Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 39, Part III, Section 1(a) (39 III 1a v5)
The Government of Tamil Nadu published two notifications in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: draft motor vehicle rule amendments under G.O. Ms. No. 474, Home (Transport-VII), dated 7 September 2022, and plantation labour rule amendments issued by the Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department under G.O. Ms. No. 116, dated 30 August 2022. The first proposed revised driving and conductor licence related fees, while the second replaced plantation employment registers and superseded Labour and Employment Notification No. SRO A-57/2017 dated 13 December 2017.
What the Gazette contains
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 28 September 2022 contains two separate notifications. One proposes amendments to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The other amends the Tamil Nadu Plantations Labour Rules, 1955 and replaces an earlier notification.
These notifications do not directly change land ownership, property registration or development rights. The plantation amendments may affect plantation employers because the prescribed registers record plantation area, employer details and employee information.
Draft motor vehicle amendments
G.O. Ms. No. 474, Home (Transport-VII), dated 7 September 2022, published draft changes to the fee tables in the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The proposed amounts are:
- Rs. 100 for authorisation to drive a transport vehicle.
- Rs. 100 for an appeal against an order of a driving licence authority.
- Rs. 500 for a certified copy.
- Rs. 500 for changing the address in a driving licence.
- Rs. 500 for an appeal concerning refusal, renewal, revocation or disqualification of a conductor licence.
- Rs. 500 for a duplicate conductor licence.
- Rs. 500 for changing the address in a conductor licence.
The proposals were to be considered after thirty days from Gazette publication. Objections or suggestions received before that period expired were to be considered by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Submissions had to be sent in duplicate to the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
Plantation labour amendments
G.O. Ms. No. 116, Labour Welfare and Skill Development (K2), dated 30 August 2022, requires every plantation employer to maintain:
- An Employee Register in Form No. 29.
- A Register of Employment in Form No. 30.
- A Register of Wages in Form No. 31.
- A Register of Leave and Social Security Benefits in Form No. 32.
The registers may be maintained electronically or manually. Electronic layouts may be adjusted, but the integrity, serial numbers and column contents must remain unchanged.
Form Nos. 12, 13, 14, 14-A, 14-B and 26 are omitted. The new forms capture matters including plantation area, employment, wages, deductions, leave, maternity benefits, gratuity and social security details.
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Common questions
Do these Gazette notifications change my land ownership or property registration?
No change to land ownership or property registration is stated. The notifications concern motor vehicle licence related fees and employment records maintained by plantation employers.
Were the motor vehicle fee changes final?
No. G.O. Ms. No. 474 published draft amendments that were to be considered after thirty days from the date of Gazette publication, after considering timely objections or suggestions.
Can plantation employers keep the required registers electronically?
Yes. The four prescribed registers may be maintained electronically or manually. An electronic layout may be adjusted only without changing the integrity, serial numbers or contents of the columns.
Did the plantation amendment replace an earlier notification?
Yes. G.O. Ms. No. 116 expressly superseded Labour and Employment Notification No. SRO A-57/2017, published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 13 December 2017.
