THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

(21) Higher officiating pay is not permissible in cases where different posts on different scales ofpay have been merged into single revised scale.[Government of India, Finance Department No. F.15 (96) Ex. 1/39, dated 23rd October 1939.](22) Officiating promotion from the posts of Headmasters of Approved Schools to the posts ofSuperintendent of Borstal Schools is permissible in the Tamil Nadu Jail Service.(G.O. Ms. No. 3041, Home, dated 2nd June 1939).(23) For the purpose of this rule the appointment to the post of First Physicist, Barnard Institute ofRadiology, Madras, involves duties and responsibilities of greater importance than those attached tothe post of Second Physicist.(Comptroller and Auditor-General’s letter No. G.A. Medl., III/41, dated 26th April 1950 and Memo No.9917-H/50-1, Health, dated 24th August 1950.)(24) Officiating promotions will be allowed to the members of the Tamil Nadu High Court Service inthe following cases:-(1) Promotion from the post of Lower Division Clerks or Typists or Examiners or Readers to thatof Chief Operator, Photostat Machine.and(2) promotion from the post of Assistant Operator to that of Chief Operator, Photostat Machine;(3) promotion from the posts of Copyists or Circulation Van Driver or Gollah or Binder orAttenders to that of Assistant Operators, Photostat machine.(Memo. No. 14641, C.S.R., 51-1, Finance, dated 12th March 1951.)(25) (1) The pay of Senior Draughting Officer on promotion as “Junior Engineer” in the PublicWorks and Highways Department should be fixed in the scale of pay applicable to Junior Engineers atthe stage next above the pay they are actually drawing at the time of promotion subject to thefollowing conditions:—(i) Once the pay of such promotees is fixed in the category of Junior Engineers as mentionedabove, they will not be entitled to the higher rates of pay to which they would become eligible fromtime to time, consequent on their promotion to higher grades in the category of draughting official; and(ii) in cases where a draughting official officiating in a higher grade post is promoted as JuniorEngineer, he will be eligible to have his pay as Junior Engineer fixed as mentioned above, only if hewould have continued to officiate in the higher grade post but for his appointment as Junior Engineer.If, but for his appointment as Junior Engineer, he would have been holding a lower grade post in thecategory of draughting official, his pay should be revised accordingly, i.e., he should be allowed todraw as Junior Engineer, the minimum of the scale of pay of Junior Engineers or his pay asdraughting official, whichever is higher.(Finance Memo No. 32397, C.S.R. 3, dated 26th June 1962)(2) (i) The pay of Junior Draughting Officer and of Draughting Officer (ordinary grade) onpromotion as Junior Engineer shall be fixed under rule 22-B, subject to the condition that once the payof such promotee is fixed in the category of Junior Engineer as mentioned above, he will not beentitled to the higher rate of pay to which he would become eligible from time to time consequent onhis promotion to higher category of draughting official;(ii) The pay of Draughting Officer (Selection Grade) on promotion as Junior Engineer shall befixed as per ruling (8) under rule 22-B.[G.O. Ms. No. 364, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR.III) Department, dated 6th April 1985-with effect from 14th February 1983.]Explanation:—The above clause shall also apply to the Junior Draughting Officer and DraughtingOfficer promoted as Junior Engineer in the Highways and Rural Works Department.[G.O. Ms. No. 108, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR.III) Department, dated 8th February1986-with effect from 18th July 1985.]Pay of officiating Government servants, when the pay of post is reduced.32