Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 7, Part II, Section 2, 16 February 2022

What the gazette contains

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No. 7, Part II, Section 2, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 16 February 2022, collects notifications and orders concerning sections of the public. The supplied pages contain notifications from the Home Department, the Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, the Public Department, and the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.

COVID-19 containment zones

G.O. Ms. No. 50 of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, dated 27 January 2022, notifies containment zones under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, for controlling coronavirus. The list records the position as on 21 January 2022.

Key details include:

• A statewide total of 4,777 containment zones.
• District totals, including 3,615 in Chennai, 201 in Chengalpattu, 234 in Thanjavur, 80 in the Nilgiris and 63 in Namakkal.
• Nil totals for Kallakurichi, Karur, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Villupuram and Virudhunagar.
• A detailed table giving serial number, district, health unit district, containment zone address and PIN code.
• The supplied detailed entries begin with Ariyalur and continue through numerous locations in Chengalpattu district, including individual houses, flats, apartment complexes, streets, institutions and localities.

For a property buyer or owner, the containment-zone notification is a dated public-health record. It identifies locations for COVID-19 control as on 21 January 2022. It does not state that ownership, title, land classification or development rights are changed.

Other government notifications

The same gazette issue also publishes:

• G.O. Ms. No. 46 of the Home Department, Home (Citizenship-II), dated 27 January 2022, consenting to members of the Delhi Special Police Establishment exercising powers and jurisdiction throughout Tamil Nadu to investigate specified cases registered at Palur Police Station in Chengalpet District.
• Orders of the Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, dated 24 January 2022, referring disputes involving the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Kumbakonam Division, to the Labour Court at Kumbakonam for adjudication.
• G.O. Ms. No. 77 of the Public Department, dated 20 January 2022, directing that the Kottai Ameer Communal Harmony Medal for 2022 be awarded to J. Mohamed Rafi of Coimbatore.