Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 27, Part VI, Section 1, July 3, 2019

Scope of the Gazette issue

The Government of Tamil Nadu published Tamil Nadu Government Gazette number 27, Part VI, Section 1, on July 3, 2019. The issue contains separate notifications from Heads of Departments, the High Court, Madras, and the Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council, Chennai. It does not announce a general change to land ownership, registration or planning rules.

Cooperative societies in Kanyakumari District

The Assistant Director of Handlooms and Textiles, S. Raghavan, issued notifications dated May 31, 2019, finally closing the affairs and cancelling the registration of four societies:

• Number 2115, Elankadai Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Limited, Agasteeswaram Taluk.
• Number 3344, Pazhayakadai Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Limited, Vilavancode Taluk.
• Number 3422, Naloor Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Limited, Vilavancode Taluk.
• Number 3784, Kulappadu Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Limited, Kalkulam Taluk.

Each society had previously been ordered to be wound up. The Gazette states that its affairs are finally closed and its registration is cancelled. Anyone dealing with property or records held in one of these society names may need to account for the cancellation, although the notifications do not identify any particular land parcel.

Court jurisdiction at Veppanthattai

The High Court, Madras issued four notifications under Record of Proceedings number 1347/A/2014/G/Judn and Department number 3109/2019. The notifications provide that:

• Veppanthattai in Perambalur District is fixed as the location of the District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate Court.
• The new court receives local jurisdiction over the entire Veppanthattai Taluk when its presiding officer assumes charge.
• The District Munsif Court, Perambalur, then ceases to have local jurisdiction over that taluk.
• The Veppanthattai court may hear qualifying original suits and proceedings where the subject value does not exceed one lakh rupees.
• It may hear qualifying small cause suits up to five thousand rupees.

These jurisdiction changes may affect where a civil proceeding concerning land in Veppanthattai Taluk must be filed.

Other notifications

The High Court notification number 117/2019, under Record of Proceedings number 43267/2019-B6, appoints 32 named Tahsildars and Deputy Tahsildars for 120 days of magisterial training and grants them specified ordinary Judicial Magistrate powers during that period.

The Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council notification number VI(1)/337/2019, dated July 1, 2019, records the election of Ms. A.F. Annie Raja as a council member for a three year term beginning from Gazette publication.