Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 20, Part II, Section 2, 28 May 2014
The Government of Tamil Nadu published Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 20, Part II, Section 2 on 28 May 2014, containing notifications from the Commercial Taxes and Registration Department, Home Department, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, and Labour and Employment Department. The notifications consolidate stamp duty for specified insurance policies and bank bonds, make a judicial transfer, amend liquor brand listings, propose higher trade union regulation charges, and set plantation worker protection requirements. The plantation notification supersedes an earlier notification, while the liquor notifications amend an earlier notification, but the Gazette contains no provision changing land ownership, land use or property registration requirements.
What the Gazette governs
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 20, Part II, Section 2, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 28 May 2014, is a collection of separate government notifications rather than a land document. Its subjects include consolidated stamp duty, a Family Court appointment, liquor brand listings, trade union regulations, plantation worker protection and labour disputes.
Stamp duty and court appointment
The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department issued three notifications under the Indian Stamp Act:
- Government Order (Regularisation) No. 273, dated 28 April 2014, consolidates duty of Rs. 15,00,000 for policies issued by the Corporate Cell of United India Insurance Company Limited from 1 April 2014 to 31 October 2014.
- Government Order (Regularisation) No. 274, dated 29 April 2014, consolidates duty of Rs. 5,00,000 for policies issued by Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited through its Tamil Nadu branches from 1 April 2014 to 30 September 2014.
- Government Order (Regularisation) No. 291, dated 6 May 2014, consolidates duty of Rs. 19,52,500 for 781 specified bonds issued by Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited.
The Home Department, through Government Order (D) No. 338 dated 9 May 2014, transfers Thiru G. Ilangovan from Fourth Additional District Judge, Coimbatore, and posts him as Judge of the newly sanctioned Family Court at Erode.
Amendments and labour measures
The Home, Prohibition and Excise Department issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 11 and Government Order (Ms.) No. 12, both dated 13 May 2014. They amend the notification dated 1 May 1981 by removing specified premium liquor brand entries.
The Labour and Employment Department issued:
- Government Order (Ms.) No. 36, dated 30 April 2014, publishing draft amendments that would replace Rs. 100 with Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 25 with Rs. 250 in specified clauses of the Tamil Nadu Trade Unions Regulations, 1927. Objections or suggestions could be submitted within three months from publication through the Commissioner of Labour.
- Government Order (Ms.) No. 37, dated 30 April 2014, superseding the notification dated 30 April 1980 and requiring plantation employers to provide specified rain or cold protection materials free to eligible workers. The materials, quantities, replacement periods, dimensions and quality approval requirements vary by district and worker category.
- Government Order (D) No. 140, dated 5 May 2014, referring a dispute involving ICPA Health Products Limited and a trade union to the Tirunelveli Labour Court.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 20 contains no provision changing title, patta, land classification, planning permission, land use or property registration. Plantation owners who employ labour may be affected by the worker protection requirements.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette change land ownership or property registration rules?
No land ownership, patta, land classification, land use or property registration change appears in the supplied Gazette text. Its stamp duty notifications concern specified insurance policies and bank bonds.
Does the plantation notification apply to plantation employers?
Yes. Government Order (Ms.) No. 37, Labour and Employment Department, dated 30 April 2014, requires every employer of labour on plantations to supply specified protection materials free of cost to eligible workers.
Were the proposed trade union charge changes final?
The notification describes them as draft amendments. It states that they would be considered after three months from publication and that objections or suggestions received within that period would be considered.
What earlier plantation notification was replaced?
Government Order (Ms.) No. 37, Labour and Employment Department, dated 30 April 2014, supersedes Labour and Employment Department Notification No. II(2)/LE/3120/80 dated 30 April 1980.
