G.O.(Ms) No.27, Holiday on Poll Day for Ordinary Elections to Urban Local Bodies, 2022
The Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election) Department issued G.O.(Ms) No.27 on 9 February 2022, declaring Saturday, 19 February 2022 a public holiday in areas where polling took place for the 2022 ordinary elections to urban local bodies. It required all government offices, including government industrial establishments and government controlled bodies, and all educational institutions in those polling areas to remain closed that day.
Purpose of the document
G.O.(Ms) No.27 of the Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election) Department responded to the election programme published by the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. The Commission scheduled polling for the ordinary elections to urban local bodies on Saturday, 19 February 2022, and requested that the polling day be declared a public holiday.
The Government accepted the request and made the declaration under section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
Where the holiday applied
The public holiday on 19 February 2022 applied only in areas where polling for the ordinary elections to urban local bodies took place. The declaration did not describe the day as a public holiday throughout Tamil Nadu regardless of whether an area had polling.
The closure requirement covered:
- All government offices in polling areas.
- Industrial establishments of the Government in polling areas.
- Government controlled bodies in polling areas.
- All educational institutions in polling areas.
The document does not separately state closure requirements for private offices, private industrial establishments or other private businesses.
Publication and official circulation
G.O.(Ms) No.27 directed that the notification be published in an extraordinary issue of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 9 February 2022. Copies and information were directed to public authorities and institutions including the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, district collectors, heads of departments, the High Court, the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, the Reserve Bank of India, banking institutions, public sector undertakings, universities and Union Government offices.
Relevance to property matters
G.O.(Ms) No.27 is an election holiday notification, not a land administration measure. It does not set out any change to land ownership, land classification, registration, planning permission or land use.
A property buyer, owner or professional could have been affected only in the practical sense that government offices and educational institutions in polling areas were required to remain closed on 19 February 2022. The document does not create any continuing property obligation or restriction.
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Common questions
Was 19 February 2022 a public holiday across all of Tamil Nadu?
The holiday applied in areas where polling for the ordinary elections to urban local bodies took place. The document does not declare a statewide holiday for areas without polling.
Which offices and institutions had to close?
All government offices, government industrial establishments, government controlled bodies and all educational institutions in polling areas were required to remain closed on 19 February 2022.
Did G.O.(Ms) No.27 change any land or property rules?
No land or property rule is set out in the document. It deals with the public holiday and closures for urban local body polling.
Why was the public holiday declared?
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission scheduled the urban local body poll for 19 February 2022 and requested the Government to declare that polling day a public holiday.
