PROBATION DECLARATION

Tamil Nadu Medical Service-Training to be undergone by the Assistant Surgeon the period of probation - Exemption - Orders -Issued.


HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (B2) DEPARTMENT

G.O.(2D) No.2 Dated: 3. 1.2003

Read.

1. From the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, letter N0.37847/E5/A2/2001 dated 1.2.2004.

2. From the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, letter No:37847/E5/A2/2001 dated 27-5-2004

3. From the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, letter
No:37847/E5/A2/2001 dated 9-8-2005

ORDER:

As per Special Rule 21 (b) of Tamil Nadu Medical Service every Assistiat •Surgeon appointed under this rule shall within the period cf probation undergo a course of training in administration, which shall be for a period of not less than three, months prescribed by Government failing .which he shall be discharged from service.

2. Subsequently, based on the discussion of the then Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine with the then Secretary to Govsrhment on 3.1. 1396 and 29.1.1996 it was dedided to restrict the training period to two months uncrate was months and accordingly it was proposad to impart rainino fora period of two months as follows:-

(a) Induction training for one month
(b) Management training for one week.
(c) Foundation 'B1 training for three weeks.

3. The Assistant Surgeons selected since 1995 even after completion of ten yesrs of Service have not been declared to have satisfactorily completed their period or probation for the only reason that they have not been imparted the required training in administration for two months


since Anna Institute of Management is not able to provide training to all the Assistant Surgeons within their period of probation.

4. In this connection, the Director of Public Health and Preventive] Medicine has stated that from the year 1995, the following number of Assistant Surgeons have been appointed through Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission

Sl.No.
Year
No. of persons selected


1.
1995
561

2.
1996
300

3.
1997
757

4.
1998
250

5.
1999
778

6.
2000-2001
350

7.
2002
555

8.
2003
504


Total
4055


5. As on date almost all the Assistant Surgeons selected through Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission have already completed two years of service. Further Anna Institute of Management which is imparting training in Foundational Course not able to give training to the large number of Assistant Surgeons within a short span, since there are only about 10-15 seats for a batch and the number of batches are very less in a year. Imparting training to more than 4000 Assistant Surgeons would work out to nearly 250 batches, which would take about 30 years for providing trainning to the present incumbents. With the imminent recruitment of about 1800 Assistant Surgeons already notified by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commision it Will be in cresingly difficult in be coming years to train Assistant Surgeons. Hence It j is virtually impossible to impart training to all the Assistant Surgeons within the; period of probation. With the result for no fault in the Assistant Surgeons are! be deprived of their second and subsequent increments due to n< declaration of completion of their probation.

6. Further it is also felt that the requirement to pass the Account Test for Executive Officers and Medical Code by the Assistant Surgeons during their probation period which relates to administration itself wouid take care of acquisition of administrative skills as it is considered that the training In administration envisaged in the Special Rules would only be superfluous and redundant in as much as all the Assistant Surgeons recruited since 1995 to till date have already served for about ten years they would have already acquired necessary experience in administrative skills. Hence it is felt that the training may be scrapped which Would also avoid unnecessary expenditure to the Government.

7. The Government have examined the issue in detail and decided to exempt the Assistant Surgeons appointed from the year 1995 - 2005 (totally 4055) to under go the training with the period of probation as prescribed in rule 21 (b) of the special rules for Tamil Nadu Medical service.

8. Accordingly the Government direct the Assistant Surgeons both general and speciality appointed from the year 1996-2005 (totally 405) be exempted from undergoing the training within the period of probation as prescribed in rule 21 (b)of the special rules for Tamil Nadu Medical Service.

9. The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine / Director of Medical and Rural Health Services/ Director of Medical education is directed to take necessary action to declare the period of probation of the Assistant Surgeons if they are otherwise eligible for declaration of probation.

( BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR )

SHEELA RANI CHUNKATH
SECRETARY TO Government