G.O. (Ms.) No. 30, Appointment of the Tamil Nadu Sanitation Workers Welfare Board and Its Office Bearers, 2021

What the government order does

The Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, through G.O. (Ms.) No. 30 dated 25 February 2021, establishes the composition and responsibilities of the Tamil Nadu Sanitation Workers Welfare Board with a newly appointed vice-chairperson and new non-official members. The order was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette under Notification No. II(1)/ADTW/7/2021 on 14 April 2021 and concerns welfare administration, not land or property rights.

Board composition and tenure

The Tamil Nadu Sanitation Workers Welfare Board is intended to monitor government programmes supporting the educational, social and economic advancement of sanitation workers.

Key appointments and administrative provisions include:

• The Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare serves as chairperson.
• K. Govindaraj, retired Indian Administrative Service officer, is appointed vice-chairperson.
• The board includes officials from relevant government departments and agencies, together with the listed non-official members.
• The board functions as a first-level committee.
• The vice-chairperson and non-official members hold office for three years.
• The Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation continues as member-secretary.
• The Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation may provide the vice-chairperson with minimum office facilities, a car and honorarium.
• The vice-chairperson and non-official members may receive travel and daily allowances under the rules in force from time to time.

Duties of the vice-chairperson

G.O. (Ms.) No. 30 assigns the vice-chairperson several monitoring and advisory functions:

• Visit districts and monitor government schemes for the social, educational and economic development of sanitation workers.
• Advise on new membership and help members' legal heirs progress in education and employment.
• Assist members in obtaining government welfare benefits.
• Review whether funds allocated for sanitation workers are fully used for their welfare and development.
• Conduct review meetings with district-level officers and submit reports to the government and the Minister.
• Visit sanitation worker residential areas and report on required basic facilities and development schemes.

Relevance to property owners and buyers

G.O. (Ms.) No. 30 contains no provision changing land classification, ownership, title, registration, planning controls or building permissions. A property buyer, seller or owner is not given any new property obligation or entitlement by this welfare board appointment.