Appointment of Vacation Civil Judges for Summer Vacation of Civil Courts for the Year 2009
The Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Courts.III) Department issued G.O. (4D) No. 31 on 28 April 2009, appointing Vacation Civil Judges for District Courts during the 2009 summer vacation. The appointments were made by the Governor of Tamil Nadu in consultation with the High Court, Madras, and do not change land ownership, registration, planning or land use rules.
What the notification does
G.O. (4D) No. 31, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Courts.III) Department on 28 April 2009, appoints specified Judicial Officers as Vacation Civil Judges for the summer vacation of Civil Courts in 2009. The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the appointments in consultation with the High Court, Madras, using the authority given by Section 30(2) of the Tamil Nadu Civil Courts Act, 1873.
The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary as Notification No. II(2)/HO/178(c)/2009.
Districts and appointed Judicial Officers
The Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Courts.III) Department assigned one Vacation Civil Judge for each listed district. Key appointments include:
- Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Coimbatore, for Coimbatore.
- Principal District and Sessions Judge, Cuddalore, for Cuddalore.
- Sub Judges for Dharmapuri, Kancheepuram, Karur, The Nilgiris, Pudukottai, Sivagangai and Tiruvarur.
- Principal Sub Judges for Erode and Krishnagiri.
- Additional Sub Judges for Kanniyakumari, Nagapattinam, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram.
- Sub Judge, Gudiyatham, for Vellore.
- Additional District and Sessions Judges serving in Fast Track Courts for Dindigul, Madurai, Namakkal, Perambalur, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvallur and Virudhunagar.
- Additional District and Sessions Judge and Presiding Officer, Special Court under the Essential Commodities Act, Thanjavur, for Thanjavur.
The complete notification covers 29 districts.
Who may be affected
G.O. (4D) No. 31 concerns court administration during the 2009 summer vacation. It may have been relevant to people, lawyers and Judicial Officers involved in civil court matters in the listed districts during that vacation period.
Property buyers and owners are not given any new land rights or obligations by the notification. It does not alter title, boundaries, registration requirements, planning controls, land classification or land use. Its relevance to a property dispute is limited to identifying the Judicial Officer appointed to act as Vacation Civil Judge in the relevant district during the 2009 summer vacation.
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Common questions
Does this notification change ownership or registration rules for property?
No. G.O. (4D) No. 31 only appoints Vacation Civil Judges for the 2009 summer vacation and contains no change to property ownership or registration rules.
Could this notification have affected a property court case?
It could have been relevant if a civil case was dealt with during the 2009 summer vacation in one of the 29 listed districts. The notification identifies the Judicial Officer appointed as Vacation Civil Judge for each district.
Who made the Vacation Civil Judge appointments?
The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the appointments in consultation with the High Court, Madras. The Government of Tamil Nadu Home (Courts.III) Department issued G.O. (4D) No. 31 on 28 April 2009.
Do these appointments apply to later court vacations?
The notification expressly appoints Vacation Civil Judges for the summer vacation of Civil Courts in 2009. It does not state that the appointments apply to later years.
