Typist (Tamil Nadu)

What you will actually do

• Typing fair copies of orders, letters and statements in Tamil and English
• Typing judgments and depositions in court postings
• Maintaining typed records and dispatch copies
• Data entry and e-office work
• General clerical help in the section

A typical day

You type what the section produces: drafts approved by the superintendent, proceedings, statements and, in courts, long judgments and evidence. Accuracy in Tamil typing matters more than speed, because fair copies go out under an officer's signature. When typing work is light you help with registers and e-office entries. The hours are regular.

Promotion path

Timelines are ranges and vary by cadre. See how promotions and MACP work.

1. Typist (Tamil Nadu) (joining)

   Level 8 (starting pay ₹19,500)

2. Assistant

   After the prescribed service and departmental tests · via departmental exam

3. Superintendent level

   Further service and tests, depending on the department · via dpc

Promotion timelines vary by cadre and vacancies. If not promoted, MACP gives a pay upgrade after 10, 20 and 30 years.

How to get in

Eligibility: Minimum General Educational Qualification (SSLC), a pass in the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting (Higher/Senior Grade in Tamil and English, or Higher in one and Lower/Junior in the other), and the Certificate Course in Computer on Office Automation. Degree holders in computer subjects are exempt from the computer certificate, as noted in the notification. Age 18–32. The limit shown is for candidates not belonging to reserved communities. SC, SC(A), ST, MBC/DC, BC and BCM candidates, destitute widows, ex-servicemen and persons with benchmark disability have higher limits, as tabulated in the notification.

Postings

Department and unit are allotted through counselling by rank: district offices, courts, or the Secretariat and Legislative Assembly Secretariat in Chennai.

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