PUBLIC DEPARTMENT - (Law Officers) [Census 2021 - Extension of Date of Freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units and ban on formation of new units upto 30th June operations - orders issued.

No. 75] CHENNAI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 Thai 16, Pilava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2053

Part II—Section 2

Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Law Officers)

Secretariat, 29th January 2022

No. II(2)/PULO/70(e)/2022.

[CENSUS 2021 - EXTENSION OF DATE OF FREEZING OF BOUNDARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS AND BAN ON FORMATION OF NEW UNITS UPTO 30TH JUNE 2022 IN CONNECTION WITH CENSUS OPERATIONS -ORDERS - ISSUED.]

The following Government Order is Published:-

[G.O. Ms. No. 92, Public (Law Officers), 29th January 2022, தை 16, பிலவ, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.] Read:

1. G.O.(Ms).No.885, Public (Law Officers) Department, dated 31-12-2019.

2. G.O.(Ms).No.471, Public (Law Officers) Department, dated 22-09-2020.

3. G.O.(Ms).No.101, Public (Law Officers) Department, dated 12-02-2021.

4. G.O.(Ms) No.447, Public (Law Officers) Department dated 04-08-2021.

5. From the Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu Letter No.1/2/12/2017-CEN dated 28-12-2021.

Order No.92, Public (Law Officers,) 29th January 2022.

In the G.O first read above, orders were issued freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units viz., municipalities, revenue villages, towns, tehsils, police stations, sub-divisions, districts etc., and ban on formation of new Units in the State of Tamil Nadu from 1st January 2020 to 31st March 2020.

3. In the G.O. 3rd read above, the date of freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units was further extended upto 31st March 2021.

4. In the G.O. 4th read above, the date of freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units was furthermore extended upto 31st December 2021.

5. In the letter 4th read above, the Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu in his letter dated 28-12-2021 has enclosed a copy of the letter dated 23-12-2021 received from the Director of Census, NPR/ NRC, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and has stated that owing to the prevailing pandemic conditions due to the variant Omicron of Covid-19 and the States being pre-occupied in the vaccination drive against Covid-19, the time period of conduct of Census is not yet decided. In the above circumstances, it was decided by the competent authority to further extend the date of freezing of boundaries up to 30-06-2022 vide ORGI Lr.F.No.9/33/2019-CD(Cen) dated 24-12-2021 and therefore he has requested to notify the extension of freezing date of boundaries of administrative units upto 30-06-2022 in the State Gazette and to issue necessary instructions to Departments concerned to give effect to the changes in the jurisdiction of administrative units if any, latest by 30-06-2022.

6. In the circumstances stated above, the Government hereby extend the Date of Freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units viz., municipalities, revenue villages, towns, tehsils, police stations, sub-divisions, districts, etc. and ban on formation of new units in the State of Tamil Nadu upto 30th June 2022 in connection with Census Operations.

7. All the pending proposals, if any affect the changes in the existing Boundaries of municipalities, revenue villages, towns, tehsils, police stations, sub-divisions, districts etc., may therefore be finalized on or before 30th June, 2022 under intimation to the Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu.

8. The Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Chennai, the Director General of Police, Chennai, the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Chennai, the Director of Municipal Administration, Chennai, the Director of Town Panchayats, Chennai, the Collectors of all Districts, the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation, the Commissioners, Municipal Corporations are directed to adhere to the above decision of the Government.

(By Order of the Governor)

D. JAGANNATHAN, Secretary to Government.