Extension Period of House to House Enumeration for Collection of Information Relating to Updation of National Population Register
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, issued G.O. Ms. No. 100 on 26th February 2016 to extend house to house enumeration for updating the National Population Register and seeding Aadhaar numbers in Tamil Nadu until 15th March 2016. The enumeration had originally run from 18th January 2016 to 5th February 2016, was extended to 25th February 2016, and was further extended by this notification.
What the notification does
G.O. Ms. No. 100, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, on 26th February 2016, extends the period for house to house enumeration across Tamil Nadu. The field work was intended to collect information about people who usually resided within the jurisdiction of each Local Registrar, for updating the National Population Register and seeding Aadhaar numbers in its database.
The Central Government had decided to conduct this house to house field work throughout the country under the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
Enumeration period
The Government of Tamil Nadu records the following timetable for the enumeration:
- The original enumeration period was from 18th January 2016 to 5th February 2016.
- The period was first extended until 25th February 2016.
- G.O. Ms. No. 100 further extended the period until 15th March 2016.
The notification concerns the deadline for carrying out the enumeration. It does not set out a new procedure, fee or penalty.
Who was covered
The house to house enumeration covered all persons usually residing within the jurisdiction of a Local Registrar in Tamil Nadu. Its stated purposes were updating the National Population Register and adding Aadhaar numbers to the National Population Register database.
The notification refers to residents rather than property owners, buyers, sellers, landlords or tenants as separate categories. Coverage depended on usual residence within the relevant Local Registrar's jurisdiction.
Relevance to property matters
G.O. Ms. No. 100 deals with population register field work, not ownership or transfer of land. The text does not change land title, registration, planning permission, land use, patta, property tax or building requirements.
A property buyer, owner or property professional would therefore use this Gazette notification only as a record of the extended National Population Register enumeration period. The document does not state that participation in the enumeration creates, transfers or proves any right in land or a building.
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Common questions
Did this notification extend the National Population Register survey deadline in Tamil Nadu?
Yes. The Government of Tamil Nadu extended the house to house enumeration period until 15th March 2016.
Who was included in the house to house enumeration?
The enumeration covered all persons usually residing within the jurisdiction of a Local Registrar in Tamil Nadu.
Why was Aadhaar information being collected?
The notification states that Aadhaar numbers were being seeded in the National Population Register database as part of the update.
Does this Gazette notification change my land ownership or property registration?
The text only extends the period for National Population Register enumeration. It does not state that it changes land ownership or property registration.
