Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
G.O.Ms.No. 1634, Kotagiri Local Planning Area Declaration, 1974
The Rural Development and Local Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O.Ms.No. 1634 dated 8th July 1974, declaring revenue village number 13, Kotagiri, as the Kotagiri Local Planning Area under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971. The order overrules objections from the Kotagiri Town Panchayat and directs publication of the appended notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
What the order does
G.O.Ms.No. 1634 dated 8th July 1974, issued by the Rural Development and Local Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, formally declares the area comprising revenue village number 13, Kotagiri, to be a local planning area named the Kotagiri Local Planning Area.
The declaration was made under Section 10(4) of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, after previous publication of the proposed declaration. The appended notification was directed to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Area covered
The notification appended to G.O.Ms.No. 1634 identifies the covered area through a table. Its key entry is:
- Name of local planning area: Kotagiri.
- Revenue village included: Number 13, Kotagiri.
No other revenue village is listed in the supplied notification.
Earlier proposal and objections
The Rural Development and Local Administration Department records that an earlier proposal was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 7th November 1973 for general information. That proposal concerned declaring specified local areas as a local planning area and constituting a local planning authority for it.
The order also records the Government's treatment of the Kotagiri Town Panchayat's position:
- The Town Panchayat had resolved to drop certain town planning schemes formulated under the Tamil Nadu Town Planning Act, 1920.
- The Government found that no specific objection had been expressed to declaring the Kotagiri Local Planning Area.
- The Town Panchayat's objections mainly concerned dropping particular town planning schemes, on which separate orders had already been issued.
- The Government treated those objections as irrelevant to the declaration and overruled them.
Who may be affected
G.O.Ms.No. 1634 is relevant to property owners, buyers and professionals dealing with land in revenue village number 13, Kotagiri, because it establishes that village as the Kotagiri Local Planning Area. The supplied text does not set out individual development controls, approval procedures, fees or property restrictions. It also does not provide further village boundaries beyond the revenue village number and name.
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Common questions
Which land is included in the Kotagiri Local Planning Area?
The notification lists revenue village number 13, Kotagiri. No other revenue village is included in the supplied table.
Did the Kotagiri Town Panchayat object to the local planning area declaration?
The Government found that the Town Panchayat had not expressed a specific objection to the declaration. Its objections mainly concerned dropping certain town planning schemes, so the Government overruled them as irrelevant to this declaration.
Does G.O.Ms.No. 1634 specify planning permission rules or fees?
No. The supplied text declares the Kotagiri Local Planning Area but does not state development controls, approval procedures, rates or fees.
Was the declaration intended for publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette?
Yes. G.O.Ms.No. 1634 directs that the appended notification be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
