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G.O. (Ms.) No.9, Chief Minister's Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam Mode of Disbursement, 2012

The Revenue [LR-I(2)] Department issued Government Order (Ms.) Number 9, dated 6 January 2012, prescribing how benefits under the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam must be disbursed while the scheme operates with tokens. It directs officials to use cheques, Electronic Clearing Service and a designated savings bank account for specified benefits until enumeration is completed and identity cards are issued.

Category
Land reforms and ceiling
Effective
1 January 2012
Pages
3
Status
In force
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What the document governs

Government Order (Ms.) Number 9 of the Revenue [LR-I(2)] Department, dated 6 January 2012, deals with the payment process for benefits under the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam. The arrangements apply during the period when the scheme is operated using tokens, pending completion of enumeration and issue of identity cards.

The document accepts proposals submitted by the Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Reforms. It concerns the administrative handling of welfare payments, not the transfer, purchase, ownership or registration of land.

Who it affects

Government Order (Ms.) Number 9 directly concerns beneficiaries receiving assistance under the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam. It also directs the officials responsible for funding and payment, including District Collectors, Special Tahsildars responsible for the scheme, Treasury Officers and Tahsildars outside Chennai District.

Property buyers and owners are affected only if they are beneficiaries under the scheme or are dealing with one of the listed benefit payments. The document contains no provision changing land title, land ceiling limits or rights over property.

Key payment instructions

The Revenue [LR-I(2)] Department approved the following arrangements:

  • The existing savings bank account must be operated in the name of the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam.
  • Educational assistance, marriage assistance, funeral expenses and assistance in natural death cases must be paid by cheque.
  • The Special Tahsildar responsible for the scheme must issue those cheques from the savings bank account maintained under the scheme.
  • Assistance for accidents and death by accident must be paid through Electronic Clearing Service when the bill is presented to the Treasury.
  • After the District Collector allots funds to the respective taluks, the Treasury must transfer the money to the savings bank account of the Special Tahsildar responsible for the scheme.

Administrative approval

Government Order (Ms.) Number 9 records that the Finance Department concurred with these payment arrangements. The instructions were circulated to relevant revenue, land administration, land reforms, district, taluk, treasury and accounts authorities.

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Common questions

Does Government Order (Ms.) Number 9 change my land ownership or title?

No. The document only sets out how specified welfare benefits under the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Padhukappu Thittam are to be paid.

How are educational, marriage, funeral and natural death benefits paid?

They are paid by cheque from the scheme's savings bank account maintained by the Special Tahsildar responsible for the scheme.

How is assistance for an accident or death by accident paid?

Assistance for accidents and death by accident is paid through Electronic Clearing Service when the bill is presented to the Treasury.

How does money reach the Special Tahsildar's scheme account?

The District Collector allots funds to the respective taluks, and the Treasury transfers the funds to the savings bank account of the Special Tahsildar responsible for the scheme.