Appointment of Commission of Inquiry Following the Jallikattu Agitation, Amendment to Notification
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Public Department (Law and Order-F), issued G.O. Ms. No. 384 on 30th May 2018 to amend the notification concerning the Commission of Inquiry into law and order disturbances following the agitation for holding Jallikattu. The amendment replaces the expression “sixteen months” with “nineteen months” in paragraph 4 of the earlier notification.
What the notification changes
G.O. Ms. No. 384, Public (Law and Order-F), dated 30th May 2018, makes one change to Public Department Notification No. II(2)/PULO/76(f)/2017. In paragraph 4 of that earlier notification, the period stated as “sixteen months” is replaced with “nineteen months”. No other textual change is set out in this Gazette notification.
Subject of the inquiry
The Public Department (Law and Order-F) amendment concerns the Commission of Inquiry appointed to examine the causes and circumstances leading to law and order disturbances on 23rd January 2017. The disturbances took place at Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and other parts of Tamil Nadu following the agitation for holding Jallikattu.
The amendment was made by the Governor of Tamil Nadu using powers under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952.
Earlier notification
Public Department Notification No. II(2)/PULO/76(f)/2017 was published on pages 1 and 2 of Part II, Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 31st January 2017. G.O. Ms. No. 384 records that the earlier notification had subsequently been amended before this further change was made.
Who may be affected
G.O. Ms. No. 384 directly concerns the Commission of Inquiry and the period stated in paragraph 4 of its governing notification. It may also be relevant to people following the inquiry into the disturbances connected with the Jallikattu agitation.
The Gazette text does not impose duties, charges or procedures on property buyers, landowners, developers or registration professionals.
Property and land relevance
G.O. Ms. No. 384 does not contain provisions about land ownership, patta, registration, planning permission, building approval, land use or property transactions. A Tamil Nadu property buyer or owner would not need to take a property-related step based on the text of this notification. Its stated purpose is limited to changing “sixteen months” to “nineteen months” in the Commission of Inquiry notification.
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Common questions
What is the main change made by G.O. Ms. No. 384?
It replaces “sixteen months” with “nineteen months” in paragraph 4 of Public Department Notification No. II(2)/PULO/76(f)/2017.
What was the Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate?
It was appointed to inquire into the causes and circumstances of law and order disturbances on 23rd January 2017 at Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and other parts of Tamil Nadu following the agitation for holding Jallikattu.
Does this notification change any land or property rules?
No land or property rule is stated in the notification. It only changes the period written in paragraph 4 of the earlier Commission of Inquiry notification.
When was the earlier Commission of Inquiry notification published?
Public Department Notification No. II(2)/PULO/76(f)/2017 was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 31st January 2017.
