G.O.(Ms.) No.27, Mudhalamaicharin Veedugal Marukattumana Thittam 2025-26

What the order does

The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department, through G.O.(Ms.) No.27 dated 9 February 2026, sanctions the release of Rs.98 crore under the Mudhalamaicharin Veedugal Marukattumana Thittam for 2025-26. The release is intended to support payments to vendors and beneficiaries, speed up construction and complete houses within the stipulated schedule.

The scheme covers reconstruction of houses that are beyond repair and were constructed under various government schemes up to 2000-01. Each house is designed with a plinth area of 210 sq.ft. and a unit cost of Rs.2.40 lakh.

Funding and construction status

The Mudhalamaicharin Veedugal Marukattumana Thittam received administrative sanction for reconstructing 25,000 houses at a total outlay of Rs.600 crore. The outlay consists of a devolution grant of Rs.100 crore and State funds of Rs.500 crore.

The document records the following position:

• An earlier financial sanction permitted the drawal of Rs.200 crore for 2025-26.
• A later financial sanction permitted the drawal of Rs.100 crore.
• The Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj reported that Rs.100 crore had been credited to the State Nodal Account on 17 November 2025.
• The Revised Estimate for 2025-26 was approved at Rs.296 crore.
• Of 15,515 sanctioned houses, nearly 1,000 had been completed and about 13,272 had reached the roof-laid stage or above.
• The Commissioner requested release of the Rs.196 crore balance provided in the Revised Estimate, while the Government approved a release of Rs.98 crore through G.O.(Ms.) No.27.

Administration and oversight

G.O.(Ms.) No.27 authorises the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj to draw and disburse the Rs.98 crore. The expenditure must be booked under the specified rural housing and capital asset grants account.

The Commissioner must:

• Ensure proper use of the released funds.
• Send progress reports to the Government.
• Closely monitor the housing works.
• Ensure that construction quality complies with applicable norms.

Who may be affected

G.O.(Ms.) No.27 directly concerns beneficiaries whose eligible government-scheme houses are being reconstructed, vendors awaiting payment and rural development authorities implementing the works. It does not provide a new application process or set out broader rules affecting land ownership, sale, registration or property title.