Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
G.O.(Ms).No.2, Reservation for Judicial Officers in Tamil Nadu Housing Board Allotments, 2013
The Housing and Urban Development [HB4(2)] Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.2, dated 2 January 2013, reserving 2 percent of Tamil Nadu Housing Board plots, flats and houses for judicial officers serving in Tamil Nadu. The 2 percent is taken from the existing 18 percent reservation for State Government servants, rather than added as a separate reservation.
What the government order does
G.O.(Ms).No.2 of the Housing and Urban Development [HB4(2)] Department, dated 2 January 2013, provides a reservation for serving judicial officers when the Tamil Nadu Housing Board allots plots, flats and houses.
The Registrar (Management), High Court of Madras, had proposed a 10 percent reservation for judicial officers in allotments by the Housing Board, city improvement authorities and development authorities. After considering the proposal, the Government approved a 2 percent reservation specifically in Tamil Nadu Housing Board allotments.
Who is affected
G.O.(Ms).No.2 applies to judicial officers who are serving in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is also relevant to applicants under the State Government servants category because the judicial officers' share comes from within that category.
The document concerns allotment of:
- Tamil Nadu Housing Board plots.
- Tamil Nadu Housing Board flats.
- Tamil Nadu Housing Board houses.
Key reservation provision
G.O.(Ms).No.2 directs that:
- Judicial officers serving in Tamil Nadu receive a 2 percent reservation.
- The 2 percent is within the existing 18 percent reservation for State Government servants.
- The judicial officers' reservation is therefore not stated as an additional percentage over the listed category reservations.
Reservation categories recorded in the document
G.O.(Ms).No.2 reproduces the existing allotment percentages, including:
- Scheduled Castes, 18 percent.
- Scheduled Tribes, 1 percent.
- State Government servants, 18 percent.
- Central Government servants, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board employees and local body employees, 8 percent.
- Defence and specified related personnel, 7 percent.
- Dhobies and barbers, 4 percent.
- Working journalists, 3 percent.
- Eligible language crusaders and participants in State Border Agitations, 1 percent.
- Tamil Nadu Housing Board employees, 2 percent.
- General public, 38 percent.
The document also records priority allotments for artists, political sufferers and differently abled persons within specified categories or across categories. Its operative change is the 2 percent reservation for serving judicial officers within the State Government servants' share.
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Common questions
Does this create an extra 2 percent reservation for judicial officers?
No. G.O.(Ms).No.2 places the 2 percent reservation for serving judicial officers within the existing 18 percent reservation for State Government servants.
Are retired judicial officers covered?
The document refers only to judicial officers who are serving in the State of Tamil Nadu. It does not state that retired judicial officers are included.
Does the reservation cover plots, flats and houses?
Yes. The 2 percent reservation applies to allotment of Tamil Nadu Housing Board plots, flats and houses.
Did the Government approve the requested 10 percent reservation?
No. The Registrar (Management), High Court of Madras, proposed 10 percent, but the Government approved 2 percent within the State Government servants' reservation.
