Notification No. 3470/A2/2014 under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975

What the notification does

The Tamil Nadu Government published Department Heads Notification No. 3470/A2/2014 on 3 December 2014 under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It gives final notice of the proposed removal and dissolution of societies registered in the Palayamkottai registration district that had failed to file required reports with the Registrar for more than three financial years.

The notification does not state that the societies were dissolved immediately on publication. It provides an opportunity for them to explain their functioning within the stated period.

Who is affected

Department Heads Notification No. 3470/A2/2014 directly affects the societies identified in its schedule by registration number, year, name and address. The listed bodies include:

• Trade, business and professional associations.
• Village development and public welfare societies.
• Residents' welfare associations.
• Agricultural and irrigation farmers' associations.
• Educational, religious, cultural and community organisations.
• Worker, driver, vehicle owner and artisan associations.
• The Tirunelveli Land Promoters Association, registration number 53/1999, at 1A, Medai Police Station Street, Palayamkottai.

Members, office bearers and people dealing with a listed society may need to verify whether the society responded and whether its registration remained active.

Key provisions

• The listed societies had not filed reports required by the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 for more than three financial years.
• The Tamil Nadu Government published the proposed dissolution notice in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
• Each listed society was allowed three months from the date of publication to provide proper grounds concerning its functioning.
• If no proper grounds were provided within that period, the society's name would be removed from the societies register and the society would be dissolved.
• The schedule identifies affected societies through their registration details, names and addresses.

Relevance to property matters

Department Heads Notification No. 3470/A2/2014 concerns the registration status of listed societies. It does not set out any change to land ownership, planning permission, land use or property charges. A buyer or professional dealing with property through a listed association, including a residents' association or the named land promoters' association, may need to confirm that association's registration status.