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(v) The Account Test for Subordinate Officers Part I, and the Electricity Department Test
shall be merged into one Test. When this merger takes place, the Stores employees who are
at present required to pass the Account Test for Subordinate Officers Part I, and the Electricity
Department Account Test shall be required to pass the new combined Test as well as a new
Test for Store-Keeping. These changes will be introduced in consultation with the Tamilnadu
Public Service Commission.
(3) (i) Every fifth vacancy of Assistant in the System or Circle/Headquarters Unit Offices/
Headquarters Unit Offices/Board Secretariat, Auditors in the Internal Audit Department and Store-
Keeper Grade I shall be filled by promoting, in the order of seniority, persons who have not
passed the Account Test for Subordinate Officers, Part I, subject to their having put in certain
years of service as Junior Assistant/Junior Auditor/Store Keeper Grade II, the minimum years
of service being decided form time to time keeping in view the rate of promotion of Junior
Assistants/Junior Auditors/Store-Keepers Grade II. If such Junior Assistants/Junior Auditors/
Store Keepers Grade II are not available at the time of the preparation of the promotion panel,
the vacancy shall go to a person who has passed the Account Test for Subordinate Officers,
Part – I. The Junior Assistant/Junior Auditor/Store Keeper, Grade II, promoted as Assistant/
Auditor/Store Keeper, Grade I under this concession shall not be eligible for further promotion
as Accountant/Junior Superintendent/Section Officer/Assistant Audit Officer/Chief Store Keeper/
Stock verified unless he passes the prescribed tests.
(ii) Similarly, every fifth vacancy of Accountant shall be filled by promoting in the order of
seniority, persons who have passes the Account Test for Subordinate Officers-Part I but have
not passed the Accountancy, Lower Grade, subject to their having put in certain years of service
as Assistant, the minimum years of service being decided from time to time keeping in view the
rate of promotion of Assistants. If such Assistants are not available at the time of preparation of
the promotion panel, the vacancy shall go to a person who has passed the prescribed tests.
The Assistant promoted as Accountant under this concession shall not be eligible for further
promotion as Assistant Accounts Officer unless he passes the prescribed Tests.
(iii) Every fifth vacancy of Assistant Accounts Officer shall be filled by promoting in the
order of seniority, persons who have passed the Departmental Test for Accounts Officers, in
addition to the prescribed tests, subject to their having put in five years service as Accountant.
If such Accountants are not available at the time of preparation of the promotion panel, the
vacancy shall go to a person who has not passed the Departmental Test for Accounts Officers.
(iv) In view of the above concessions, the exemption from passing the prescribed Tests
on completing the age of 50 years for promotion shall be discontinued.
(4.) (i) Typists/Steno-typists in the Board Secretariat, Headquarters Unit Offices, Systems/
Circles and Internal Audit Department who possess minimum general educational qualification
and have passed the Account Test for Subordinate Officers-Part I will be eligible to be promoted