G.O. (Ms) No.364
The Revenue and Disaster Management (DM-IV) Department issued G.O. (Ms) No.364 on 3 May 2021 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, imposing additional COVID-19 restrictions throughout Tamil Nadu from 4.00 A.M. on 6 May 2021 to 4.00 A.M. on 20 May 2021. It restricted office staffing, public transport, shops, food service and gatherings, while allowing specified essential and night-time activities.
What the document does
G.O. (Ms) No.364 of the Revenue and Disaster Management (DM-IV) Department, dated 3 May 2021, added temporary restrictions to Tamil Nadu's existing COVID-19 lockdown arrangements. The new restrictions applied throughout the State from 4.00 A.M. on 6 May 2021 to 4.00 A.M. on 20 May 2021.
The measures were issued after the Government considered increasing COVID-19 cases, test positivity rates and occupancy of oxygen and intensive care beds. The document also refers to the existing night curfew from 10.00 P.M. to 4.00 A.M. and complete lockdown on Sundays.
Who was affected
G.O. (Ms) No.364 affected residents, travellers, offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, transport operators, industries and service providers across Tamil Nadu. It does not create or change land ownership, registration, planning or property rights, although businesses operating from commercial property were subject to its temporary restrictions.
Main restrictions
G.O. (Ms) No.364 imposed the following requirements:
- Government and private offices could operate with no more than 50 percent staff.
- Railways, metros, buses and cabs could operate at no more than 50 percent capacity.
- Provision and vegetable shops inside shopping complexes and malls could not open.
- Standalone provision and vegetable shops could open until 12.00 Noon, without air conditioning, with no more than 50 percent customer capacity.
- Other shops had to remain closed, while government and public sector sale outlets could operate from 8.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon.
- Pharmacies, milk supply and other essential services continued without restriction.
- Restaurants, hotels, bakeries and messes could provide takeaway food only during the stated morning, afternoon and evening periods. Dine-in service was prohibited.
- Social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural and festival gatherings were prohibited. Cinemas, multiplexes and theatres had to close.
- Funerals and last rites were limited to 20 people.
- Spas in rural containment areas had to close.
Permitted essential movement
G.O. (Ms) No.364 allowed specified services during night curfew, including medical travel, transport to and from airports and railway stations, milk and newspaper distribution, medical services, goods and fuel vehicles, media operations and petrol and diesel bunks. Specified industries, telecommunication services, night operations of information technology companies, data centres, warehouses, ports and airports could also continue, subject to the conditions stated in the document.
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Common questions
Did G.O. (Ms) No.364 change any land or property rights?
No land ownership, registration, planning or property right is changed in the supplied text. The document deals with temporary COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
Could standalone provision and vegetable shops open?
Yes. They could operate until 12.00 Noon without air conditioning and could admit no more than 50 percent of their customer capacity at one time.
Were private offices allowed to operate normally?
Private offices could function with a maximum staff strength of 50 percent during the period covered by the new restrictions.
Could people travel during the night curfew?
Travel was allowed for medical emergencies and for carrying passengers to or from railway stations and airports. Workers covered by the permitted categories could travel with identification cards or permission letters from their organisations.
