G.O.(Ms).No.206, Declaration of Madurai Urban Planning Area, 2022 (2022)

What the document does

G.O.(Ms).No.206 of the Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department declares 1,254.93 square kilometres covering 357 revenue villages in Madurai District as the Madurai Urban Planning Area. The villages are identified in the notification appended to the government order by taluk, village number and revenue village name.

The declaration was made using the power under clause (48) of section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971. That provision was inserted through the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Second Amendment) Act, 2022, which came into force on 14 September 2022.

Who may be affected

G.O.(Ms).No.206 is relevant to property buyers, owners, developers and professionals dealing with land in any of the 357 listed revenue villages. A person checking a property should compare its taluk, official revenue village name and village number with the appended notification.

The supplied list includes villages in Madurai East and Madurai North taluks, such as Poikaraipatti, Naickanpatti, Uthangudi, Thirumohur, Vandiyur, Varichiyur, Samayanallur and Vayalur. Some entries are divided into separately identified bits, so the complete revenue description matters.

The government order specifies the planning area. It does not state that ownership is transferred, that land titles are cancelled, or that every village in Madurai District is included.

Key provisions

G.O.(Ms).No.206 provides that:

• The Madurai Urban Planning Area covers 1,254.93 square kilometres.
• The declared area contains 357 revenue villages in Madurai District.
• The Director of Town and Country Planning proposed the declaration based on a report from the Member Secretary in charge and Assistant Director of the Madurai Local Planning Authority.
• The appended notification identifies the included villages.
• The notification is to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
• The Collector of Madurai 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 for publication.

Planning background

G.O.(Ms).No.206 follows earlier government action concerning Madurai. G.O.(Ms).No.89, dated 29 May 2014, declared an intention to add certain areas to the Madurai Local Planning Area. G.O.(Ms).No.145, dated 16 December 2021, constituted the Madurai Urban Development Authority as an ad hoc body, along with an Advisory Council and a Planning Cell.