Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part III, Section 1(a), No. 25, 20 June 2018

What the Gazette issue contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 20 June 2018 contains separate notifications from the Labour and Employment Department and the Home Department. The Labour and Employment Department notification amends workplace health requirements for fireworks factories. The Home Department notification changes the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Constabulary Medal Rules.

Medical examinations in fireworks factories

The Labour and Employment Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 62 dated 25 May 2018, published as SRO A 35/2018. It inserts paragraph 12 B into Schedule XXIV under rule 95 of the Tamil Nadu Factories Rules, 1950.

Key requirements include:

• Every worker mixing, filling or handling chemicals in a fireworks factory must be examined by a Certifying Surgeon within fifteen days of first employment.
• The initial examination must include a skin test for dermatitis, a pulmonary function test and a chest X ray.
• A worker cannot continue in that work after fifteen days without being certified fit.
• Re examination is required at least once every six months. A chest X ray is required once every three years.
• The Certifying Surgeon must issue a Certificate of Fitness in Form No. 27 and record examinations in the Health Register in Form No. 17.
• The factory manager must keep the fitness certificate, and both records must be available for inspection by the Inspector.
• A worker found medically unfit must be removed from the process. Alternate placement must be provided unless the worker is fully incapacitated, in which case suitable rehabilitation must be provided.
• Re employment in the process is permitted only after the Certifying Surgeon certifies the worker fit again.

Constabulary Medal changes

The Home Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 523 dated 15 June 2018, published as SRO A 36/2018. It amends the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Constabulary Medal Rules originally made under G.O. Ms. No. 71, Home Department, dated 12 January 1982.

The amendments:

• Increase the number of medals from 1,500 to 3,000 from 2018 to 2019 onwards.
• Include Special Sub Inspectors of Police within the eligible ranks.
• Take effect immediately.

Relevance to property owners and buyers

The two notifications regulate factory worker health and police medals. They do not change land records, planning controls, building permissions, ownership rights or property registration requirements.