Date of Coming into Force of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018 (Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 2018) (445 Ex II 2)
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Land Reforms Wing, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. Ms. No. 604 dated 28 October 2020 to bring sections 3 and 5 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018 into force. The Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 28 October 2020 as the commencement date for those two sections.
What the notification does
G.O. Ms. No. 604 dated 28 October 2020 is a commencement notification issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Land Reforms Wing, Government of Tamil Nadu. Using the power given by subsection (2) of section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018, the Governor of Tamil Nadu appoints a date for two provisions of that Act to begin operating.
The notification provides that:
- Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018 came into force on 28 October 2020.
- Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018 came into force on 28 October 2020.
- The amendment legislation is identified as Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 2018.
Who may be affected
G.O. Ms. No. 604 is relevant to property owners, buyers, advisers and officials who need to establish when sections 3 and 5 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018 became legally operative. Its subject concerns legislation on the fixation of ceilings on land in Tamil Nadu.
The notification does not explain what sections 3 and 5 contain or how they change land ceiling requirements. A reader seeking the practical effect of those provisions would need the text of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018, which is not reproduced in the supplied notification.
Publication details
The commencement notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, No. 445, Part II, Section 2, on 28 October 2020. It carries notification number No. II(2)/REVDM/712(a)/2020 and was signed by Atulya Misra, Additional Chief Secretary to Government.
The publication records a specific commencement decision only. It does not state that every provision of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018 commenced on that date, and it does not provide any land ceiling rate, fee or procedural requirement.
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Common questions
When did sections 3 and 5 of the 2018 land reforms amendment come into force?
Both sections 3 and 5 came into force on 28 October 2020.
Did the notification bring the entire amendment Act into force?
The notification expressly appoints a commencement date only for sections 3 and 5 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 2018.
Does the notification explain how the land ceiling rules changed?
No. It gives the commencement date for sections 3 and 5 but does not reproduce or explain their contents.
Who appointed the commencement date?
The Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 28 October 2020 as the commencement date, through G.O. Ms. No. 604 of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Land Reforms Wing.
