G.O.(Ms).No.72, Inclusion of additional areas in Cumbum Local Planning Area, 2022

What the document does

The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.72 on 10 May 2022 under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971. It declares the Government of Tamil Nadu's intention to expand the Cumbum Local Planning Area by including specified revenue village areas.

The Cumbum Local Planning Area had previously been declared as a local planning area through a Rural Development and Local Administration Department notification published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 17 April 1974. G.O.(Ms).No.72 records that the Director of Town and Country Planning requested the addition of further areas.

Areas proposed for inclusion

The notification identifies the following revenue villages or parts of villages:

• Revenue Village No. 25, Cumbum (Part).
• Revenue Village No. 24, Uthamapuram (Part).
• Revenue Village No. 23, Puthupatti.
• Revenue Village No. 22, Hanumantanpatti.

The wording declares an intention to include these areas. It also provides an opportunity for comments before further action is pursued under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971.

Who may be affected

G.O.(Ms).No.72 directly concerns inhabitants, local authorities and institutions in the listed areas. A property buyer, owner or professional dealing with land in any of these villages should note that the land may fall within the proposed expansion of the Cumbum Local Planning Area.

The source does not state the planning controls, permissions, charges or property procedures that would apply following inclusion. It only records the proposed inclusion and the process for objections and suggestions.

Objections and suggestions

The notification allows any inhabitant, local authority or institution in the listed areas to submit a written objection or suggestion.

• The submission period is two months from the date on which the notification is published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
• Submissions received within that period will be considered before further action.
• Written submissions must be addressed to the Principal Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Fort Saint George, Chennai 600 009.

Publication steps

G.O.(Ms).No.72 directs publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. The Collector of Theni District must republish the notification in the District Gazette and report the republication date to the Government. The Director of Translation must arrange a Tamil translation and send it to the Collector of Theni District.