Places and Dates for Conducting Jallikattu / Erudhu Vidum Vizha Vadamadu / Manchuvirattu
The Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department, through G.O. (D) Nos. 212, 213, 214, 215 and 216 dated 1st April 2022, notified the villages and dates where specified Jallikattu and related events could be conducted. The notifications allow the events only subject to Covid-19 procedures, applicable government norms and restrictions imposed by State or District Disaster Management Authorities.
What the notifications do
The Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department issued G.O. (D) Nos. 212, 213, 214, 215 and 216 on 1st April 2022. Acting under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, as amended by the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, the Governor of Tamil Nadu notified particular places and dates for conducting Jallikattu, Erudhu Vidum Vizha, Vatamatu or Manchu Virattu.
The notifications apply only to the named events at the listed villages and on the specified dates. They do not contain provisions changing land ownership, title, classification or development rights.
Notified places and dates
The permitted events and locations are:
- Jallikattu at Pugayilaipatti, East Dindigul Taluk, on 6 April 2022.
- Erudhu Vidum Vizha or Jallikattu at Pallalakuppam, Pernampattu Taluk, on 13 April 2022.
- Jallikattu at Singarayapuram, Udayar Palayam Taluk, on 23 April 2022.
- Jallikattu, Vatamatu or Manchu Virattu at Kumarapettai, Tirupattur Taluk, on 3 April 2022.
- Jallikattu at Narthamalai, Kulathur Taluk, on 2 April 2022.
- Jallikattu at Irundhirapatti, Elupur Taluk, on 6 April 2022.
- Jallikattu at Maramadakki, Aranthangi Taluk, on 10 April 2022.
Conditions for conducting events
Every listed event was subject to compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures for preventing the spread of Covid-19. Organisers also had to follow the norms specified in G.O. (Ms.) No. 27 of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department dated 10 January 2022, and Government Letter No. 292/AH3/2022-2 of the Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department dated 10 January 2022.
Restrictions announced by State or District Disaster Management Authorities from time to time also applied.
Who may be affected
The notifications directly concern event organisers, participants, local authorities and people attending events in the named villages. Property buyers and owners are affected only if they needed to know that an event had been notified at one of these locations on the listed date. The notifications do not establish a continuing right to hold events there on other dates.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette notification change land ownership or land use in the listed villages?
No. It only notifies specified places and dates for conducting Jallikattu and related events, subject to stated conditions.
Could Jallikattu be held at these villages on any date?
No. Each notification identifies a particular village and date. It does not provide a continuing right to conduct the event on other dates.
What conditions applied to the notified events?
The events had to follow Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures, the cited government norms, and restrictions announced by State or District Disaster Management Authorities.
Which villages were covered by the notifications?
The villages were Pugayilaipatti, Pallalakuppam, Singarayapuram, Kumarapettai, Narthamalai, Irundhirapatti and Maramadakki.
