Section 9 of The Tripura Audit and Accounts Service (First Amendment) Rules 2018 — Amendment of Rule 19 under PART-VI (ELIGIBILITY FOR DIRECT RECRUITMENT) of the Principal Rules :

9.1] The figure ‘37’ appearing in the proviso (ii) of Sub-rule (1) of Rule 19 of the Principal Rules shall be substituted by the figure ‘40’.

9.2] The word ‘yeas’ appearing in the proviso (ii) of Sub-rule (1) of Rule 19 of the Principal Rules, shall be read as ‘years’.

9.3] The proviso to clause (i) of Sub-rule (2) of Rule 19 of the Principal Rules shall be substituted by the following:

“For direct recruitment to Grade-V of the service, a candidate must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Commerce/Economics/Pure Science subjects with fifty percent (50%) marks from a recognized University. Knowledge of recognized official language of the State and computer skills would be desirable”.

9.4] After the proviso (ii) of Sub-rule (2) of Rule 19 of the Principal Rules, a new proviso ‘(iii)’ shall be inserted as follows:

“(iii) For direct recruitment to Grade-VI of the service, a candidate must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/Economics/Pure Science subjects from a recognized University. Knowledge of recognized official language of the State and computer skills would be desirable. Preference would be given to the candidates who have qualified in professional course of Master of Business Administration (Finance)”.