G.O.(Ms.)No.36, Cancellation of the notification declaring 45 villages as a PCPIR local planning area, 2020
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department issued G.O.(Ms.)No.36 on 21 February 2020, cancelling the 2017 notification that declared a local planning area for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region covering 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts. The cancellation ends the earlier PCPIR local planning area notification and directs publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary and the two District Gazettes.
What the order does
G.O.(Ms.)No.36 of the Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department, dated 21 February 2020, cancels the notification issued through G.O.(Ms.)No.108, dated 20 June 2017. That earlier notification had confirmed the declaration of 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts as a local planning area for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region, commonly called PCPIR.
The appended notification specifically cancels Notification No.II(2)/HOU/574/2017, which was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 19 July 2017.
Why the notification was cancelled
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department records the following reasons and background:
- The Director of Town and Country Planning reported receiving many public objections opposing hydrocarbon exploration and extraction.
- The objections also sought recognition of the Delta Region as an Ecologically Sensitive Agricultural Zone.
- The Cauvery Delta Region was described as the Rice Bowl and Granary of Tamil Nadu, as well as an environmentally fragile wetland and agricultural zone.
- The Director stated that further exploration and exploitation, apart from existing activity, could harm the environment of the sensitive zone.
- After examining the request, the Government cancelled the PCPIR local planning area notification.
Who may be affected
G.O.(Ms.)No.36 directly concerns landowners, buyers, developers and planning professionals dealing with the 45 villages that had been included in the proposed PCPIR local planning area in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts. The source text does not list the names of those villages or state what planning authority or planning framework applies to each village after the cancellation.
The document cancels the PCPIR planning notification. It does not itself describe changes to individual ownership, title, land classification, development permission or existing hydrocarbon activity.
Publication and administrative action
G.O.(Ms.)No.36 requires the notification to be:
- Published in English in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary.
- Republished in English and Tamil in the Cuddalore and Nagapattinam District Gazettes.
- Translated into Tamil by the Director of Translation, Chennai.
The Collectors of Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts were directed to arrange republication and report the publication dates to the Government.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms.)No.36 cancel the proposed PCPIR local planning area?
Yes. The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department cancelled the 2017 notification declaring the PCPIR local planning area covering 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts.
Does the document identify all 45 affected villages?
No. G.O.(Ms.)No.36 states that 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts were covered, but the supplied text does not name them.
Does the cancellation change my land title or ownership?
G.O.(Ms.)No.36 does not describe any change to individual title or ownership. It cancels the notification that declared the PCPIR local planning area.
Where was the cancellation notification required to be published?
The notification was to be published in English in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary and republished in English and Tamil in the Cuddalore and Nagapattinam District Gazettes.
