G.O. Ms. No. 68, Removal of Chairman of the Thottiyam Panchayat Union Council, Tiruchirappalli District, 2022
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 68, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-4), dated 10th June 2022, recording the Governor of Tamil Nadu's removal of Tmt. K. Punitharani from the office of Chairman of the Thottiyam Panchayat Union Council, Tiruchirappalli District, with immediate effect. The removal followed a motion of no confidence supported by sixteen of the council's sanctioned strength of nineteen members.
What the notification does
G.O. Ms. No. 68, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-4), dated 10th June 2022, removes Tmt. K. Punitharani from the office of Chairman of the Thottiyam Panchayat Union Council in Tiruchirappalli District. The Governor of Tamil Nadu ordered the removal with immediate effect under sub-section (13) of section 212 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.
The notification was published by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 10th June 2022.
Events leading to the removal
The removal followed a formal motion expressing want of confidence in Tmt. K. Punitharani. The notification records the following steps:
- Fourteen members signed a written notice stating their intention to move the no-confidence motion.
- The council had a sanctioned strength of nineteen members.
- Two members personally delivered the notice, proposed motion and written statement of charges to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Musiri, Tiruchirappalli District.
- The Revenue Divisional Officer delivered copies of the statement of charges and notice of motion to Tmt. K. Punitharani.
- Tmt. K. Punitharani submitted a reply to the charges.
- The Revenue Divisional Officer convened a council meeting on 27th April 2022.
- Sixteen members supported the motion at that meeting.
- The motion was forwarded to the Government after the procedures specified in section 212 were followed.
Who is affected
G.O. Ms. No. 68 directly affects Tmt. K. Punitharani and the leadership of the Thottiyam Panchayat Union Council. Its stated legal effect is her immediate removal from the office of Chairman.
Property buyers, landowners and property professionals are not given any new duties or rights by the notification. The text does not change land ownership, land use, planning controls, registration requirements, property taxes or approval procedures. It concerns the office of Chairman of a particular Panchayat Union Council.
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Common questions
Does this notification change any land or property rules in Thottiyam?
No land or property rule is stated in the notification. It records the removal of the Chairman of the Thottiyam Panchayat Union Council.
Who was removed from office?
Tmt. K. Punitharani was removed from the office of Chairman of the Thottiyam Panchayat Union Council, Tiruchirappalli District.
How many council members supported the no-confidence motion?
Sixteen members supported the motion. The sanctioned strength of the council was nineteen members.
When did the removal take effect?
G.O. Ms. No. 68, dated 10th June 2022, states that the removal took effect immediately.
