Section 8(1)(b) in Tamil Nadu Municipal Educational Service Rules, 1970
(b)Promotion. - The Director of Municipal Administration shall obtain from every Commissioner (i) the names of all eligible candidates in the employment of the municipality concerned and (ii) the Commissioner's views on the suitability or otherwise of the candidates for promotion. He shall then consult the Director of School Education and arrange their names in the order of their seniority in the category from which promotion has to be made and also record his own views on the fitness or otherwise of the candidates. He shall thereafter place the lists before the Selection Committee which shall scrutinise them and draw the promotion panel for each category.