Method of appointment

(1) Every appointment to any post included in Classes-I and II shall be made from the list of candidates selected by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the Commission"): Provided that no such list shall be prepared by the Commission in regard to the appointment with respect to- (a) any acting or temporary post for a period not exceeding one year; or (b) such posts as may from time to time be specified by the Government in consultation with the Commission; or (c) a post when at the time of such appointment the person to be appointed thereto is in the service of the Central Government or State Government; or (d) a permanent or temporary post, if the person to be appointed is not likely to hold that post for more than one year; or if such person is likely to hold the post for more than one year but not more than three years and the Commission advises that the appointment need not be made from the list prepared by the Commission: Provided further that the appointment to the posts included in Classes-I and II shall also be made by promotion in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. (2) All selection to the posts specified in Classes-III and IV shall be made by the Selection Committee in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed: Provided that the appointment to the posts included in Classes-III and IV shall also be made by promotion in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.