Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 5, Part II, Section 2 (5 II 2 v6)

Minimum Wages State Advisory Board

G.O. (D) No. 20, Labour Welfare and Skill Development (J1), dated 12th January 2022, appoints a reconstituted Minimum Wages State Advisory Board under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

Key provisions are:

• The Commissioner of Labour is the Chairperson.
• The Joint Commissioner of Labour (Minimum Wages) is the Secretary.
• The board includes government, employer and employee representatives listed in the notification.
• Its role is to coordinate the work of committees and subcommittees and advise the Government of Tamil Nadu on fixing and revising minimum wage rates.
• Labour and Employment Department Notification No. II(2)/LE/1057/2018 dated 19th December 2018 is superseded.

The board is relevant to employers, workers, trade unions and professionals dealing with minimum wage matters across Tamil Nadu.

Proposed protection at Arittappatti

G.O. Ms. No. 133, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments (MA-2), dated 26th October 2021, gives notice of an intention to declare the Tamizhi inscriptions and Theerthangara sculpture on a hillock at Arittappatti, Melur Taluk, Madurai District, as protected monuments.

• The monument is in Revenue Survey Number 379/1.
• The stated protection area is 139.23.0 hectare are and is government-owned.
• The schedule lists surrounding survey numbers and ownership details, including patta and government lands.
• An approach road is identified within government land.

Proposed protection at Mudalaikulam

G.O. Ms. No. 134, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments (MA-2), dated 26th October 2021, concerns Jain beds, a cave and Tamizhi inscriptions at Kallangkuthu in Mudalaikulam Village, Usilampatti Taluk, Madurai District.

• The monument and proposed protection area are in Revenue Survey Number 12/1B.
• The stated extent is 26.95.5 hectare are.
• The protection area is recorded as government-owned.
• The schedule identifies neighbouring private, government, tank, road and forest lands.

Proposed protection at Thondur

G.O. Ms. No. 151, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments (MA-2), dated 3rd November 2021, concerns a Tamizhi inscription, Jain sculpture and Jain beds at Thondur Village, Gingee Taluk, Villupuram District.

• The monument is in Revenue Survey Number 113/1.
• The stated total extent is 6.78.0 hectares.
• The location is described as 14 kilometres from Gingee Junction.

Objections and property checks

Each archaeology notification gives interested persons two months from Gazette publication to submit objections or suggestions. Submissions must be addressed to the Principal Secretary to Government, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

A buyer or owner near these monuments should compare the property's survey number with the monument and boundary schedules. The notifications are notices of intended protection, not statements that the proposed declarations were already final.