Commissioner, etc., to be servants of Government

(1) The Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, Joint Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and other officers and servants including executive officers of religious institutions employed for the purposes of this Act shall be servants of the Government and their salaries, allowances, pensions and other remuneration shall be paid in the first instance out of the Consolidated Fund of the State. The cost of auditing the accounts of religious institutions shall also be paid in the first instance out of the Consolidated Fund of the State. (2)(a) The Commissioner shall, out of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Fund, repay to the Government sums paid by the Government under sub-section (1). (b) Omitted by Sec. 2 of Tamil Nadu HR & CE Act, 2006 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 2006). (c) (i) For the purpose of pension or other remuneration payable to any executive officer serving immediately before the date of the commencement of this Act and retiring on or after that date, the Government may take into account the service of such officer before that date, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; (ii) The Commissioner may recover from the religious institution concerned also the portion of the pension or other remuneration attributable to the service of such executive officer as is mentioned in sub-clause (i) before the date of the commencement of this Act.