TAMIL  NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

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GOVERNMENT  OF  TAMIL  NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2022

[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.

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

II-2 Ex. (366)

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,

ÝQ 16, ²ðA¼¶, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´- 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 in view of the aforesaid interim order of the Hon’ble High Court, the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission

is not in a position to conduct election to the post of Ward Members of Kadambur Town Panchayat in Thoothukudi district

before 30.6.2022, the date on which, the term of Special Officer of the Kadambur Town Panchayat expires and also requested

the Government to initiate appropriate action for administration of Town Panchayat;

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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.

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