A Candidate must be:–



   1. Citizenship that he is -

         i. a Citizen of India; or

         ii. a subject of Nepal or Bhutan; or

         iii. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or

         iv. A person of Indian Origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tankanika and Zanzibar) Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia with the intention of permanently settling in India.

         v. A Candidate belonging to categories (iii) or (iv) or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan should also obtain a certificate of eligibility given by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

         vi. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary will be admitted to an examination or interview and he will provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

   2. Character and antecedents are such as to qualify him for the appointment;

   3. Candidates In Union/State Government Service that on the date of notification/advertisement for the purpose of directs recruitment he was not in the service of the Indian Union or of a State in India.