Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
G.O. (Ms.) No. 36, Cancellation of the notification declaring 45 villages as a PCPIR local planning area, 2020
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 36, dated 21 February 2020, cancelling the notification that declared 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts as a local planning area for the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region. It cancels the 2017 notification rather than amending it, and directs publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary and the two District Gazettes.
What the government cancelled
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department, through G.O. (Ms.) No. 36, 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 constituting the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region.
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 Director of Town and Country Planning reported that many public objections had been received opposing hydrocarbon exploration and extraction. The objections also sought recognition of the Delta Region as an ecologically sensitive agricultural zone.
The document describes the Cauvery Delta Region as:
- Covering Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts, together with delta blocks in Pudukkottai, Cuddalore, Tiruchy, Karur and Ariyalur districts.
- The rice bowl and granary of Tamil Nadu.
- An environmentally fragile, sensitive wetland and agricultural zone.
- An area where further exploration and exploitation, apart from activities already existing, could harm the environment.
Who may be affected
G.O. (Ms.) No. 36 is relevant to landowners, buyers, developers and professionals dealing with property in the 45 villages that had been included in the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region local planning area. The supplied text does not list the individual village names.
For property checks, the key effect is that the 2017 notification creating the local planning area for the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region has been cancelled. The document does not describe new planning classifications or development controls for the affected villages.
Publication and implementation
G.O. (Ms.) No. 36 provides that:
- The notification must be published in English in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary.
- It must be republished in English and Tamil in the Cuddalore and Nagapattinam District Gazettes.
- The Collectors of Cuddalore and Nagapattinam must arrange republication and report the publication dates to the Government.
- The Director of Translation, Chennai, must arrange the Tamil translation and send it to both District Collectors.
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Common questions
Does this mean the PCPIR local planning area for the 45 villages still exists?
No. G.O. (Ms.) No. 36 cancels the 2017 notification that declared the 45 villages as a local planning area for constituting the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region.
Which villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam are covered?
The supplied document states that 45 villages are involved, but it does not provide their individual names.
Does the document create a new land use classification for these villages?
No new land use classification is set out in the supplied text. The stated action is cancellation of the earlier Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region local planning area notification.
Where will the cancellation notification be published?
It is 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.
