Appointment of Special Officers to Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations, Amendment to Notifications

What the Gazette governs

G.O. Ms. No. 83, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election), dated 28th June 2019, concerns the appointment and continuation of Special Officers in Tamil Nadu urban local bodies. The notifications were issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu through the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department under the laws governing municipalities and individual municipal corporations.

The Gazette mainly amends Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department notifications published on 24th October 2016, which had already been amended previously.

Main changes

• The recurring amendment replaces the date 30th June 2019 with 31st December 2019.
• The amendments take effect from 1st July 2019.
• The affected notifications cover town panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations governed by the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920.
• Separate amendments are issued under the laws governing Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Salem, Tiruppur, Erode, Vellore, Thoothukudi and Thanjavur municipal corporations.
• The supplied text also identifies an amendment under the law governing Dindigul City Municipal Corporation, but the excerpt ends before stating its complete amendment wording.

Hosur appointment

Notification No. II(2)/MAWS/498(b-15)/2019 appoints the Commissioner of Hosur City Municipal Corporation as the Special Officer of that corporation. The Special Officer is to exercise the corporation's powers and perform its functions until the first council meeting following ordinary elections, or until 31st December 2019, whichever occurs earlier. This appointment takes effect from 1st July 2019.

The supplied text also begins a notification concerning the power to appoint a Special Officer for Nagercoil City Municipal Corporation, but it does not include the complete notification or confirm the appointment in the available excerpt.

Relevance to property owners and buyers

G.O. Ms. No. 83 does not state any change to land ownership, registration, planning permission, property tax, building approval or land use. Its direct effect is on who exercises municipal administrative powers and functions during the specified period. Property owners, buyers and professionals dealing with an affected urban local body may therefore have encountered decisions or services administered through its Special Officer.