Notifications under the Indian Stamp Act, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, Tamil Nadu Anatomy Act, Code of Criminal Procedure, Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act and Minimum Wages Act

What this Gazette issue contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, No. 42, dated 30th October 2013, is a collection of Government notifications issued by several Secretariat Departments. It includes notifications on stamp duty consolidation for insurance policies, appointment of auditors for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, declaration of a teaching medical institution, changes to traffic police station areas in Kanyakumari District, planning permissions in Chennai, and revised minimum wages for the motion picture industry.

What matters most for land and property readers

The Housing and Urban Development Department published two planning notifications under G.O. Ms. No. 221, Housing and Urban Development (UD 1), 23rd August 2013 and G.O. Ms. No. 256, Housing and Urban Development (UD 1), 8th October 2013.

These notifications affect specific sites in Chennai:

• In Mylapore Village, Chennai, land in R.S. No. 4593/33, Block No. 102 was rezoned suo moto.
• The area earlier earmarked for future commercial development was changed to mixed residential use zone, and the remaining area was fixed as primary residential use zone.
• The rezoning was made in favour of The Executive Engineer and Administrative Officer, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Nandanam Division, Chennai-35.
• The stated purpose is construction of Group Development of 24 Blocks, Stilt plus 5 Floors, with 1910 dwelling units at Foreshore Estate, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, in S.No. 4593/33 of Block No. 102 and 7588/2 of Mylapore Village, Chennai.

Perambur planning relaxation

G.O. Ms. No. 256, Housing and Urban Development (UD 1), 8th October 2013 grants relaxation from specified Development Regulations of the Second Master Plan 2026 for Chennai Metropolitan Area.

Key points are:

• The site is at Old S.No. 779/23 (Part), New S.No. 779/69 (Part), Block No. 42, Moorthinger Street, Vyasarpadi, Tank Area, Perambur Village, Chennai.
• The relaxation was granted in favour of the Chief Engineer, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board.
• The project is for 15 blocks of Ground Floor plus 7 Floors residential buildings.
• The project size mentioned is 930 tenements.
• The relaxation relates to road width, street widening, number of floors, set back all around, lifts, etc.

Other notifications in this Gazette issue

Other departments covered in this Gazette issue include:

• Commercial Taxes and Registration Department, consolidation of stamp duty for insurance policies issued by United India Insurance Company Limited, The New India Assurance Company Limited, and Life Insurance Corporation of India.
• Environment and Forest Department, appointment of Tvl. Velu & Co, Chennai as auditors for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the financial year 2013-2014.
• Health and Family Welfare Department, declaration of Sivagangai Medical College Hospital, Sivagangai as a teaching medical institution.
• Home Department, transfer of specified traffic points in Kanyakumari District to different traffic police station local areas.
• Labour and Employment Department, revision of minimum wages for employment in the motion picture industry, in supersession of an earlier 2009 notification.