Notification on Removal of Inactive Societies from the Register (40 VI 1 1t)
The Tamil Nadu Registration Department's District Registrar (Administration) and Registrar of Societies, Tindivanam, issued Proceedings No. 575/A2/2010 dated 20 September 2010, published in the Tamil Nadu Gazette on 13 October 2010, removing 56 inactive societies from the register for prolonged failure to file required returns. The Gazette also publishes Proceedings No. 2137/A2/2009, which warns another group of societies that their names may be removed if they do not provide a satisfactory explanation within three months of publication.
What the notifications do
Proceedings No. 575/A2/2010, issued by the Tamil Nadu Registration Department's District Registrar (Administration) and Registrar of Societies, Tindivanam, removes 56 societies registered in 2004 from the register of societies. The notification is dated 20 September 2010 and was published in the Tamil Nadu Gazette on 13 October 2010.
Proceedings No. 2137/A2/2009 gives a separate warning to listed societies registered in 2006. Those societies had also failed to submit required reports continuously for more than three years. Their names may be removed if no satisfactory explanation is received within three months from Gazette publication.
Why the societies were removed
The removal notification records that:
- The listed societies had not submitted reports required under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, for more than three financial years.
- A notice dated 24 February 2010 was sent by registered post, allowing three months to file annual returns.
- No response was received from the societies.
- The 56 societies were therefore treated as inactive and removed from the register.
The removed organisations include residents' welfare associations, irrigation and agricultural groups, youth welfare bodies, drivers' and workers' associations, social service organisations, religious service groups and business associations.
Who may be affected
Members, office bearers, creditors and persons dealing with a society named in either list should verify its registration position. Property buyers or owners may need to check the notification if a named residents' welfare association, land development association, irrigation association or similar body claims to represent a property or local community.
The notifications concern the registration status of societies. They do not state that ownership of any land is transferred, cancelled or otherwise changed.
Review and appeal
A society removed under Proceedings No. 575/A2/2010 may appeal to the Head of the Registration Department within one year from the Gazette publication date. If that decision is not favourable to the society, a further appeal may be made to the appropriate court within two months from the date of the departmental decision.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette notification cancel anyone's land ownership?
No land ownership cancellation is stated. The notifications deal with removal, or proposed removal, of societies from the register because required reports were not filed.
Can a society removed under Proceedings No. 575/A2/2010 appeal?
Yes. It may appeal to the Head of the Registration Department within one year from Gazette publication, followed by an appeal to the appropriate court within two months if the departmental decision is unfavourable.
Why were the 56 societies removed from the register?
They had failed to submit required reports for more than three financial years and did not respond after a registered-post notice dated 24 February 2010 allowed three months to file annual returns.
Are all societies listed in the Gazette already removed?
No. Proceedings No. 575/A2/2010 removes the 56 listed societies registered in 2004. Proceedings No. 2137/A2/2009 only warns the separately listed societies that removal may follow if they do not provide a satisfactory explanation within three months of publication.
