G.O. (Ms.) No. 71, Regularisation of Sold Individual Plots, 2025

What it changes

Government Order (Standing) No. 71 of the Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department creates a no-deadline application route for certain individual plots in unauthorised layouts. An eligible plot owner may apply online even if the owner did not apply within the earlier regularisation period.

The earlier framework required applications for regularising qualifying unauthorised layouts and their sold and unsold plots within a specified period. That period had been extended through several government orders until 30 June 2026. The new provision specifically removes the application deadline for qualifying individual plots purchased by members of the public.

Who it affects

Government Order (Standing) No. 71 affects people who purchased an individual plot in an unauthorised layout and did not apply for regularisation within the earlier permitted period. To fall within the category described in the order:

• The unauthorised layout must have been formed on or before 20 October 2016.
• The individual plot must have been purchased by the applicant.
• The sale document must have been registered on or before 20 October 2016.
• The application must be submitted online.

The no-deadline provision is expressed specifically for purchased individual plots supported by qualifying registered sale documents. It does not state that unsold plots receive the same no-deadline treatment.

Key provisions

Government Order (Standing) No. 71 provides that:

• Eligible owners may submit an online regularisation application without any time limit.
• Missing the earlier application period does not by itself prevent an eligible individual plot owner from applying.
• Regularisation continues under the existing rules, without changes to their substantive requirements.
• The government will later issue the appropriate amendment to the Tamil Nadu Regularisation of Unapproved Layouts and Plots Rules, 2017.

What property owners should check

Government Order (Standing) No. 71 makes the dates of the layout and registered sale document important. A buyer or owner should verify that the layout was formed by the qualifying date and that the sale document was registered by that date. The order permits an application without a deadline, but it does not state that regularisation is automatic or remove the requirements under the existing rules.