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The Tamil Nadu authorities has identified definite categories of disabilities arsenic suitable for promotional posts successful the Secretariat departments for providing preservation successful promotions to persons with disabilities. The promotional posts would lone beryllium successful departments referred to arsenic ‘one unit’ successful the Secretariat, and not for finance and law departments.
The categories of disabilities to beryllium accommodated successful the Assistant, Assistant Section Officer, Section Officer, and Under Secretary posts successful the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service are: VI, LV, HI, HH, LD (0A, OL, BA, BL, OAL, BLOA, Others), CP, LC, DF, AC, Mud, ASD(M), SLD, MI (Mod), and MD.
Categories of disabilities specified arsenic VI, LV, HH (with assistive device), LD (OA, OL, BA, BL, OAL, BLOA, Others), AC, LC (with nary deformity successful limb), DF, and MD would beryllium accommodated successful the posts of Personal Clerk, Senior Personal Clerk, Personal Assistant, Private Secretary, and Senior Private Secretary successful the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service.
As for Record Clerk and Record Assistant posts, categories of disabilities to beryllium accommodated are: LV, HH, LD (0A, OL, Others), DF, AC, LC, SLD, ASD (M), MI (Mod) and MD. In the Typist and Senior Typist posts, VI, LV, HI, HH, LD (OL, BL, Others), LC, DF, AC, MI (Mod), ASD (M), SLD (must person comprehension, spelling, and calculation skills), and MD categories are to beryllium accommodated.
As per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the authorities is to place posts successful establishments which tin beryllium held by the respective class of persons with benchmark disabilities successful respect of the vacancies reserved successful accordance with the provisions of Section 34 of the Act.
In June 2023, the State government reconstituted the Expert Committee for recognition of suitable posts for persons with disabilities successful respect of Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘D’ categories for the implementation of 4% preservation to persons with disabilities successful employment.
In June 2025, the Tamil Nadu authorities issued orders to supply 4% preservation successful promotion to persons with benchmark disabilities. In October that year, the Expert Committee met for recognition of suitable posts for persons with disabilities successful promotion successful the Secretariat work arsenic good arsenic successful nonstop recruitment.
The Expert Committee recommended identifying definite categories of disabilities for the promotional posts of Assistant, Assistant Section Officer, Section Officer, Under Secretary, Personal Clerk, Senior Personal Clerk, Personal Assistant, Private Secretary, Senior Private Secretary, Record Clerk, and Record Assistant successful the Secretariat.
