Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 30, Part II, Section 2, 5 August 2009

What the Gazette contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 30, Part II, Section 2, published on 5 August 2009, contains notifications and orders affecting sections of the public. The supplied pages include measures concerning an agricultural marketing appointment, tsunami relief property transfers and land acquisition for a highway project.

Agricultural Marketing Board appointment

The Agriculture Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 122, Agriculture (AM-1), dated 15 July 2009.

• Thiru K.P.T. Ganesan, M.Sc. (Agri.), is appointed President of the Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board.
• He replaces Thiru K. Nanda Kishore, IAS, Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department.
• The appointment is made under the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1987.

Relief for tsunami property transfers

The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 100, Commercial Taxes and Registration (J1), dated 20 July 2009. Two separate notifications provide relief for sale instruments involving houses and land constructed by the Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief.

• Stamp duty is remitted for the specified sale instruments under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
• Registration fees are also remitted for those instruments under the Registration Act, 1908.
• The properties are in Survey Numbers 354 and 355 at MGR Thittu, Killai North Village, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District.
• The transfers are to benefit 160 tsunami-affected families in that village.

Omalur railway overbridge land acquisition

The Highways and Minor Ports Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 125, Highways and Minor Ports (HP1), dated 7 July 2009. The notification declares specified lands in Omalur Village, Omalur Taluk, Salem District, as needed for the Highways Department.

• The stated purpose is construction of a railway overbridge replacing existing level crossing No. 9 at Railway Km 0/10 on Omalur-Sankagiri Road.
• Compensation is to be paid from funds controlled or managed by the Highways Department.
• The schedule identifies survey numbers, land classifications, owners or interested persons, portions proposed for acquisition, and affected buildings, pathways, trees or vacant sites.
• The land plan may be inspected during office hours at the office of the District Collector, Salem District.