They should then be reverted to the Secretariat or the Board of Revenue, as the case may be, and be companysidered for inclusion in the Deputy Collectors list.
The total number of deputationist was increased to 10 and the allocation was as follows 3 Departments of the Secretariat 3 Board of Revenue Land Revenue 4 Other City Offices.
In their affidavit they have set out in detail the avenues of promotion available in each of the offices which are governed by the scheme in order to substantiate this submission.
Recruitment to this post is from two sources 1 by promotion from Deputy Tehsildars in the Tamil Nadu Revenue subordinate Service or 2 by deputation from amongst Section Officers in the Secretariat and t he Superintendents in the office of the Board of Revenue Land Revenue , Board of Revenue food production , Board of Revenue Settlement of estates, the Commissioner of Civil Supplies, the Director of Service Settlements, the Director of Harijan and Tribal welfare, the Director of Backward Classes, the Director of Rehabilitation, the Commissioner of Agricultural Income tax, the Director of Urban Land Ceiling and Urban Land Tax and the Board of Revenue land Reforms , who had rendered satisfactory service as such for two years and who are otherwise qualified for appointment as Tehsildar.
Under G.O.Ms.
By another G.O.Ms.
But the departments of the Secretariat the original allocation of 3 posts has been increased number to 5 posts.
of 1977 these posts have number been increased to 5.
THE 20TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1997 Present Honble Mrs. Justice Sujata V. Manohar Honble Mr. Justice D.P. Wadhwa Mohan, Sr.
The appellants have also pointed out that the avenues for promotion in the office of the special Commissioner and Commissioner of land Revenue Administration are more limited than the avenues of promotion in all other departments.
By G.O.Ms.
By this G.O.Ms.
2584 Revenue dated 4.9.1959 the Government reserved two posts out of six for the Revenue secretariat on the ground that the training of Superintendents of the Revenue Secretariat in the Madras Revenue Subordinate Service Will increase the standard of efficiency in the Revenue Secretariat which is companycerned with most of the subjects that are dealt with by Tehsildar Deputy Tehsildar in the district.
After the abolition of the Board of Revenue the Land Revenue branch has been replaced by the office of the Special Commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration.
1154 Revenue dated 16.4.1959 the number of Superintendents to be so deputed as Tehsildars was increased from 3 to 6 per year.
these 5 posts have gone to the office of the Special Commissioner and companymissioner of Land Revenue Administration which has replaced the Land Revenue branch of the Board of Revenue.
They should be clubbed with the superintendents in the office of the Special Commissioner and Commissioner of Land Revenue Administration.
if the reasoning of the respondents is to be accepted other offices which also formed a part of the original Board of Revenues would also have to be similarly treated.
Training as Deputy Tehsildars/ Tehsildars is of special relevance for the efficient functioning of this department.
The G.O.Ms.
They have pointed out that the Special Commissioner and the Commissioner of Land Revenue Administration, occupies a special place in this programme because it is this department originally the land Revenue branch of the Board of Revenue which handles the overall companytrol of the entire Revenue Department.
It was further decided that as a companyvention, 2 vacancies shall be reserved for the Board of Revenue, Land Revenue branch.
retains the classification which was in existence right from 1977 under the G.O.Ms.
In 1977 they had been clubbed along with other city offices for the allocation of seats.
276 Revenue dated 31.1.1950 the appellants decided that the Superintendents of the Secretariat and the Superintendents of the Board of Revenue who were qualified for appointed to the Madras Revenue Subordinate Service as was then being done, be deputed to undergo training in the districts for a total period of three years in the Madras Revenue Subordinate Service, namely, six months as Deputy Tehsildars, six months as Stationary Sub Magistrate and two years as Tehsildars.
Superintendents in the Directorate of Harijan Welfare were also included to accommodate a wider Zone of selection.
these 5 posts have gone to the office of the special Commissioner and Commissioner of Land Revenue Administration which has replaced the Land Revenue branch of the Board of Revenue.
1969, 3631, 3975,3976 all of 1990 O.A. No.
further stated that in order to safeguard the prospects of the men in the mofussil the deputation of the city men working in these offices should be restricted to 3 or 4 a year.
The decision of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal has been challenged by the appellants before us.
In their affidavit which was filed by the appellants before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal the appellants have explained in detail the ration of such allocation.
Some sections are headed by companymissioners, such as, the Commissioner of Agricultural Income tax, the companymissioner of Land Administration and so on.
145 Revenue dated 29.1.1990 issued by the appellant State of Tamil Nadu increasing the quota of Superintendents working in various specified offices for deputation as Tehsildars in the Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service since they were number satisfied with the quota for which they were eligible.
145 Revenue dated 29.1.1990 which is under challenge before us.
All these applications had been filed by persons who were working as Superintendents in the office of the Director of Urban Land Ceiling and Urban Land Tax.
The number was subsequently restricted to 3 per year.
For the first time, the staff of the Urban land Ceiling and urban Land Taxes branch was also included.
The reason why a fresh G.O.Ms.
of 10.2.1977.
In view of the abolition of the Board of Revenue.
J. These appeals arise from the order dated 30.4.1991 of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal in O.A. Nos.
J U D G M E N T S The following judgment of the Court wad delivered Mrs. Sujata V. Manohar.
In the Boards proceedings dated 22.2.1975 one post was reserved for the Superintendents of the Food production branch in the Board of Revenue.
M.A. Krishnamoorthy, J.B. Ravi, Rajsekaran, Advs.
The Tribunal has also directed all Revenue officers to be clubbed into one group and for the manner of deputing officers from that group it has also given directions as to how such grouping companyld be made.
was required to be issued was that the Government decided to increase the number of posts from 10 to 16 for the City list because of the overall expansion in the posts of Tehsildars.
The other city offices have number been allotted 6 seats instead of 4 seats.
In the erstwhile Board of Revenue Land Revenue branch which originally had 3 posts under the O.Ms.
The Land Revenue branch of the Board of Revenue enjoyed a pre eminent position because the Land Revenue branch was in overall companytrol of the entire Revenue Department, while the other branches had specific functions and, therefore, had a limited field of activity.
The companytention of the Superintendents working in the Directorate of Urban Land Ceiling and Urban Land Tax appears to be that they also originally formed a part of the Board of Revenue and , therefore, they should number be clubbed with the other city offices under this G.O.Ms.
with him for the appellants.
The branch of Urban Land Ceiling and urban land Tax has been replaced by the Directorate of Urban Land Ceiling and Land Tax.
for the Respondents.
the other branches also have become separate.
Ms. Asha Jain Madan, B.P. Singh, R.A. Perumal, Advs.
of 1977 the separate allocation of 3 seats was only for the Land Revenue Branch of the Board of Revenue and number for all the branches of the Board of Revenue.
Under G.O. Ms. No.
Prior to its abolition the Board of Revenue Comprised the following branches Land Revenue including excise Commercial Taxes Food Production Settlement of Estates Transport Agricultural income tax Urban Land Ceiling and Urban Land Tax and Land reforms.
The Board of Revenue was abolished with effect from 1.12.1980 by reason of the Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Abolition Act of 1980.
They are forgetting that even under G.O.Ms.
No.2982 Revenue dated 28.10.1968 the number to be sent on deputation was once again increased from 6 to 8.
192 of 1991.
The post of Tehsildar is governed by the Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service Rules.
