The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961
The State of Tamil Nadu enacted The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961, as Tamil Nadu Act 17 of 1961, effective from 1 January 1961, to create the Tamil Nadu State Housing Board and govern its housing, land, betterment fee, eviction and financial functions. The supplied compilation lists appen...
The State of Tamil Nadu enacted The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961, as Tamil Nadu Act 17 of 1961, effective from 1 January 1961. It creates the Tamil Nadu State Housing Board and provides for housing and improvement schemes, land acquisition and disposal, betterment fees, Board premises, contracts, finance and enforcement. The supplied compilation lists appended amendments numbered 3 of 1974, 2 of 1988, 5 of 1992 and 30 of 2007, but does not confirm that every amendment is incorporated into the principal text.
What the law governs
The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961 covers the constitution, staffing and business of the Tamil Nadu State Housing Board. It also transfers the assets, liabilities, funds and existing employees of the City Improvement Trust to the Board.
The Board may undertake housing or improvement schemes and incur expenditure on them. The listed types include:
- House accommodation schemes.
- Rebuilding schemes.
- Rehousing or rehabilitation schemes.
- City, town or village expansion schemes.
- Street and deferred street schemes.
- Land development schemes.
- General improvement schemes.
The Act provides for publication of scheme notices, representations by the concerned local authority, sanction, modification, abandonment and execution of schemes.
Land and property powers
The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961 gives the Board powers affecting land, streets and premises. Key provisions cover:
- Transfer of government land to the Board.
- Acquisition of land under the Land Acquisition Act.
- Purchase or lease of land by agreement.
- Disposal of land by the Board.
- Transfer of buildings, land, private streets or squares for scheme purposes.
- Turning or closing certain public streets or squares vested in the Board.
- Removal of unauthorised erections within street alignments.
These provisions may matter to owners or buyers where a property falls within a housing or improvement scheme, proposed acquisition, street alignment or land disposal by the Board.
Betterment fees and Board premises
The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961 provides for assessment, notice and recovery of a betterment fee. It also permits an agreement making the fee a charge on land. The supplied text does not state a fee rate.
The Act authorises eviction of certain persons from Board premises, recovery of rent or damages as arrears of land revenue, and appeals. It also provides for a Tribunal, including appeals from Tribunal awards and execution of its awards and orders by civil courts.
Using this copy
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Common questions
Can the Tamil Nadu State Housing Board acquire or dispose of land?
Yes. The Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961 provides for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, purchase or lease by agreement, and disposal of land by the Board.
Can a betterment fee become a charge on my land?
The Act provides for assessment, notice and recovery of a betterment fee, and for an agreement making that fee a charge on land. The supplied text does not give the applicable rate.
Does the law allow eviction from Tamil Nadu State Housing Board premises?
Yes. The Act provides power to evict certain persons from Board premises, recover rent or damages as arrears of land revenue, and hear appeals.
Does this PRS copy include all later amendments?
The compilation lists amendments numbered 3 of 1974, 2 of 1988, 5 of 1992 and 30 of 2007. PRS warns that principal Acts may or may not include subsequent amendments, so the latest government publication or gazette notification should be checked.
