Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules

R. Ramaswamy was appointed temporarily as Project Officer in 1979 and later regularised as a permanent Project Officer, a post deemed equivalent in status and pay to Assistant Director. When he was temporarily promoted to Assistant Director and sought promotion to Deputy Director, the question arose whether he was seni…

The case concerned a claim by a Motor Vehicles Inspector (Grade II) for out‑of‑turn/accelerated promotion to Regional Transport Officer under Rule 36(b)(ii) of the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules. The appellant senior officers argued that the Special Rules governing promotion and transfer in the Tamil N…