Nomination of Members to the Committee of Society by the Government, Exempting Certain Classes of Societies under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975

What the notification does

G.O. Ms. No. 141, Commercial Taxes and Registration (M1), dated 6 November 2012, was issued by the Commercial Taxes and Registration Department under Section 54 of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It permits the Government to nominate members to the committees of specified registered societies without an election.

The exemption is limited to sub-sections (3) and (4) of Section 15 and is given specifically for Government nominations to the committees of the covered societies.

Societies covered

The notification applies to the following classes of registered societies:

• Societies formed by the Government through an order.
• Societies in which Government funds are invested.
• Societies receiving financial aid or assistance from the Government.
• Societies in which Government officers are members in their official, ex-officio capacity.

A society falling within one of these classes may have committee members nominated by the Government without an election under the cited exemption.

Committee members not nominated by the Government

The exemption does not remove the cited requirements for every committee appointment. Sub-sections (3) and (4) of Section 15 continue to apply to the appointment of committee members other than members nominated by the Government.

Societies and committee members should therefore distinguish between Government nominees and all other committee appointments when considering the effect of the notification.

When it applies

The notification is deemed to have come into force from the date on which the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 came into force. The source text does not provide the calendar date on which that Act commenced.

Relevance to property matters

G.O. Ms. No. 141 concerns the appointment of committee members in specified registered societies. It does not contain provisions changing land ownership, land classification, planning permission, registration charges or property transfer requirements.

A buyer or professional dealing with property owned or managed by a covered society may nevertheless need to identify whether the people acting for the society are Government nominees or other committee members, because the notification treats those two categories differently for appointment purposes.