Fixation of Boundaries of Administrative Units During the Period of Census Operations, 2011
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Public (Law Officers) Department, issued G.O. Ms. No. 1132, Public (Law Officers), dated 11th November 2009, freezing specified administrative units and boundaries from 1st January 2010 to 31st March 2011 for Census 2011 operations. It also banned the formation of new administrative units during that period and directed state and local authorities not to submit boundary change proposals.
Purpose
G.O. Ms. No. 1132, Public (Law Officers), dated 11th November 2009, supported preparations for Census 2011. Census authorities needed stable administrative boundaries so that Enumeration Blocks could be drawn on census maps without areas overlapping or being omitted.
The first phase, the Housing and House Listing Census, was to be conducted from April 2010. Population enumeration was to follow in February and March 2011.
What it governed
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Public (Law Officers) Department, ordered the following measures:
- Administrative units and their boundaries were frozen from 1st January 2010 to 31st March 2011.
- The freeze covered districts, tahsils, towns, villages, police stations, municipalities, development blocks and subdivisions, among other administrative units.
- Formation of new administrative units was banned during the same period.
- Pending or proposed boundary changes were expected to be finalised and brought into effect by 31st December 2009.
- Changes completed by that deadline were to be reported to the relevant Census Directorate in Tamil Nadu and the Office of the Registrar General, India.
Authorities required to comply
G.O. Ms. No. 1132 directed the Special Commissioner and Commissioner for Revenue Administration, the Director General of Police, the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, the Director of Municipal Administration, the Director of Town Panchayats and all District Collectors to follow the boundary freeze.
The Commissioners of the Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Salem, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Toothukudi, Tirupur and Erode Municipal Corporations were also directed not to send proposals for changes during the specified period.
Relevance to land and property
G.O. Ms. No. 1132 concerns administrative boundaries and the creation of administrative units during a defined Census 2011 period. For property buyers, owners and professionals, it may be relevant when checking the administrative location or jurisdiction recorded for land between 1st January 2010 and 31st March 2011. The notification does not set land prices, registration fees, ownership rules or procedures for changing land use.
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Common questions
Did the notification permanently freeze village and municipal boundaries?
No. G.O. Ms. No. 1132 specified a freeze from 1st January 2010 to 31st March 2011.
Which administrative boundaries were covered?
The freeze covered districts, tahsils, towns, villages, police stations, municipalities, development blocks and subdivisions, among other administrative units.
Could a new administrative unit be formed during the freeze?
No. The Government of Tamil Nadu banned the formation of new administrative units from 1st January 2010 to 31st March 2011.
Does the notification change my land ownership or registration fee?
The notification addresses administrative boundaries for Census 2011. It contains no provision changing land ownership or setting registration fees.
