Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
G.O. (Ms.) No. 41, Coimbatore Local Planning Area Expansion, 2014
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department issued Government Order G.O. (Ms.) No. 41 dated 26 February 2014, amalgamating the Mettupalayam and Pollachi local planning areas with the Coimbatore local planning area. It also applies Coimbatore's existing planning rules and directions to the amalgamated area, transfers the three authorities' assets and liabilities to the Coimbatore Local Planning Authority, and announces a draft addition of Kurichi New Town Development Area villages and specified non-plan villages.
What the government order does
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department's G.O. (Ms.) No. 41 dated 26 February 2014 expands the planning framework centred on Coimbatore. The Government states that expansion is needed for planned development, infrastructure and traffic management, and for preparing a Master Plan with a future-oriented approach.
The Government made some changes immediately and issued a separate notification declaring its intention to add further areas.
Changes to the planning authorities
G.O. (Ms.) No. 41 makes the following administrative changes:
- The Mettupalayam Local Planning Area and Pollachi Local Planning Area are amalgamated with the Coimbatore Local Planning Area.
- Existing rules, orders, regulations, directions and powers under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 that were followed in the Coimbatore Local Planning Area apply to the amalgamated Coimbatore Local Planning Area.
- The assets and liabilities of the Mettupalayam, Pollachi and Coimbatore local planning authorities vest in the Coimbatore Local Planning Authority.
Proposed addition of villages
Notification I declares the Government's intention to amend the earlier Housing and Urban Development Department notification published on 28 May 1980 by adding specified areas to the Coimbatore Local Planning Area. The schedule covers villages in Coimbatore, Coimbatore North, Coimbatore South, Palladam, Mettuppalayam, Avinashi, Sulur and Pollachi taluks, together with Kurichi New Town Development Area villages.
The listed Kurichi New Town Development Area villages are Kurichi, Malamachampatti and Seerapalayam. The wider schedule includes many other villages, such as Saravanampatti, Vadavalli, Ganapathy, Madukarai, Annur, Sulur, Karamadai, Kinathukadavu and Periya Negamam.
Objections and publication
Notification I states that the draft amendment will be considered after two months from its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. During that period, inhabitants, local authorities and institutions in the affected local areas may submit written objections or suggestions to the Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
The Coimbatore District Collector was directed to republish the notification in English and Tamil in the District Gazette.
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Common questions
Were the Mettupalayam and Pollachi planning areas merged with Coimbatore?
Yes. G.O. (Ms.) No. 41 dated 26 February 2014 amalgamates both local planning areas with the Coimbatore Local Planning Area.
Which planning rules apply in the amalgamated area?
The existing rules, orders, regulations, directions and powers under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 that were followed in the Coimbatore Local Planning Area apply to the amalgamated area.
Were Kurichi villages finally added by this document?
The document declares an intention to add Kurichi, Malamachampatti and Seerapalayam, along with other specified villages. Notification I describes this as a draft amendment subject to consideration after the objection period.
Could residents object to the proposed village additions?
Yes. Inhabitants, local authorities and institutions in the affected local areas could send written objections or suggestions before two months expired from publication of Notification I in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
