The Government of Tamil Nadu on November 05, 2024, issued amendments to the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2023.
The following amendment has been stated:
• After rule 192, which states “Filling of vacancies by promotion or by recruitment by transfer or by transfer or by deputation”, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:
192-A. Fixation of seniority:
o The seniority of an employee in a service shall, unless he has been reduced to a lower rank as a punishment, be determined in the order of his placement in the list prepared by the recruitment agency or appointing authority, as the case may be. The date of commencement of probation shall be the date on which he joins duty irrespective of his seniority.
o The seniority of an employee in a service shall, where the normal method of recruitment to that service is by more than one method of recruitment, unless the individual has been reduced to a lower rank as a punishment, be determined with reference to the date on which he is appointed to the service:
Provided that where the junior appointed by a particular method of recruitment happens to be appointed to a service earlier than the senior appointed by the same method of recruitment, the senior shall be deemed to have been appointed to the service on the same day on which the junior was so appointed:
Provided further that the benefit of the above proviso shall be available to the senior only for the purpose of fixing inter-se-seniority:
Provided also that where employees appointed by more than one method of recruitment are appointed or deemed to have been appointed to the service on the same day, their inter-se-seniority shall be decided with reference to their age.
[Notification No SRO A-19(a)/2024]
