Notifications or Orders of interest to a section of the public issued by Secretariat Departments (51 II 2 v2)

What this Gazette contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, published by authority on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, brings together notifications issued by several Secretariat Departments of the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is not a single policy on one subject. It records separate government decisions that affect different people and places.

Land and property related items

For buyers, owners and professionals dealing with land, the most relevant entries are these:

• The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department, in G.O. Ms. No. 174, Commercial Taxes and Registration (J-1), 10th December 2009, remits stamp duty chargeable on instruments of sale executed in favour of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board for listed schemes in specified villages and survey numbers.
• The Housing and Urban Development Department, in G.O. (2D) No. 543, Housing and Urban Development (UD-VI), 30th November 2009, exempts specified land in Koladi Village, Thiruverkadu, Chennai from certain provisions of the Development Control Rules for Chennai Metropolitan Area.
• The Industries Department publishes errata correcting names in an earlier land acquisition notification relating to acquisition of lands for setting up of Industrial Complex Phase-II by the State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu in Therkkuveerapandiapuram Village of Ottapidaram Taluk of Thoothukudi District.

What the stamp duty remission does

The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department notification says the Governor of Tamil Nadu remits duty amounting to Rs. 9,56,81,006 in respect of sale instruments executed in favour of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board. The remission applies only to the schemes, villages and survey numbers listed in the table printed in the Gazette.

This matters if you are checking title history or registration records for land connected with those listed Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board schemes.

What the planning exemption does

The Housing and Urban Development Department notification applies to land in S.Nos.163-1, 165-1A2, 1A4, 2A at D.No.48-52, Koladi Village, Thiruverkadu, Chennai. It exempts that land from certain provisions relating to:

• plot extent
• Floor Space Index
• front setback
• rear setback
• side setback (E) and (W)
• car parking

This is site specific. It affects the land parcels named in the notification, not all land in Koladi Village.

Other public notifications in this issue

The Gazette also includes Home Department notifications changing certain police station local areas and traffic points in Nagapattinam District and Cuddalore District, a licence under the Indian Christian Marriage Act, an appointment of a Special Public Prosecutor for human rights cases, and a Higher Education Department nomination to the Academic Council of Madurai Kamaraj University.