G.O. (Ms.) No. 57
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Development and Religious Endowments (Culture) Department, issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 57 on 21 May 2003 to publish a proposed declaration of prohibited and regulated areas around monuments protected by the State Government. It proposes controls on mining and construction within 100 metres of a protected limit and within a further 200 metres beyond that area, and invites objections or suggestions before the proposal is considered.
What the document does
G.O. (Ms.) No. 57 proposes standard protected zones around ancient monuments declared protected by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Tamil Nadu Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1965. The proposal was made under the Tamil Nadu Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1971.
The Commissioner of Archaeology reported that the State law had not determined areas around protected monuments in the same way as the Archaeological Survey of India. The Government therefore decided to propose distance based controls similar to those applied by the Government of India under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959.
Proposed restrictions
For mining operations and construction, the notification proposes:
- The area extending up to 100 metres from the protected limit of a monument would be a prohibited area.
- The area extending a further 200 metres beyond that would be a regulated area.
- The State declaration would be additional to, and would not prejudice, similar declarations already made for monuments specified in the annexure referred to in the document.
The supplied text does not reproduce a readable annexure identifying individual monuments.
Who may be affected
G.O. (Ms.) No. 57 may affect owners, buyers, developers, builders and mining operators dealing with land near a monument protected by the Government of Tamil Nadu. A person considering construction or mining near such a monument would need to establish the property's distance from the monument's protected limit and whether it falls within the proposed prohibited or regulated area.
The document addresses mining operations and construction. It does not describe other types of land use or provide approval procedures in the supplied text.
Objections and suggestions
G.O. (Ms.) No. 57 gives public notice that the proposal will be considered after a period calculated from publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Any objection or suggestion must be sent before that period expires to the Secretary to Government, Tamil Development and Religious Endowments (Culture) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009. The length of the response period is not legible in the supplied text.
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Common questions
Can I construct within 100 metres of a State protected monument?
G.O. (Ms.) No. 57 proposes that the area up to 100 metres from the protected limit be declared prohibited for construction and mining operations.
What applies beyond the first 100 metres?
The notification proposes a regulated area extending a further 200 metres beyond the prohibited area for mining operations and construction.
Does the notification identify every monument covered?
The document refers to monuments specified in an annexure, but the supplied text does not contain a readable list of those monuments.
Could the public object to the proposal?
Yes. Objections and suggestions could be submitted to the Secretary to Government, Tamil Development and Religious Endowments (Culture) Department, before the period stated in the Gazette notice expired.
