Tamil Nadu extends deadline for government staff to declare assets
The state government has pushed the submission deadline for asset, debt, and liability statements to December 31.
The Tamil Nadu government has extended the deadline for employees to submit statements of assets, debts, and liabilities by two months to December 31, according to The New Indian Express.
A senior state government official said that by October 27, only 80,757 employees, or 9.31 per cent of the total 8.67 lakh staff, had submitted their statements.
Human Resources Management Secretary C Samayamoorthy issued an order on October 30 regarding the extension. A previous circular dated August 5 had directed employees to declare assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025, by October 31.
The official noted that Group A recorded the highest filing rate at 14.22 per cent, followed by Group C at 13.28 per cent and Group B at 9.32 per cent. Group D had the lowest compliance rate at 1.11 per cent, with 2,123 out of 1,90,989 employees filing.
In terms of volume, Group C had the most pending statements at 3,18,247, followed by Group B with 2,59,991, Group D with 1,88,866, and Group A with 19,176.
TN Secretariat Association president G Venkatesan expressed confidence that employees could submit the statements within the two-month extension. Meanwhile, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a 3 per cent increase in DA for government staff and pensioners from July 1.