Proposed inclusion of nine local authorities in Tambaram Municipality
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department issued Government Order (Standing) No. 66 on 11 September 2021, declaring the Governor of Tamil Nadu's intention to include nine local authority areas within Tambaram Municipality and constitute it as a City Municipal Corporation. The proposal covers the entire areas of four municipalities and five town panchayats, and provides a six week period for inhabitants and municipal taxpayers to submit written objections.
What the notification does
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department issued Government Order (Standing) No. 66 on 11 September 2021. Acting under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, the Governor of Tamil Nadu declared an intention to bring the entire areas of nine local authorities within the jurisdiction of Tambaram Municipality, so that it may be constituted as a City Municipal Corporation.
The notification is a proposal and invitation for objections. It records an intention to change municipal jurisdiction rather than presenting the inclusion as final.
Areas covered
The proposed jurisdiction includes the entire areas of the following local authorities:
- Pallavapuram Municipality
- Pammal Municipality
- Sembakkam Municipality
- Anakaputhur Municipality
- Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat
- Madambakkam Town Panchayat
- Perungaluthur Town Panchayat
- Peerkankaranai Town Panchayat
- Tiruneermalai Town Panchayat
Property owners, buyers, residents and municipal taxpayers in any of these areas are within the geographical scope of the proposal.
Election consequence
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department states that wards will be divided for the next ordinary election based on the proposed inclusion. The notification does not provide the number, boundaries or composition of those wards.
Right to object
Any inhabitant of the listed local areas, or any taxpayer of the municipalities, may object to the proposal. The objection must:
- Be submitted in writing.
- Reach the Government of Tamil Nadu within six weeks from publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
- Be addressed to the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.
Relevance to property matters
The notification concerns municipal boundaries and the proposed constitution of a City Municipal Corporation. It does not specify changes to property ownership, land classification, tax rates, fees, planning permission or building approval requirements. Its stated effects are the proposed inclusion of the listed areas, the future division of wards and the opportunity for eligible residents and taxpayers to object.
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Common questions
Does the notification finally merge the listed areas into Tambaram?
The notification declares an intention to include the listed areas within Tambaram Municipality so that it may be constituted as a City Municipal Corporation. It also invites objections, so the text presents the inclusion as a proposal rather than a final inclusion.
Does my property fall within the proposed corporation area?
The proposal covers the entire areas of the four municipalities and five town panchayats listed in the notification. A property within one of those local authority areas falls within the proposal's geographical scope.
Who was allowed to object to the proposal?
Any inhabitant of the listed local areas, or any taxpayer of the municipalities, could submit a written objection to the Government of Tamil Nadu within six weeks from publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Does the notification change property tax rates or land ownership?
The notification does not specify any change to property tax rates or land ownership. It addresses proposed municipal inclusion, ward division for the next ordinary election and the objection process.
