Government Orders of Interest to Citizens

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

ABSTRACT

Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare-Education-Post-Matric scholarships and Free Education

schemes-Plus.2 courses, Public Examinations-Dispensing with system of payment of cash to
students and reimbursement of Examination fees to the Director of Government
examinations-Orders-Issued.

ADI DRAVIDAR & TRIBAL WELFARE (ADW.III) DEPARTMENT

G.O.(Ms.) No.14,
DATED 18. 2. 2002 .

1) G.O.(Ms.)No.722, Social Welfare Dept, DT.13.10.1977.

2) G.O)Ms.)No.42, AD & TW, DT. 22.3.95.
3) G.O.(Ms.No.69, AD&TW, Dt.25.8.2000.

Read also:

4) Commissioner of Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Lr.No.I.-3/ 39439/ 2001, Dt.18.9.2001
5) Director of Government.Examinations.Lr.No.040182/H1/99, Dt.3.12.2001.

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ORDER;

The Government in the G.O.first read above have issue orders for provision of
free education to the students belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled
Tribe/Scheduled Caste converts students pursuing degree courses such as
B.A.,B.Sc., B.Com., and Plus.2 and S.S.L.C. also by exempting them from
payment of tuition fees, special fees, examination fees and other compulsory
fees payable by them irrespective of their parental annual income limit from
the academic year 1997-98 onwards.

2) At present the Schedeuled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Scheduled Caste Convert students,

appearing for the Plus.2 Public examinations, the Examination fee prescribed by the Director
of Government Examinations, is actually collected from the students, by the Head Masters of
the schools and remitted to the Government, Education Derpartment directly. The Scheduled
Caste/Scheduled Tribe students with parental annual income not exceeding Rs.60,965/- in
case of Scheduled Caste convertstudents with parental annual income not exceeding
Rs.50,000/-, however get reimbursement of the examination fees in full from the District Adi
Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officers under the Post-Matric Scholarship scheme, by submitting
individual scholarship forms.
3) The Commissioner of Adi Dravidar Welfare has now proposed that instead of initially
collecting the examination fees from the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/ Scheduled Caste
convert students appearing for the Plus.2 Public Examinations and subsequently sanctioning
the same, to the students by the District Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officers through the
Headmasters of the schools, under the Postmatric scholarship scheme, the Headmasters of
the Higher Secondary schools may be permitted to exempt the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled
Tribe students, with parental income not exceeding Rs.60,965/- p.a. and in case of Scheduled
Caste converts students with parental income not exceeding Rs.50,000/- p.a. they will be
toally exempted since they arealready covered under the Free Education scheme upto
Degree courses. The amounts thus foregone by the Director of Government Examinations will
be directly reimbursed to the Director of Government Examinations, by the Adi Dravidar and
Tribal Welfare Department by way of book adjustments.

4) After careful examination of the above proposal, the Government accept the proposal and
direct that all the students belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Scheduled
Caste converts under free Education scheme be exempted from the payment of examination
fees for the Plus.2 Public Examination with effect from the academic year 2001-2002. The
examination fees on their behalf shall be reimbursed to the Director of Government
Examinations by the Commissioner ofAdi Dravidar Welfare Department.

5) The Director of Government Examinations shall prefer the claims to the Commissioner of
Adi Dravidar Welfare with reference to the Examination fees exemption Card (in the
prescribed form) as detailed in the annexure to this order obtained from the Heads of
Institutions. The claim should contain details about the number of students exempted from the
payment of examination fees in each district. The claim for reimbursement of Examination
fees shall be prepared in triplicate (in the prescribed proforma) by the heads of institutions
and send the duplicate to the sanctioning authority by retaining one copy. The claim should
be preferred in January and the reimbursement by the adjustment completed before the end
of the financial year. The Director of Government Examinations may issue necessary
guidelines for the successful implementation of this scheme and send a copy of the same to
the Government for information.

6) The exemption cards and Forms for reimbursement shall be got printed and supplied by
the Director of Government Examinations and the expenditure debited to Commissioner of
Adi Dravidar Welfare.

7) The Commissioner of Adi Dravidar Welfare also requested to debit the required
expenditure under the respective revenue service heads and make necessary book of
adjustment bill in the following Revenue Receipt head of account.

“0202-Education, Sports, Art and Culture- 01- General Education 102- Secondary Education
–AA. Examination conducted by the Director of Government Examinations 02. Director of
Government Examinations- Examination fees.

(D.P.Code 0202 – 01 102- AA 0205)

8) This order issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide its
U.O.20/SS(KA)/2002, Dated 13.2.2002.

(By order of the Governor)

P.SIVAKAMI,
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.
To

Director of Adi Dravidar Welfare, Chennai.5.

Director of Tribal Welfare, Chennai.5
The Director of Government.Examinations, Chennai.6
The Director of School Education, Chennai.6
The Director of Municipalities, Chennai.5.The Commissioner of Corporation of
Chennai/Madurai/Coimbatore/
Tirunelveli/Trichirapalli/Salem.
All District Collectors.
All District Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Officers
The Accountant General, Chennai,.18/Chennai.35/Chennai.6.
The Pay and Accounts Officer, Chennai.5./All District Treasury Officers

Copy to:

Personal Assistant to Minister (ADW) Chenna.9.

P.A. to Secretary to Government, AD&TW Department, Chennai.9.
Finance Department/School Education Departments, Chennai.9.

ANNEXURE

PLUS.2 PUBLIC EXAMINATION FOR THE YEAR;

Examination Fees Exemption Card

S.No. Educational District School Number Name of School

1. Name of candidagte

2. Sex

3. Father’s name

4. Date of Birth

5. Name of Caste

6. Whether belongs to SC/ST/SCC.

7. Year and session of the

examination for which the
candidate is requesting
for fee exemption.

Station :
Date:

Signature of the Candidate

CERTIFICATE OF THE HEADMASTER

Certified that the candidate belongs to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/ Scheduled Caste
Converts Communities as per the Community Certificate furnished by him/ her at the time of
admission.

Station:
Date:

Signature of the Headmaster

School Stamp.