Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 303 (303 Ex IV 1)

What the Gazette contains

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 303, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 19 July 2019, lists five Bills introduced in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. They concern the Avadi City Municipal Corporation, amendments to municipal laws, amendments to panchayat law and the revival, amendment and validation of land acquisition laws. The supplied detailed provisions cover Bill Number 28 of 2019, named the Avadi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019.

The Gazette states that the Bills were published with their statements of objects and reasons for general information. The supplied text does not identify a department or government order number.

Establishment of the Avadi corporation

The Avadi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 applies to the city of Avadi and states that it is deemed to have come into force on 17 June 2019. Its main provisions are:

• The local area within Avadi municipality becomes the city of Avadi.
• The Avadi City Municipal Corporation is established as a corporate body that may own and dispose of property, enter contracts, and sue or be sued.
• The former Avadi municipality is abolished.
• The Government may alter the city limits after consulting the corporation and publishing the proposal beforehand.
• The corporation includes a council, standing committee, wards committee and commissioner.
• The council may have no more than seventy-two councillors.
• At least fifty per cent of council seats must be reserved for women, including reserved seats for women belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Effect on property owners and residents

The Avadi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 transfers the municipality's property, rights, interests and legally existing liabilities to the corporation. Existing municipal taxes, fees and duties continue until revised, cancelled or replaced. Tax arrears and other amounts owed to the former municipal council may be recovered by the corporation.

Existing licences, permissions, notices, schemes, rules, regulations, orders and directions continue so far as they are consistent with the new framework, until replaced. Existing proceedings and earlier municipal actions may also continue under the corporation. These provisions can affect owners, buyers, businesses and professionals dealing with municipal taxes, approvals, permissions, property matters or pending proceedings in Avadi.

Legal framework applied to Avadi

The Avadi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019 ends the general application of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 within Avadi, while preserving earlier actions, offences and proceedings. It extends the provisions of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 to Avadi, including provisions concerning taxes and fees, subject to necessary adaptations and modifications.