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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2021

[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.

No. 616]

CHENNAI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2021

Margazhi 9, Pilava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2052

COMMISSIONERATE OF TOWN PANCHAYATS, CHENNAI-28.

FIXING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF DHALI TOWN PANCHAYAT

IN TIRUPPUR DISTRICT.

(Roc.No.7344/2019/C2)

No. VI(2)/133(a)/2021.

NOTIFICATION

WHEREAS Kurumalai, Melkurumalai, Poochikottamparai and Thirumoorthimalai settlement areas of Dhali-2

Revenue Village were included with the local authority of Dhali Town Panchayat in Tiruppur District by

G.O.(Ms)No.110, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election) Department, dated the 25th November

2021 and published in Part II – Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, dated

the 25th November 2021;

AND WHEREAS, under clause (11-B) of section 3 of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act,

1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920), the Director of Town Panchayats has been appointed by the State

Government to exercise and perform the powers and duties of the Inspector in respect of Town Panchayats,

under the said Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920 in G.O (Ms) No.150, Municipal Administration and Water Supply

Department, dated 31st May 1994 and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary,

dated the 31st May 1994;

AND WHEREAS the average distance between Dhali Town Panchayat and the included settlement

areas of Dhali-2 Revenue Village (except Thirumoorthimalai Settlement) is 63 kilometres and therefore the

Inspector proposed to create two additional wards exclusively for the inhabitants of the said settlement

areas and accordingly sent proposal to Delimitation Commission;

AND WHEREAS the Delimitation Commission constituted under the Tamil Nadu Delimitation Commission

Act, 2017 (Tamil Nadu Act 23 of 2017) has submitted its recommendation to State Government under

section 4(1)(a) of the said Tamil Nadu Act 23 of 2017 for increasing the total number of members of the

council of the Dhali Town Panchayat from 15 members to 17 members;

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AND WHEREAS, based on the recommendation of Delimitation Commission, the State Government have amended

rule 2 of the Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats (Fixation of Strength of Councillors) Rules, 1996 by G.O.(Ms)No.132,

Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election) Department, dated the 22nd December 2021 and published in

Part III – Section 1(a) of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 22nd December 2021 to enable

the Inspector to increase the number of councillors not exceeding two in a Town Panchayat with the prior approval of

State Government for reasons to be recorded in writing;

AND WHEREAS, it is considered that the number of councillors for Dhali Town Panchayat may be increased from

15 to 17, for the following reasons, namely:—

(a) the four settlement areas, recently included within the local authority of Dhali Town Panchayat are in hilly

regions;

(b) the distance between the settlement areas from Dhali Town Panchayat except Thirumoorthimalai is not less

than seventy three kilometres;

(c) the said Thirumoorthimalai settlement area is at a distance of fi fty fi ve kilometres from the other settlement

areas;

(d) to provide two wards for the said settlement areas;

AND WHEREAS, the Government of Tamil Nadu in G.O.(Ms)No.132, Municipal Administration and Water Supply

Department, dated 22.12.2021 has granted prior approval to increase the number of councillors for Dhali Town Panchayat

from 15 to 17.

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3-T of the Tamil Nadu

District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920), read with the proviso to rule 2 of the Tamil Nadu Town

Panchayats (Fixation of Strength of Councillors) Rules, 1996, the Inspector, with the prior approval of the Government of

Tamil Nadu hereby fi xes the number of members of the council of Dhali Town Panchayat in Tiruppur District, inclusive

of the Chairman, as seventeen (17), with eff ect on and from the next ordinary election.

Urban Administrative Building,

Dr. R. SELVARAJ, I.A.S.,

Raja Annamalaipuram,

Inspector of Town Panchayats/

Chennai-600 028.

Commissioner of Town Panchayats.

24th December 2021.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI

ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU