G.O. (Ms) No.114, Amendment to Rule 24-A, 2016

What the document does

The Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department issued G.O. (Ms) No.114 dated 15 November 2016. The government order substitutes Rule 24-A of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1973, excluding its provisos, and revises Schedule III by prescribing forms connected with passports and foreign travel.

Who is affected

G.O. (Ms) No.114 applies to Tamil Nadu government servants who want to:

• Apply for an ordinary passport or renew a passport.
• Obtain an Identity Certificate and No Objection Certificate for a passport application.
• Obtain a No Objection Certificate for a foreign trip.
• Seek an Identity Certificate for a spouse or dependent child up to 18 years of age.

The document concerns government service conduct, passports and foreign travel. It does not establish any housing board, property or land procedure.

Passport and foreign travel requirements

The substituted Rule 24-A provides that a government servant must give prior intimation, or obtain an Identity Certificate and No Objection Certificate from the Government, before applying for the grant or renewal of a passport. A government servant must obtain a No Objection Certificate from the Government before undertaking a trip to a foreign country.

An application for an Identity Certificate or No Objection Certificate must use Form I in Schedule III. A Prior Intimation Letter must use Form II. When applying for a foreign travel No Objection Certificate, the government servant must provide:

• The purpose of the visit.
• The duration of the stay.
• The names of the countries proposed to be visited.

Forms and family members

G.O. (Ms) No.114 inserts a Prior Intimation Letter as Form II. The letter records the government servant's name, date of birth, designation, office, present office address and residential address, and states that the person is applying for an ordinary passport to the Regional Passport Office.

The previous Forms II and III are renumbered as Forms III and IV. The spouse of a government servant and dependent children up to 18 years may choose to obtain an Identity Certificate for quicker passport issue. The government servant must provide the required particulars in Form V.

Form V is an affidavit covering identity, residence, citizenship, specified criminal matters, repatriation, national security and foreign relations. It must be executed on appropriate non-judicial stamp paper of minimum value, attested by a Notary Public, and submitted as one original with one self-attested photocopy.