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Posts transferred to Horticulture Department Redesignated post Joint Director of Agriculture (Commercial Crops) Joint Director of Horticulture Horticulturists Deputy Director of Horticulture Assistant Horticulturists and District Agricultural Officers Assistant Director of Horticulture Deputy Agricultural Officers (Horticulture) Horticulture Officer Deputy Agricultural Officers (Extension) Horticulture Officer

40.In the said Government Order, the Director of Horticulture was requested to send draft Special Rules / adhoc rules governing the aforesaid redesignated posts to constitute separate service. Separate Service Rules have not yet been issued so far by the Government, for Horticulture Department.

41.In the Agriculture Department, the post of District Agricultural Officer was redesignated as Assistant Director of Agriculture by G.O.(Ms) No.1583, Agriculture Department, dated 11.08.1980.

42.The Government of Tamil Nadu also issued G.O.(Ms) No.111, Agriculture Department, dated 21.01.1981 constituting Special Rules for Tamil Nadu Agricultural Extension Service from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service, based on the proposals of the Director of Agriculture. G.O.(Ms) No.111 also states that the post of Deputy Agricultural Officer held by Degree holders have been redesignated as Agricultural Officers. The Special Rules for Tamil Nadu Agricultural Extension Service was issued under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, in supersession of the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service, insofar as the posts that are included in the separately constituted service. This service consists of the following classes of posts namely, Class I Joint Director of Agriculture (Extension) Class II Deputy Director of Agriculture (Extension) Class III Assistant Director of Agriculture (Extension) Class IV Agricultural Officer (Extension)

49.Though the Government issued G.O.(Ms) No.1063 redesignating the post in the Horticulture Department, the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service was not amended accordingly.

50.The Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O.(Ms) No.750, Agriculture Department, dated 18.04.1983 bringing necessary amendment to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service by redesignating Horticulturists as Deputy Director of Horticulture and the Assistant Horticulturists as Assistant Director of Horticulture wherever the words occur. Further, at the time of issuance of G.O.(Ms) No.750, the Special Rules provided B.Sc., (Agriculture) and M.Sc., (Agriculture) with specialisation in Horticulture as the qualification required for the post of Assistant Director of Horticulture. The same was amended by G.O.(Ms) No.750 by making M.Sc., (Horticulture) is also alternatively an educational qualification for the post of Assistant Director of Horticulture. Before G.O.(Ms) No.750, the qualification for Horticulturists as per the Special Rules for Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service as issued in G.O.(Ms) No.1474 was B.Sc., (Agriculture). In G.O.(Ms) No.750, an amendment was made to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service by prescribing B.Sc., (Horticulture) also as alternate qualification for the post of Horticulturists. That is, for the post of Deputy Director of Horticulture, one should have either B.Sc., (Agriculture) or B.Sc., (Horticulture). As far as the post of Assistant Director of Horticulture, one should have B.Sc., (Agriculture) and M.Sc., (Agriculture) with specialisation Horticulture or M.Sc., (Horticulture).

52.The post of Deputy Agricultural Officer (Horticultural) was redesignated as Horticultural Officer as per G.O.(Ms) No.1063, Agriculture Department, dated 29.05.1980. But, the Special Rules governing the post of Deputy Agricultural Officer (Horticulture) was not amended accordingly redesignating the post. Amendment was made in 1984 by way of G.O.(Ms) No.1714. The post of Deputy Agricultural Officer (Horticulture) comes under the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Subordinate Service.

53.Initially, the Class  I posts in the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Subordinate Service were called upper subordinates. Later, it was redesignated as Deputy Agricultural Officers. The Deputy Agricultural Officer with B.Sc., (Agriculture) Degree became Agricultural Officers coming under Class IV posts in Tamil Nadu Agricultural Extension Service, as mentioned in G.O.(Ms)No.111.