G.O.(Ms).No.357, Upgradation of Accounts Officer to Chief Accounts Officer, 2011
The Tamil Nadu Revenue [LR-1(2)] Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.357 on 17 November 2011 to upgrade an Accounts Officer post in the Office of the Director of Land Reforms to Chief Accounts Officer for the Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme. It records that the earlier Tamil Nadu Agricultural Labourers Farmers (Social Security and Welfare) Scheme, 2006 had been cancelled and replaced from 10 September 2011, but it does not change land ownership, land ceilings or property rights.
Purpose
G.O.(Ms).No.357 is an administrative staffing and financial management measure for the Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme. The Government approved upgrading an existing Accounts Officer post to Chief Accounts Officer because the earlier post had remained largely unfilled and financial work connected with the welfare scheme had been affected.
The Director of Land Reforms reported that the scheme involved more than 100 crores every year in financial assistance to beneficiaries. The proposal stated that the workload needed greater attention and that the Chief Minister's Office monitored the scheme every fortnight.
Scheme covered
G.O.(Ms).No.357 records that the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Labourers Farmers (Social Security and Welfare) Scheme, 2006 was cancelled under an earlier government order. The Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme was launched in its place with effect from 10 September 2011.
The staffing change is specifically for implementing and maintaining the accounts of the replacement scheme in the Commissionerate of Land Reforms.
Key provisions
- The existing Accounts Officer post is upgraded to Chief Accounts Officer.
- The upgraded post is to handle work connected with the Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme.
- The post is to be filled on a tenure basis by an Under Secretary to Government from the Finance Department.
- The incumbent's pay and allowances are to be charged to the specified budget head for the Director of Land Reforms headquarters staff.
- Additional funds are to be provided in the revised financial arrangements for 2011 to 2012.
- Until those funds are provided, the Commissioner of Land Reforms may incur expenditure for the upgraded post and include it in the relevant budget proposals.
- The Finance Department concurred with the staffing and expenditure decision.
Who is affected
G.O.(Ms).No.357 directly affects the Commissionerate of Land Reforms, the Finance Department, the officer appointed to the upgraded post and the administration of the Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme.
A property buyer, owner or land professional is not given any new duty under G.O.(Ms).No.357. Although the expenditure is recorded under a budget head referring to land ceilings, the document contains no provision changing land classification, ceiling limits, ownership, transfer, registration or title.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms).No.357 change land ceiling rules or property ownership?
No. It upgrades an accounts post for managing the Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme and contains no change to land ceiling limits, ownership or title.
Which post was upgraded under G.O.(Ms).No.357?
The Accounts Officer post in the Office of the Director of Land Reforms was upgraded to Chief Accounts Officer.
Who can fill the upgraded Chief Accounts Officer post?
The post is to be filled on a tenure basis by an Under Secretary to Government from the Finance Department.
What happened to the earlier agricultural labourers and farmers welfare scheme?
The document records that the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Labourers Farmers (Social Security and Welfare) Scheme, 2006 was cancelled and replaced by the Chief Minister's Farmers Security Scheme from 10 September 2011.
