G.O. (D) No. 12, Places and Dates for Conducting Jallikattu, 2020
The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O. (D) No. 12 on 8 January 2020, notifying places where Jallikattu could be conducted from 17 to 31 January 2020. Acting under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, as amended in Tamil Nadu in 2017, the Governor of Tamil Nadu identified four villages and their taluks. The notification does not change land ownership, property rights or land use.
Purpose and legal basis
The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department published G.O. (D) No. 12, dated 8 January 2020, in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary. The Governor of Tamil Nadu notified that Jallikattu could be conducted at the listed places from 17 to 31 January 2020.
The notification was issued under clause (dd) of Section 2 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (Central Act 59 of 1960), as amended by the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 1 of 2017).
Notified villages and taluks
G.O. (D) No. 12 identifies the following places:
- Alanganatham village, Senthamangalam taluk.
- Siravayal village, Thiruppathur taluk.
- Kandipatti village, Kaalayarkoil taluk.
- Devapatti village, Karaikudi taluk.
The Gazette states that Jallikattu may be conducted in these places during the notified period. It does not provide separate event dates for each village.
Who may be affected
G.O. (D) No. 12 is relevant to people organising, participating in or otherwise concerned with Jallikattu in the four listed villages. It also provides a public record that these locations were notified for Jallikattu during the stated period in January 2020.
The notification does not identify particular survey numbers, plots, venues, landowners or event organisers. It also does not state any application process, fee or detailed conditions for conducting an event.
Relevance to property and land
G.O. (D) No. 12 is not a land acquisition, land classification, planning or change of land use notification. It does not transfer ownership, create property rights or identify any specific parcel of land.
A property buyer or owner in one of the listed villages can treat the Gazette entry as a record of permission for Jallikattu to be conducted in that village during the specified 2020 period. The document itself does not say that any individual property was selected or required for an event.
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Common questions
Does this notification affect ownership of land in the listed villages?
No land ownership change is stated. The notification only identifies villages and taluks where Jallikattu could be conducted from 17 to 31 January 2020.
Which villages were notified for Jallikattu?
The listed villages are Alanganatham in Senthamangalam taluk, Siravayal in Thiruppathur taluk, Kandipatti in Kaalayarkoil taluk, and Devapatti in Karaikudi taluk.
Did the notification approve Jallikattu throughout 2020?
No. It states that Jallikattu may be conducted only from 17 to 31 January 2020 in the listed places.
Does the Gazette identify a particular property or venue for each event?
No. It names villages and taluks but does not provide survey numbers, plots, landowners or specific venues.
