G.O. (Ms.) No. 71, Online Regularisation of Sold Plots Without Time Limit, 2025
The Housing and Urban Development Department, through G.O. (Ms.) No. 71 dated 21 May 2025, permits online applications without any time limit to regularise qualifying individual plots in unauthorised layouts formed on or before 20 October 2016, based on sale documents registered by that date. The existing regularisation rules remain unchanged, and the Government states that a formal amendment to the Tamil Nadu Regularisation of Unapproved Layouts and Plots Rules, 2017 will be issued later.
What the order does
The Housing and Urban Development Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 71 on 21 May 2025. It allows people who bought individual plots in unauthorised layouts formed on or before 20 October 2016 to apply online for regularisation without any application deadline, based on sale documents registered by that date. It does not otherwise change the existing regularisation rules.
Background
The earlier framework required applications to regularise an unauthorised layout, its sold plots and its unsold plots within six months of the rules being issued. It applied where the unauthorised layout had been formed on or before 20 October 2016 and at least one plot had been sold through a sale deed registered on or before that date.
Successive government orders extended the application period. The source states that the period was most recently extended until 30 June 2026 through G.O. (Ms.) No. 70 of the Housing and Urban Development Department dated 15 May 2025.
Who can benefit
G.O. (Ms.) No. 71 is intended to help members of the public who:
- bought an individual plot in an unauthorised layout formed on or before 20 October 2016;
- hold a qualifying sale document registered by 20 October 2016; and
- did not apply for regularisation within the earlier permitted period.
The benefit described here concerns an individual purchased plot. The order allows the owner to submit an online application without a time limit.
Key provisions
- Applications for qualifying individual plots may be made online.
- No application deadline applies to the individual plot benefit created by G.O. (Ms.) No. 71.
- Eligibility is assessed using the registered sale document and the relevant dates stated in the order.
- The substantive requirements under the existing regularisation rules continue without change.
- The Government will later issue the necessary amendment to the Tamil Nadu Regularisation of Unapproved Layouts and Plots Rules, 2017.
Property owners should note that permission to apply without a deadline does not itself confirm regularisation. The application remains subject to the existing rules.
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Common questions
Can I now apply to regularise my individual plot after missing the earlier deadline?
Yes, if the plot is in an unauthorised layout formed on or before 20 October 2016 and is supported by a qualifying sale document registered by that date. G.O. (Ms.) No. 71 permits an online application without any time limit.
Does G.O. (Ms.) No. 71 automatically regularise my plot?
No. It allows a qualifying owner to apply online without a deadline. Regularisation remains subject to the existing rules.
Have the regularisation eligibility rules been changed?
No. The Housing and Urban Development Department states that the existing rules continue without change, apart from allowing these individual plot applications without a time limit.
Has the Tamil Nadu Regularisation of Unapproved Layouts and Plots Rules, 2017 already been formally amended?
The order says the necessary amendment will be issued later.
