Notification under Section 44(3) of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, Letter No. 3109/இ1/2016
The Tamil Nadu Government issued Notification Letter No. 3109/இ1/2016 in the Heads of Departments notifications supplement to the Tamil Nadu Gazette on 28 December 2016. It identifies registered societies that had not filed required notices for more than three financial years and warns that their names will be removed from the register unless they provide information about their activities and a satisfactory explanation within three months of Gazette publication.
What the notification does
The Tamil Nadu Government published Notification Letter No. 3109/இ1/2016 in Part VI, Section 1 of the Heads of Departments notifications supplement to the Tamil Nadu Gazette on 28 December 2016. The notification concerns societies treated as inactive because they had failed to file required notices for more than three financial years.
The notification gives the listed societies three months from its publication in the Tamil Nadu Gazette to provide information about their activities and a suitable explanation. If a society does not respond satisfactorily within that period, its name will be removed from the register of societies.
Who is listed
The schedule identifies societies by registration number, year, name and address. It includes:
- Residents, village welfare, plot owners and property owners associations.
- Youth, women, workers, drivers and vehicle owners welfare associations.
- Farmers, vegetable producers, milk producers and irrigation groups.
- Recreation, cultural, religious and public welfare organisations.
- Associations located mainly in places including Chengalpattu, Madurantakam, Tirukazhukundram, Tiruporur, Sriperumbudur, Cheyyur, Uthiramerur and Kancheepuram.
Property related bodies in the list include Sree Lakshmi Nagar Plot Owners Association, The Village Owners Association, V.I.P. Nagar Residents Welfare Association and Adair Owners Association (AOA). The schedule also includes many village and neighbourhood welfare bodies.
Why it may matter to a property owner or buyer
A property owner or buyer may be affected if they rely on, belong to, pay money to, or conduct a transaction through one of the listed residents, plot owners, village or property owners associations. The notification does not describe any change to land ownership, title, planning status or property boundaries. Its stated consequence is possible removal of a society's name from the societies register.
Key provisions
- The listed societies had not filed required notices for more than three financial years.
- They were therefore proposed to be treated as inactive societies.
- Each listed society could provide information about its activities and an appropriate explanation.
- The response period was three months from publication in the Tamil Nadu Gazette.
- Without a satisfactory explanation, the society's name would be removed from the register.
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Common questions
Does this notification cancel anyone's land title or plot ownership?
The notification does not state that any land title or plot ownership is cancelled. It concerns the possible removal of listed societies from the register of societies.
What must a listed association do to avoid removal?
It must provide information about its activities and a suitable explanation within three months from publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Gazette.
Why were these societies treated as inactive?
The notification says they had not filed the required notices for more than three financial years.
Should a buyer check whether a local owners association appears in the schedule?
A buyer who relies on an owners, plot owners or residents association can check the schedule because several such bodies are listed. The notification only addresses their registration status and does not state that property rights are changed.
