Appointment of Special Officers to Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations under the Urban Local Bodies Acts, Amendment to Notifications
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, through G.O. Ms. No. 66, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election), dated 1 July 2020, amended earlier notifications appointing special officers to Tamil Nadu urban local bodies. The amendments replaced 30 June 2020 with 31 December 2020 and took effect from 1 July 2020.
What the notifications do
G.O. Ms. No. 66, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election), dated 1 July 2020, changes the end date stated in earlier Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department notifications concerning special officers for urban local bodies. In each complete amendment reproduced in the Gazette, the date 30 June 2020 is replaced with 31 December 2020.
The changes apply from 1 July 2020. They amend notifications originally published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 24 October 2016, which had already been amended subsequently.
Urban local bodies covered
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department issued separate amendments under the laws governing different types of urban local bodies. The supplied text covers:
- Town panchayats and municipalities under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920.
- Chennai City Municipal Corporation.
- Madurai City Municipal Corporation.
- Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation.
- Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation.
- Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation.
- Salem City Municipal Corporation.
- Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation.
- Erode City Municipal Corporation.
- Vellore City Municipal Corporation.
- Thoothukudi City Municipal Corporation.
- Thanjavur City Municipal Corporation.
The supplied extract also begins an amendment relating to Avadi City Municipal Corporation, but it does not include the complete text of that amendment.
Who may be affected
The amendments directly concern the administration of town panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations by appointed special officers. Residents, property owners, buyers and professionals dealing with these urban local bodies may therefore encounter administration by special officers during the extended period.
The Gazette text does not change land ownership, property boundaries, land classification, planning permission requirements, taxes, fees or registration procedures. Its stated change is limited to replacing the earlier date in the special officer appointment notifications.
Key points
- Issuing department: Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department.
- Government order: G.O. Ms. No. 66, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election).
- Government order date: 1 July 2020.
- Effective date: 1 July 2020.
- Previous date in the amended notifications: 30 June 2020.
- Replacement date: 31 December 2020.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette notification change my property title or land classification?
No such change is stated. The amendments only replace the date in earlier notifications concerning the appointment of special officers to urban local bodies.
How long were the special officer notifications extended?
The date 30 June 2020 was replaced with 31 December 2020 in each complete amendment reproduced in the supplied text.
When did these amendments take effect?
The amendments took effect from 1 July 2020.
Do the amendments apply only to municipal corporations?
No. The supplied text includes town panchayats and municipalities under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, as well as several city municipal corporations.
