THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

(iii) Basic service includes all service in the following appointments unless declared byGovernment to be superior:—(a) Service as peon, head peon, chobdar or duffadar.(b) Service in posts the pay of which does not exceed Rs.720.*(c) Service in posts in the Raj Bhavan household establishment-class XXXVI-MadrasGeneral Subordinate Service irrespective of the scale of pay.(G.O.Ms.No.185, Finance, dated 6th March 1968.)*[G.O. Ms. No. 1071, P. & A.R. (FR.III) Dept., dt. 31-10-1986—w.e.f. 1-10-84.]All other service is superior.Note.—Service in the posts specified in Appendix II shall be treated as superior.RULING.The question whether a Government servant is in superior or Basic Service should be decidedwith reference to the pay actually drawn by the Government servant at the time.The fact that the post of masalchi is included in the Tamil Nadu Basic Service does not affectthe question of treating the holder of that post as superior or last grade for the purposes ofFundamental Rules. The status of a particular individual should be decided with reference toSubsidiary Definition (iii) (b) under Rule 9.(G.O. Ms. No. 3580, L.A., dated 21st September 1937 and G.O.Ms.No. 320, Finance, dated 8th May1930.)Exception.—The service of ex-State employees retained under Section 69(2) of the EstatesAbolition Act, shall, for the purpose of grant of leave and leave salary be regarded as ‘Superior’ ifsimilar categories in Government service are treated as ‘Superior’ irrespective of the pay drawn bythem in the service of this State.(Memo.No.5597-C.S.R.2, dated 16th February 1962.)9-A. Classification of Government servants:-The Government servants under the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services shall beclassified into four groups as follows:—Group A.—Government servants on the scale of pay, the minimum of which isRs. 10,000 and above.Group B.—Government servants on the scale of pay, the minimum of which isRs. 5,500 and above, but below Rs. 10,000.Group C.—Government servants on the scale of pay, the minimum of which isRs. 2,610 and above, but below Rs. 5,500.Group D.—Government servants on the scale of pay, the minimum of which is below Rs.2,610.Explanation:—For the purpose of these rules, persons holding posts in the Selection Grade orSpecial Grade shall be deemed to be under the respective groups in which such posts in the ordinarygrades are classified.[G.O. Ms. No. 268, P. & A.R. (FR. II), dt. 3-11-98.]PART IICHAPTER III - GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.10. No person except a military pensioner may be substantively appointed (otherwise thanas a menial paid from contingencies) to a permanent post (whether pensionable or not) in aGovernment service unless he has produced a certificate of physical fitness in the Formprescribed in Annexure I-A. The Government may, in individual cases, dispense with the12