Extension of the Period of Commission of Inquiry by Three More Months from 22nd April 2017 to Inquire the Construction of New Secretariat Complex at Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai-2, Amendment to Notification
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Public (Buildings) Department, issued G.O. Ms. No. 346, Public (Buildings), dated 18 April 2017, amending its notification dated 22 June 2011 concerning the Commission of Inquiry into construction of the New Secretariat Complex at Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai. The amendment extends the Commission's period by three months from 22 April 2017, substituting the expression “seventy three” for “seventy” in paragraph 3 of the earlier notification.
What the notification changes
G.O. Ms. No. 346, Public (Buildings), dated 18 April 2017, changes paragraph 3 of the Public (Buildings) Department Notification No. II(2)/PUBG/286(c)/2011, dated 22 June 2011, which had already been amended subsequently.
The change is limited to one expression:
- The word “seventy” is replaced with “seventy three”.
- The heading describes the result as an extension of the Commission of Inquiry by three more months from 22 April 2017.
- The inquiry concerns the construction of the New Secretariat Complex at Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai-2.
Legal and administrative basis
The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the amendment using the power under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (Central Act LX of 1952).
The earlier notification was published in Part II, Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 22 June 2011. The amendment was published as Notification No. II(2)/PUBG/251(b)/2017 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 18 April 2017.
The notification names Shiv Das Meena as Principal Secretary to Government.
Who is affected
The extension directly concerns the Commission of Inquiry examining construction of the New Secretariat Complex at Omandurar Government Estate. It also concerns government officials and others participating in, providing information to, or otherwise connected with that inquiry.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
G.O. Ms. No. 346, Public (Buildings), dated 18 April 2017, deals only with the duration of a Commission of Inquiry into a government construction project. It does not state any change to land ownership, title, registration, planning permission, building approval, land use, property tax or private development rights.
A buyer or owner dealing with property unrelated to the New Secretariat Complex is not given any new duty or restriction by the text of this notification. The document should primarily be read as an administrative extension of an existing inquiry rather than as a general land or property regulation.
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Common questions
What period was granted to the Commission of Inquiry?
The Commission's period was extended by three more months from 22 April 2017.
What construction project is being investigated?
The inquiry concerns construction of the New Secretariat Complex at Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai-2.
Does this notification change private property rights or land use rules?
No such change is stated. The notification only amends the period of the Commission of Inquiry.
What exact amendment was made to the earlier notification?
In paragraph 3 of the notification dated 22 June 2011, the expression “seventy” was replaced with “seventy three”.
