Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 265, 2020
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 335 dated 4 July 2020 and G.O. (Ms.) No. 336 dated 4 July 2020 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. G.O. (Ms.) No. 335 extended the complete COVID-19 lockdown in specified parts of Madurai District until 12 July 2020, while G.O. (Ms.) No. 336 partially modified G.O. (Ms.) No. 324 dated 30 June 2020 by changing permitted business hours and conditions within the Greater Chennai Police limits.
What the notifications governed
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department notifications dealt with temporary COVID-19 movement, business and workplace restrictions. They did not change land ownership, registration, planning permission, land use classification or property rights.
G.O. (Ms.) No. 335 dated 4 July 2020 applied to Madurai Corporation, Paravai Town Panchayat, and all village panchayats in the Madurai East, Madurai West and Thiruparankundram Blocks. It extended complete lockdown for seven days until 24:00 hours on 12 July 2020. Restrictions and relaxations that prevailed before 24 June 2020 were to apply again from 13 July 2020 until 24:00 hours on 31 July 2020.
G.O. (Ms.) No. 336 dated 4 July 2020 applied within the Greater Chennai Police limits and partially modified G.O. (Ms.) No. 324 dated 30 June 2020.
Main Madurai provisions
G.O. (Ms.) No. 335 included the following measures:
- Hospitals, medical laboratories, pharmacies, ambulances, hearses and related medical activities were permitted.
- Autos, taxis and private vehicles were generally prohibited, except for medical emergencies and specified railway station or airport journeys.
- Construction using workers already staying at the site was permitted.
- Certain industrial workers had to undergo one RTPCR test, stay within or near the industrial premises, and avoid daily movement during the seven-day period.
- Goods vehicles and vehicles carrying essential commodities, milk and drinking water were permitted.
- Grocery and vegetable shops and petrol bunks could operate from 6 A.M. to 2 P.M., subject to restrictions and social distancing.
- Hotels and restaurants could provide takeaway food from 6 A.M. to 8 P.M. Tea shops could not operate.
- No activities were permitted in containment zones, although local authorities had to ensure essential household supplies.
- A complete lockdown without relaxations was prescribed for 12 July 2020, from midnight on 11 July until 6 A.M. on 13 July.
Greater Chennai changes
G.O. (Ms.) No. 336 permitted:
- Showrooms and large shops outside shopping malls to operate from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. with 50 percent staff, no air conditioning and no more than five customers at a time.
- Hotel and restaurant takeaway and food delivery from 6 A.M. to 9 P.M.
- Vegetable and provision shops from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.
- Tea shops to provide parcels only from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.
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Common questions
Did these notifications change my land ownership or property rights?
No land ownership, registration, planning permission, land use classification or property right is addressed. The notifications imposed temporary COVID-19 lockdown and operating restrictions.
Could construction continue in the specified Madurai areas?
Construction work using an in-situ labour force was permitted during the seven-day extension. The notification does not provide a wider permission for workers to travel daily to construction sites.
Which Madurai areas were covered by the extended complete lockdown?
The extension covered Madurai Corporation, Paravai Town Panchayat, and all village panchayats in Madurai East, Madurai West and Thiruparankundram Blocks.
Were large shops allowed to open within the Greater Chennai Police limits?
Showrooms and large format shops outside shopping malls could operate from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. with 50 percent staff, without air conditioning and with no more than five customers at a time.
