Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 10, Part II, Section 2 (10 II 2 v6)

What the Gazette contains

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No. 10, Part II, Section 2 was published by authority of the Government of Tamil Nadu on 9 March 2022. It contains notifications from Secretariat departments concerning forests, local planning, labour disputes and appointments to the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University. The provisions most relevant to landowners and buyers concern forest status and the proposed expansion of the Vadalur Local Planning Area.

Velayuthampalayam I Forest Block

G.O. Ms. No. 59 of the Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department, dated 31 August 2021, gives notice of a proposal to constitute Velayuthampalayam I Forest Block as reserved forest under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882.

Key details are:

• The land is in Velayuthampalayam Village, Vedasanthur Taluk, Dindigul District.
• It covers Survey Field Number 465B/1 and measures 110.02.0 hectares.
• The Special Tahsildar (Forest Settlement), Dindigul, is appointed as Forest Settlement Officer for the area.
• The District Forest Officer, Dindigul, is appointed to represent the Government at the enquiry.
• The Personal Assistant (General) to the Collector of Dindigul District is appointed to hear appeals from specified forest settlement orders.
• Survey Number 466, measuring 0.74.50 hectares of patta land, is noted as being on top of the hill.

Cherumulli Forest Block

G.O. Ms. No. 60 of the Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department, dated 31 August 2021, declares Cherumulli Forest Block 1 as reserved forest.

• The block is in Cherumulli Village, Gudalur Taluk, The Nilgiris District.
• It comprises Survey Number 1/2.
• Its extent is 334.80.0 hectares, or 827.30 acres.
• The land had vested in the Government under the Gudalur Janmam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1969 and had already been determined as forest by the Settlement Officer.

Proposed Vadalur Local Planning Area expansion

G.O. Ms. No. 147 of the Housing and Urban Development Department, dated 17 December 2021, records the Governor's intention to include additional areas in the Vadalur Local Planning Area. The listed areas cover revenue villages and town panchayat areas in Kurinjipadi Taluk and Virudhachalam Taluk.

Residents, local authorities and institutions in the listed areas were permitted to submit written objections or suggestions within two months from publication in the Gazette. Submissions were to be addressed to the Principal Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Fort Saint George, Chennai 600 009.