செயல்படாத சங்கங்களை சங்கப்பதிவேட்டில் இருந்து நீக்குதல் பற்றிய அறிவிக்கை

What the notification does

Notification N.K. No. 6913/E/2018, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Department Heads' Notifications supplement on April 24, 2019, concerns associations treated as inactive under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It gives the listed associations an opportunity to explain why they should not be dissolved and removed from the register.

The notification states that reports relating to these associations had not been filed up to that date. Because reports had not been filed for more than three consecutive years, the associations were considered inactive.

Who is affected

The Gazette table identifies 63 associations by serial number, registration number and year, name, and address. Most addresses are in Namakkal district, including Namakkal, Rasipuram, Tiruchengode, Paramathi Velur, Kumarapalayam, Pallipalayam, Kolli Hills and nearby areas.

The listed bodies include:

• Residents' and public welfare associations.
• Farmers' and irrigation associations.
• Village forest associations.
• Vehicle owners', drivers' and traders' associations.
• Youth, women's, workers' and recreational associations.
• Professional and business groups, including the Tiruchengode Bar Association.

Members, office bearers, creditors, contracting parties and anyone relying on the registration of a listed association may need to check its current status.

Key provisions

• The proposed action is based on failure to file association reports for more than three consecutive years.
• Each listed association may provide a suitable explanation showing why it should not be dissolved.
• The explanation must be received within three months from the date on which the notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
• If no satisfactory explanation is received within that period, the association's name will be removed from the register of associations.
• The notification is a proposed removal notice. It does not state that every listed association had already been removed on April 24, 2019.

Relevance to property matters

Notification N.K. No. 6913/E/2018 does not change land classification, ownership, planning permission or registration charges. It may still matter where a listed association owns, manages, occupies, sells or contracts in relation to property, because the notification questions whether that association remains active on the register.