G.O.(Ms).No.90, Formation of Analytical and Publication Unit, 2016

What the document does

Government Order (Ms.) No. 90, dated 14 November 2016, records the approval and funding arrangements for forming an Analytical and Publication Unit in the Department of Economics and Statistics. The Government of Tamil Nadu sanctioned Rs.22,10,000 for the unit under the Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives Schemes for 2016-2017.

The State Planning Commission had recommended the proposal at a total cost of Rs.28.30 lakhs for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. The Standing Finance Committee approved the scheme at that total cost. The amount specifically sanctioned through Government Order (Ms.) No. 90 is Rs.22.10 lakhs for 2016-2017.

Who it affects

Government Order (Ms.) No. 90 primarily affects the Department of Economics and Statistics and the government officers responsible for authorising, accounting for and controlling the expenditure.

The document identifies responsibilities for:

• The Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics.
• The Pay and Accounts Officer (South), Chennai.
• Government accounting authorities handling the relevant heads of account.

Property buyers, owners, developers and land professionals are not assigned any duty under the document. It contains no provision changing title, patta, land classification, land use, survey boundaries, registration requirements or development controls.

Key provisions

Government Order (Ms.) No. 90 provides that:

• Rs.22.10 lakhs is sanctioned for forming the Analytical and Publication Unit during 2016-2017.
• The expenditure is to be debited to the specified head of account for the Formation of Analytical and Publication Unit under the State Innovation Fund.
• The expenditure is to be met from the State Innovation Fund through the specified deduction and reserve fund accounting entries.
• The Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics, is the estimating, reconciling and controlling authority for the new head of account.
• The Pay and Accounts Officer (South), Chennai, must open the new head of account in the books of accounts.
• The Principal Secretary and Commissioner is authorised to incur the sanctioned expenditure and must follow applicable procedures and codal provisions when purchasing items.
• The Finance Department concurred with the issue of the document on 14 November 2016.

Relevance to land matters

Government Order (Ms.) No. 90 is an administrative funding approval for a statistical unit. Although it appears within government material associated with revenue administration, its text does not govern land or property rights.