G.O. (Ms.) No. 1, Lease of Paiyanur land for film industry housing, 2010

What the document does

Revenue [Land Disposal II(1)] Department Government Order (Ms.) No. 1 dated 4 January 2010 authorises a 99-year long-term lease of government land classified in village accounts as grazing poramboke. The land is in Paiyanur Village, Chengalpattu Taluk, Kancheepuram District, and is intended for apartment housing and related facilities for film industry association members.

The applications covered 39.14.5 hectares in Survey Nos. 419/2, 447, 448 and 449:

• The South Indian Film Employees Federation sought 26.32.5 hectares in Survey Nos. 448 and 449.
• The Tamil Film Producers Council sought 12.82.0 hectares in Survey Nos. 419/2, 447 and 448.
• Another 15 acres of the remaining land is reserved for long-term lease to the Tamil Nadu Small Screen Artistes Association and the actors association, subject to similar conditions.

Who is affected

Revenue [Land Disposal II(1)] Department Government Order (Ms.) No. 1 directly affects the named film industry associations, their members, the cooperative housing societies that must hold the allotments, the Commissioner of Land Administration and the Kancheepuram District Collector.

A private buyer should not treat the allotted land as ordinary land available for individual purchase. The allotment must be in the names of cooperative housing societies, and the land cannot be subleased to individual members or other persons.

Main conditions

Revenue [Land Disposal II(1)] Department Government Order (Ms.) No. 1 imposes the following requirements:

• Each association must establish a cooperative housing society if it does not already have one.
• Apartment buildings must be constructed through the cooperative housing societies and allotted to association members.
• The land must be used for apartment construction within three years. Otherwise, the government may take it back without prior notice.
• The land may be used only for the purpose for which it was leased.
• Any land that is not required must be returned to the Revenue Department.
• Breach of lease conditions or detection of irregularities allows the government to resume the land without prior notice.
• A lease agreement must be executed with the District Collector.
• The applicant organisations must pay the tree value and maintenance charges they agreed to pay.
• Land must be provided within the site for roads, parks, playgrounds, health centres, a post office, bank, electricity board facilities, a police monitoring station and other facilities.
• Encroachment on land near the allotted survey fields is prohibited.