Notification Regarding the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited as Optional Consultancy Providing/Procuring Agency under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act
The Finance Department (Salaries), Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. Ms. No. 484, Finance (Salaries), dated 6 October 2009, notifying the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited as an optional consultancy providing or procuring agency under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998. The Government must fix the consultancy fee when the company performs consultancy itself and the service charges when it procures an external consultancy.
What the notification does
The Finance Department (Salaries), Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. Ms. No. 484, Finance (Salaries), dated 6 October 2009. Acting under clause (f) of Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998, the Governor of Tamil Nadu notified the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited as an optional consultancy providing or procuring agency.
The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, as Notification No. II(2)/FIN/510(f)/2009.
Who it affects
The notification is relevant when the Government chooses the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited to provide consultancy services directly or to procure an external consultant. It also affects the company and any external consultancy procured through it because the Government retains responsibility for fixing the applicable consultancy fee or service charges.
Property buyers and owners are not given any new duty under the notification. It does not state that it changes land ownership, land classification, planning permission, registration requirements or property records.
Key provisions
The Finance Department (Salaries) notification provides that:
- The Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited is recognised as an optional consultancy providing or procuring agency.
- The recognition is made under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998.
- The company may itself carry out consultancy work.
- The company may procure an external consultancy.
- In each case where the company itself carries out the consultancy, the Government will fix the consultancy fee.
- Where the company procures an external consultancy, the Government will fix the service charges.
Practical relevance for land and infrastructure matters
The notification concerns the Government's choice of a consultancy provider or procuring agency and the fixing of related fees or charges. It may be relevant to professionals involved in government consultancy or procurement connected with urban infrastructure. The text does not create a property approval, confer a land right or alter an individual's title to land.
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Common questions
Does this notification change my land title or property records?
No change to land title or property records is stated. The notification designates the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited as an optional consultancy providing or procuring agency.
Is the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited required for every government consultancy?
The notification describes the company as an optional agency. It does not state that the company must be used in every case.
Who fixes the consultancy fee when the company performs the work itself?
The Government will fix the consultancy fee in each case where the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited itself carries out the consultancy.
Who fixes the charges when an external consultant is procured?
The Government will fix the service charges when the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited procures an external consultancy.
