Re-constitution of Committee for Architectural and Aesthetics Aspects for Dindigul and Salem Districts and Appointment of Official and Non-official Members under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act

What the notification does

Government Order Ms. No. 38, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (M.A.1), dated 16 March 2009, reconstitutes separate Committees for Architectural and Aesthetic Aspects for all hill stations in Dindigul District and Salem District. The Governor of Tamil Nadu acted under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920.

The notification mainly establishes who will serve as chairman, convenor and members. It does not state any application procedure, approval requirement, fee or building standard.

Dindigul District committee

The Dindigul District committee has the following structure:

• The Additional Collector (Development), or the District Revenue Officer where there is no Additional Collector, is chairman.
• The Regional Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning, Madurai, is convenor.
• Official members represent forests, tourism, Public Works, geology, mines and minerals, Kodaikanal Municipality, rural development, panchayats, Pannaikadu Town Panchayat and highways.
• The named non-official members include the Chairman of Kodaikanal Municipality, presidents of Poomparai, Vilpatti, Adukkam and Kamanur panchayats, and a retired headmaster of Poomparai Government Higher Secondary School.
• The non-official members serve for two years from publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

Salem District committee

The Salem District committee has the following structure:

• The Additional Collector (Development), or the District Revenue Officer where there is no Additional Collector, is chairman.
• The Regional Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning, Salem, is convenor.
• Official members represent municipal administration, forests, tourism, Public Works, geology and mining, revenue administration, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, highways and rural works, horticulture and Yercaud Panchayat Union.
• The named non-official members are the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Yercaud Assembly Constituency and the President of Yercaud Panchayat.
• The non-official members serve for two years from publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

Relevance to property owners and buyers

The Committees for Architectural and Aesthetic Aspects cover all hill stations in Dindigul and Salem districts. A buyer, owner or professional dealing with property in those hill stations may therefore find the committee composition relevant, but the notification itself does not impose a property restriction or describe how the committees consider individual developments.