Reservation of Seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Women in Municipalities under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 61, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election), dated 20 May 2019, to reserve specified municipal ward seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920. It supersedes Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department Notification No. II(2)/MAWS/640(c-4)/2016, published on 16 September 2016, and concerns municipal elections rather than land ownership or property rights.
What the notification governs
Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 61, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election), dated 20 May 2019, was issued by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. It identifies the wards reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women in specified municipalities.
The notification was made under subsections (5), (6) and (7) of Section 7 of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, read with rule 4 of the Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats, Third Grade Municipalities, Municipalities and Corporations (Delimitation of Wards or Divisions and Reservation) Rules, 1996.
What changed
Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 61 replaces Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department Notification No. II(2)/MAWS/640(c-4)/2016, which was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 16 September 2016.
The replacement schedule specifies, municipality by municipality:
- The total number of wards.
- Wards reserved for Scheduled Castes under the columns marked SC (G) and SC (W).
- Wards reserved for Scheduled Tribes under the columns marked ST (G) and ST (W).
- Wards reserved for women under the column marked Women (G).
Municipalities covered
The schedule to Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 61 lists municipalities across the Chengalpattu, Madurai, Salem and Thanjavur regions. The districts shown include Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Karur, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur.
Examples include Anakaputhur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tambaram, Avadi, Cuddalore, Melur, Kodaikanal, Karaikudi, Ramanathapuram, Mettur, Namakkal, Karur and Kumbakonam. The schedule gives the exact ward numbers for each reservation category.
Who is affected
Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 61 directly affects municipal election candidates, voters and election administrators in the listed municipalities because eligibility to contest a particular ward depends on its reservation category.
For property buyers and owners, the supplied notification does not change land classification, ownership, registration, development rights or municipal property boundaries. Its subject is the reservation of municipal ward seats for elections.
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Common questions
Does this notification change my property ownership or land use?
No property ownership or land use change is set out in the supplied notification. It deals with reservation of municipal ward seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women.
How can I check whether a particular municipal ward is reserved?
Find the municipality in the schedule and check the ward number against the columns for SC (G), SC (W), ST (G), ST (W) and Women (G).
Did the 2019 notification replace an earlier reservation list?
Yes. Government Order G.O. Ms. No. 61 supersedes Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department Notification No. II(2)/MAWS/640(c-4)/2016, published on 16 September 2016.
Does every listed municipality have a ward reserved for Scheduled Tribes?
No. Many entries show zero in the Scheduled Tribe reservation columns, although the schedule shows a Scheduled Tribe women reservation for ward 21 in Chengalpattu and ward 1 in Thiruthani.
