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of recruitment to services should be given to non-Tamilians in Madras, non- Telugus in Andhra Pradesh, non-Kannadis in Mysore. matter
non-Malayalis in Kerala who would be defined as ``all persons whose mother tongue is 179
language other than Tamil (or Telugu or Kannada or Malayalam) as the case may be and who have passed the examination qualifying for the post for which recruitment is to a
made from an education institution within Madras (or Andhra Pradesh or Mysore or Kerala) State." Persons belonging to the Linguistic Minority who had not passed the qualifying examination from an institution within the State would not be ineligible for be
to the services but they would not be entitled to the benefit of relaxation of rules referred to above. recruitment
Nature of the safeguards-As regards the nature of the relaxation to be giver, Madras 12.
made the following proposals :- (i) Adequate knowledge of Tamil as condition of eligibility for recruitment-It should be had
to any candidate belonging to the Linguistic Minorities of the State to apply for any post notwithstanding that at the time of such application he does not possess adequate knowledge of Tamil within the meaning of the general rules. He should be eligible for open
subject to the conditions specified in (iii) below. selection
Medium of Examination-Where Tamil is required to be offered as the medium of examination for any public Examination held by the Madras Public Service Commission, any candidate who is a member of a linguistic minority in Madras State may if he so (ii)
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desires, offer his mother tongue in lieu of Tamil subject to the conditions specified in (iii) below. (iii) Conditions attached to relaxation of the Rules-The relaxation of the general rules in term of (i) and (ii) above will be subject to condition that the selected candidates should
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