Government of Tamil Nadu
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Personnel - Tamil Nadu Secretariat - Third Tamil Nadu Pay Commission 1978 - Recommendations regarding review of staffing pattern in Secretariat etc., - Orders - Issued.

        Personnel and Administrative Reforms (G) Department

 G.O.Ms.No.832,                                                                                                                                                               Dated 6th August 1981

 Orders: 

        The Third Tamil Nadu Pay Commission has made the following recommendations:- 

        (i) To review staffing pattern in Secretariat; 

        (ii) to maintain a Pool of Steno-Typists in each department instead of attaching a Steno-Typist to each Under
            Secretary or Deputy Secretary to Government;  and 

       (iii) To review the deployment of Peons in Secretariat

            The Government have examined the above recommendations:   

            (i) Reviewing of staffing pattern in Secretariat:

          Based  on  the recommendations of the Work Load Committee for fixation of reasonable norms for adoption at various levels in Secretariat, orders have been issued recently in G.O.Ms.No.550, Personnel and Administrative Reforms(AR)  Dated 13.5.1980  regarding  the  staffing  pattern of Section Officers, Assistants, Junior Assistants and revised yardstick to the posts of Under Secretaries, Section Officers and Assistant, It has, therefore, been decided that no  further  change  is necessary on the staffing pattern in Secretariat. 

        (ii) Maintenance of a pool of Steno-Typists in each Department instead of attaching to each Under Secretary or Deputy Secretary to Government: 

        At present the following norms are adopted on the utilization of stenographer in Secretariat:- 

         The  Work  Load  Committee  has  not  made  may  recommendations on the staffing pattern of stenographers.  The question of attaching one Stenographer for two/ three Under Secretaries  was  examined  previously  and  dropped  due  to  the impracticability of the scheme.  The same conditions prevail now also and there may not be much scope in forming, a pool of stenographers in each department of Secretariat, been considered that no action is called for on the recommendation of the Pay Commission. 

        (iii) Review of deployment of Peon in Secretariat: 

        The following are the norms that are adopted on the utilisation of Peons in Secretariat:- 

        (i) One Peon for every two Sections; 

        (ii) Two Peons for each Under Secretary or Deputy Secretary (one for Office and another for residence); 

        (iii) Three Peons for each Joint Secretary (one for Office and two Peons for residence). 

        The  Pay Commissions pointed out that in Central Government one Peon is being utilised for every two Officers.  If this is to be followed in the State Government services, there may be a lot of surplus Peons, who have to be thrown out  of employment.   There is no scope of reduction in respect of Peons working under Under Secretaries / Deputy Secretary to Government also the present norms of Peons will not allow reduction.  It is, therefore, considered not advisable to reduce the present norms of allotment of Peons to Officers.  It has therefore been decided that no action is called for on the recommendation of the Pay Commission.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

                                                                                                      K. Diraviam,
                                                               SECOND SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

The Finance (Pay Commission) Department, Madras -9
The Finance (Public-II) Department, Madras -9 

                       /Forwarded/By order/ 

Section Officer