THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

production of such certificate and may, by general order, exempt any specified class ofGovernment servants from the operation of this rule.Instructions.(1) The certificate prescribed above must ordinarily be signed by a Commissioned Medical Officeror a Civil Medical Officer of rank not lower than a Civil Surgeon or Honorary Medical Officers of CivilSurgeon’s rank (viz., Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons) or District Medical Officer but inthe case of a person whom it is proposed to appoint to a post the maximum pay of which is not morethan Rs.450 and who cannot conveniently be brought before an officer of higher rank, a certificatefrom an Assistant Surgeon or an Honorary Assistant Surgeon with the M.B.B.S. degree may, at thediscretion of the appointing authority, be accepted. If the appointing authority is not satisfied with thecertificate granted by an Honorary Assistant Surgeon, he may demand a second Certificate from anon-honorary medical officer.(2) In the case of a Government servant who produced a medical certificate of fitness before theTamil Nadu Public Service Commission as a candidate for a post in Government service, no furthermedical examination should ordinarily be required before employment or confirmation:Provided that in the case of an approved probationer who is not a full member of any other service,State or Subordinate, the appointing authority may, if it has reason to believe that the probationer’sphysical fitness has seriously deteriorated since he satisfied the Commission, require him to undergoa fresh medical examination.If the production of a further medical certificate is considered unnecessary, the certificateproduced before the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission shall be accepted as final:Provided further that an approved probationer who is not a full member of any service and whohas produced before the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission a certificate of physical fitnesssigned by an officer lower in rank than that of a Civil Surgeon or a District Medical Officer shall not beappointed substantively to a post the maximum of the scale of pay applicable to which is more thanRs.450 per mensem unless he produces a medical certificate of physical fitness signed by aCommissioned Medical Officer or a Civil Surgeon or a District Medical Officer.(3) A Government servant in whom a defect has been noticed by the Medical Officer who grantedhim his first certificate of health may not be transferred from the office to which he was originallyappointed to another office, the duties of which are different in character except on production of acertificate from a Commissioned Medical Officer or a Civil Surgeon or a District Medical Officer to theeffect that the defect will not materially interfere with the discharge of his new duties by theGovernment servant transferred.(4) The fact that a candidate trained in a Government training institution has produced a certificateof general health before admission into the institution will not relieve him of the necessity of obtaininga fresh certificate before admission into Government service.RULING.The physical fitness certificates of the approved candidates received from the Tamil Nadu PublicService Commission should be kept securely fastened in the Service Books of the Governmentservants concerned. Necessary entry regarding the receipt of medical certificate may also be made inthe Service Books.[G.O.Ms.No.945, Finance (F.R.), dated 18th July 1972.]11. Unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided, the whole time of a Governmentservant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him and he may be employed in anymanner required by proper authority without claim for additional remuneration, whether theservices required of him are such as would ordinarily be remunerated from Consolidated Fundof the State, from a local fund or from the funds of a body incorporated or not, which is whollyor substantially owned or controlled by the Government.13