demi-official and endorsements between Officers in district.
- The Government examined the various forms and endorsements in vogue in the district between the Collectors and officers of other departments and consider that having regard to all the aspects of the matter, it would be preferable to use the words like "Transmitted" and "Retransmitted" between the Collectors and the Gazetted Officers of other departments and that it would not be correct for the District Officers to use the endorsement "Returned" to the Collector who is normally treated as the Head of the District. It is emphasised that the mode of salutation in D.O.s. and in endorsements by itself does not indicate any relative superiority of the posts of the officers corresponding, which is determined by the functions they perform and an over-sensitiveness to these petty matters should not be permitted to vitiate the camaraderie among all officers which alone would conduce to efficient discharge of their duties.
