(a) Age.- No person shall be eligible for appointment to the post by direct recruitment if he has completed or will complete 30 years of age on the first day of July of the year in which the selection for appointment is made.
(b) Other qualification.-
(i) By direct recruitment.- Minimum general educational qualification, namely, S.S.L.C. issued under the authority of Government of Tamil Nadu or any other equivalent examination as may be considered by the Government to be equivalent thereto ;
(ii) Recruitment by transfer.- (i) Must have passed S.S.L.C. issued under the authority of Government of Tamil Nadu or any other equivalent examinations as may be considered by the Government to be equivalent thereto ;
(ii) Must have completed five years of continuous service in the cadre of full-time Water Supply Attender or Office Assistant or Watchman of Panchayat Union Service or Panchayat Service; and
(iii) Should have been in the first instance recruitment through employment exchange.
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