Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Rules, 2019

Purpose and commencement

The Government of Tamil Nadu, Housing and Urban Development Department, issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 11 dated 16 January 2019 after accepting a proposal from the Chief Planner, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Rules, 2019 under the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Act, 2010. The rules take effect on the date of publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

Who the rules affect

The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Rules, 2019 primarily affect the Authority, its nominated and co-opted members, the Member-Secretary, employees, committees and experts associated with its work. They also provide for representation from new transport modes, urban transport experts, public transport associations, passengers, cyclists, pedestrians and similar groups.

Key provisions

• The Government must nominate an eminent traffic and transportation expert with relevant knowledge and experience.
• The Authority may co-opt three members representing new transport modes, urban transportation expertise, and registered associations for public transport users, cyclists, pedestrians and similar groups.
• Co-opted members generally serve an initial three-year term and may be co-opted for one further three-year term. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms.
• Nominated and co-opted members may receive sitting fees at rates specified by the Government in the Finance Department. Eligible members may also receive conveyance, travelling and daily allowances in the circumstances stated in the rules.
• Membership may be disqualified for conflicts of interest, interests in Authority contracts, repeated absence without permission, insolvency, specified court findings or conviction resulting in imprisonment.
• The Chief Urban Planner (Transport), Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, is the Member-Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.
• The Authority may create committees, include experts and refer transport-related subjects to them for detailed consideration.
• Surplus money must be invested according to Finance Department instructions. Authority funds may be held in accounts with no more than seven scheduled or commercial banks at a time.
• The Authority must prepare its estimated receipts and expenditure for the next financial year and send the budget to the Government on or before 15 September each year.

Relevance to property matters

The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Rules, 2019 concern the governance and finances of a metropolitan transport authority. The supplied provisions do not establish a land title transfer, property registration or development approval process.