Keyword(s):
Direct Recruitment, Persons Studied in Tamil Medium/Other Medium, Preferential
Vacancies, Services
The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the
Governor on the 27th November 2010 and is hereby published for
general information:—
ACT No. 40 OF 2010.
An Act to provide preference in appointment in the services under the State to
persons who have obtained the educational qualification prescribed for direct
recruitment through Tamil medium of instruction.
WHEREAS under Article 345 of the Constitution, the Legislature of the State has
been given power to adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State for
official purposes;
AND WHEREAS the State of Tamil Nadu enacted the Tamil Nadu Official Language
Act, 1956 ( Tamil Nadu Act XXXIX of 1956) and adopted Tamil as the Official language
of the State under Article 345 of the Constitution;
AND WHEREAS the Official Languages Act, 1963 (Central Act 19 of 1963) provides
for continuation of English language for all the official purposes of the Union and for
the transaction of business in Parliament;
AND WHEREAS the first proviso to section 3 (1)(b) of Central Act 19 of 1963 provides
that English shall be used for purposes of communication between the Union and the
States;
AND WHEREAS Article 348 in Chapter III of Part XVII of the Constitution provides
that notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of that Part, until the Parliament
by law otherwise provides, all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court
shall be in the English language;
AND WHEREAS Tamil has been used as the language of Courts upto the district
level inclusive of drafting of pleadings of parties, taking evidence, arguments of respective
counsel for the parties and writing of judgements;
AND WHEREAS those who have studied in Tamil Medium have very little chances
of getting selected in the employment of Central Government, other State Governments
or in Private Sectors, and therefore preference need be given to them in the State
Government Services;
AND WHEREAS under Article 14 of the Constitution, mere differentiation or inequality
of treatment does not per se amount to differentiation within the inhibition of the equal
protection clause and to attract the operation of the clause, it is necessary to show that
the selection or differentiation is unreasonable or arbitrary; that it does not rest on any
rational basis having regard to the object which the Legislature has in view;
AND WHEREAS the classification between persons who obtained the educational
qualification prescribed for direct recruitment through Tamil medium of instruction and
persons studied in other medium has a reasonable relation to the object sought to be
achieved;
AND WHEREAS such classification neither crosses the frontiers of Article 16 of the
Constitution nor prejudices the reservation policy of the State made thereunder;
AND WHEREAS the equality of opportunity of all citizens with similar qualifications
relating to appointment to any services under the State does not get altered in view of
such classification;
AND WHEREAS the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of seats in Educational Institutions and of
appointments or posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993 (Tamil Nadu Act 45
of 1994) are not transgressed;
AND WHEREAS unless employment opportunities are provided for persons studied
in Tamil medium, there is no scope for the populace of the State to pursue school and
college career through Tamil medium;
AND WHEREAS in order to facilitate a conducive environment for the populace
to prefer Tamil medium of instruction at all levels of education, appointment to any
services under the State on preferential basis of persons studied in Tamil medium is
a rational classification;234
TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the
Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
- (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Appointment on preferential basis
in the Services under the State of Persons Studied in Tamil Medium Act, 2010.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on 7th day of September 2010. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “direct recruitment” means first appointment of a person to any service under
the State in accordance with the rules or regulations or orders in force;
(b) “Government” means the State Government;
(c) “persons studied in other medium” means persons who have obtained the
educational qualification or qualifications prescribed for direct recruitment in the rules or
regulations or orders applicable to any appointment in the services under the State
through any medium of instruction other than Tamil;
(d) “persons studied in Tamil medium” means persons who have obtained the
educational qualification or qualifications prescribed for direct recruitment in the rules
or regulations or orders applicable to any appointment in the services under the State
through Tamil medium of instruction;.
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