Notification of Entrustment of the Work of Transportation of EVMs from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu to the Container Corporation of India Limited under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998
The Government of Tamil Nadu Finance Department (Salaries), through G.O. No. 12, Finance (Salaries), dated 7th January 2011, notified the entrustment of transporting Electronic Voting Machines by rail from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu to the Container Corporation of India Limited. The notification concerns transportation of voting machines and contains no provisions governing land, property ownership, development or registration.
What the notification does
The Government of Tamil Nadu Finance Department (Salaries) issued G.O. No. 12, Finance (Salaries), dated 7th January 2011. It was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 7th January 2011 as notification No. II(2)/FIN/8(f)/2011.
The notification records that the Governor of Tamil Nadu has entrusted a specific transportation assignment to the Container Corporation of India Limited, also identified as CONCOR. The assignment is to transport Electronic Voting Machines from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu by rail.
Legal basis and scope
The Finance Department notification was made under clause (f) of Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998, identified in the Gazette as Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 1998.
Its key provisions are:
- The goods to be transported are Electronic Voting Machines.
- The journey is from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu.
- The required mode of transport is rail.
- The work is entrusted to the Container Corporation of India Limited.
- The entrustment is notified under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998.
The source contains no additional terms about the route, quantity of machines, transport schedule, payment or completion of the work.
Who is affected
The Finance Department notification directly concerns the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Container Corporation of India Limited in relation to the identified transportation work. It may also be relevant to officials dealing with the movement of Electronic Voting Machines or the application of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 to that assignment.
Relevance to land and property
The Finance Department notification does not govern land classification, title, ownership, planning permission, building approval, acquisition, transfer, registration or land use. A property buyer, owner or land professional would not need to rely on it for a property transaction based on the contents of the notification.
The Gazette page is therefore a government procurement and transportation notification, rather than a land or property measure.
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Common questions
Does this notification change any land use or property rule in Tamil Nadu?
No. The notification only entrusts the rail transportation of Electronic Voting Machines from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu to the Container Corporation of India Limited.
Which organisation was given the transportation work?
The work was entrusted to the Container Corporation of India Limited, identified in the notification as CONCOR.
What was to be transported, and by what method?
Electronic Voting Machines were to be transported from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu by rail.
Under which law was the entrustment notified?
It was notified under clause (f) of Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998.
