MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT--Appointment of Special Officer to Kadambur Town Panchayat under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920.

No. 366] CHENNAI, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2022 Aani 16, Subakiruthu, 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

MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL OFFICER TO KADAMBUR TOWN PANCHAYAT UNDER THE TAMIL NADU DISTRICT

MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1920.

[G.O. Ms. No. 95, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election), 30th June 2022, ஆனி 16, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு--2053.]

No. II(2)/MAWS/531(b)/2022.

WHEREAS the Special Officers to the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations were appointed in pursuance of the interim order of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras in W.P.No.33984 of 2016, dated the 4th October 2016. The term of office of the said Special Officers of the Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations was extended from time to time and lastly upto the 30th June 2022;

AND WHEREAS, subsequently, Ordinary Elections to all the Urban Local Bodies in the State, namely, 21 City Municipal Corporations, 110 Municipalities and 490 Town Panchayats was notified to be held on 19.02.2022 and elections were held to all the said local bodies except to the Kadambur Town Panchayat in Thoothukudi district.

AND WHEREAS the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission has brought to the notice of the Government that, it has cancelled the election proceedings in respect of all the Wards of the Kadambur Town Panchayat in Thoothukudi district, due to non-compliance of the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations (Elections) Rules, 2006 by the Returning Officer and the Assistant Returning Officers on the day of scrutiny of nominations on 5.2.2022. Further, the High Court of Madras in its interim order dated 27.04.2022 in Writ Petition (MD) Nos.3131, 3132 and 3133 of 2022 has restrained the Commission and the other respondents from holding election to the post of Ward Members of the said Town Panchayat till 14.06.2022;

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Tamil Nadu has promulgated the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022 (Tamil Nadu Ordinance 2 of 2022), whereby section 3–UU has been inserted in the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920) enabling the State Government to appoint Special Officer to the Kadambur Town Panchayat beyond 30th June 2022;

AND WHEREAS in view of the circumstances aforesaid, it is necessary to appoint Special Officer to exercise the powers and to discharge the functions of the Kadambur Town Panchayat under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920), until the day on which the first meeting of the council is held after ordinary election to that Town Panchayat or until the 31st day of December 2022, whichever is earlier;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3-UU of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints the Executive Officer of Kalugumalai Town Panchayat as the Special Officer of the Kadambur Town Panchayat.

2. This Notification shall come into force on the 1st July 2022.

SHIV DAS MEENA,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.