Part II, Section 2 Notifications, 7 November 2012

What this gazette contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, published by authority on 7 November 2012, is a collection of notifications and orders issued by Secretariat Departments. The contents page shows items from the Commercial Taxes and Registration Department, Highways and Minor Ports Department, Housing and Urban Development Department, Industries Department, and Labour and Employment Department.

For property readers, the supplied text mainly shows two kinds of entries, stamp duty consolidation for a corporate securities issue, and land acquisition notifications for highway works.

Commercial Taxes and Registration Department notifications

The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department issued G.O. Rt. No. 905, Commercial Taxes and Registration (J1), dated 17th October 2012, published as No. II(2)/CTR/731/2012.

Key points:

• The Governor of Tamil Nadu provides for consolidation of stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
• The duty fixed is Rs.3,50,000.
• It relates to the issue of 35,000 fully convertible debentures.
• Each debenture has a face value of Rs.10,000.
• The debentures are issued to Messrs Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited by the IL and FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited.

The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department also issued G.O. Rt. No. 906, Commercial Taxes and Registration (J1), dated 17th October 2012, published as No. II(2)/CTR/732/2012.

Key points:

• The Governor of Tamil Nadu again provides for consolidation of stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
• The duty fixed is Rs.1,00,000.
• It relates to the issue of 10,000 fully convertible debentures.
• Each debenture has a face value of Rs.10,000.
• The debentures are issued to Messrs Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited by the IL and FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited.

Highways and Minor Ports Department notifications

The Highways and Minor Ports Department notifications in the supplied text are land acquisition notices. They state that land is required for public purpose road projects and then list survey details, boundaries, owners or interested persons, and extent.

Key points visible in the text:

• One notification, published as No. II(2)/HWMP/733/2012, concerns acquisition of 2329.0 square metres for widening a road into a four lane road in Coimbatore district.
• Another notification, published as No. II(2)/HWMP/734/2012, concerns acquisition of 3242.5 square metres for forming a road overbridge in Tiruppur district.
• The gazette states that land plans are kept in the office of the district authority and may be inspected during office hours.
• The schedule gives plot by plot details, including T.S. numbers, adjoining boundaries, names of owners or interested persons, and area.

Who should pay attention

This gazette matters to:

• landowners and buyers checking whether a survey number is under acquisition,
• professionals verifying public purpose road acquisition details,
• companies or advisers dealing with stamp duty on the specific debenture issues named in the notifications.

If your land falls within the listed T.S. numbers or boundaries, the acquisition notification is directly relevant to you.