THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

Forms A to C.Part II-Rulings..Part III-Matters relating to All-India Service Officers, High CourtJudges, etc.THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT.PART-I.CHAPTER I—EXTENT OF APPLICATION1. These rules may be called the Fundamental Rules. They shall come into force with effectfrom the 1st January 1922.RULING.The President of the Republic of India and the State Government may, by general or specialorders, permit deviations from any provisions of a purely procedural nature contained in any rulesmade or confirmed under Article 309 of the Constitution of India provided that such deviations shallnot affect the conditions of service, the pay and allowances or the pensions of officers subject to therule-making control of the President of the Republic of India.2. The Fundamental Rules apply, subject to the provisions of Rule 3, to all Governmentservants paid from the Consolidated Fund of the State and to any other class of Governmentservants to which Government may by general or special order declare them to be applicable.The Government may, in relation to service, under their administrative control, other than All-India Services, make rules modifying or replacing any of the Fundamental Rules:Proviso deleted (G.O.Ms.No.90 P&AR (FR.IV) dt. 5.7.2003 - w.e.f. 19.3.2003).Note 1.—A Government servant who is paid from the Consolidated Fund of the State and who istemporarily transferred to any of the Defence Services shall remain subject to these FundamentalRules.Note-2.—The Service Rules shall be taken to embody and indicate fully all the provisionsgoverning the services concerned. As laid down in the Service Rules the Fundamental Rules shallgovern a service, only in the matter of leave, leave salary, pension and other such conditions ofservice, as have not been provided for in the Service Rules. If any provision of the Fundamental Rulesis repugnant to any provisions of the Service Rules, then the provisions of the Service Rules shallprevail and the provisions of the Fundamental Rules shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be void.RULINGS.(1) In cases where the Tamil Nadu Government merely record the orders of Government of Indiaregarding Fundamental Rules, it may be assumed theat the instructions issued by the Government ofIndia will apply to Government servants under the rule-making control of Tamil Nadu Government.(2) The personnel allotted from the former Travancore-Cochin State to the Tamil Nadu State shallbe governed by the Fundamental Rules of the Tamil Nadu Government subject to the protection givenby the proviso to Section 115 of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956) insupersession of the corresponding rules, if any applicable to them.(G.O.Ms. No.1157, Finance, dated 22nd October 1960.)3. Unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided by or under the rules, these rules do not apply toGovernment servants whose conditions of service are governed by Army or Marine Regulations.4. Deleted.5. Deleted.5-A. The Government may relax the provisions of rules or orders in such manner as may appear tothem to be just and equitable provided that where any such rule or order is applicable to the case of2