TAMIL  NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

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CHENNAI, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2022

Aani 17, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2053

Part II—Section 1

Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

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DTP—Part-I—Ex.(369)

PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Law Officers)

Secretariat, July 1, 2022

No. II(1)/PULO/36(b)/2022.

[CENSUS 2021 – EXTENSION OF DATE OF FREEZING OF BOUNDARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS AND BAN ON

FORMATION OF NEW UNITS UPTO 31ST DECEMBER 2022 DURING THE PERIOD OF CENSUS OPERATIONS –

ORDERS – ISSUED.]

The following Government Order is published.—

[G.O. Ms. No. 465, Public (Law Officers), 1st July 2022, ஆனி 17, சுபகிருது, 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.

G.O.(Ms).No. 92, Public (Law Officers) Department, dated 29.01.2022.

6.

From the Registrar General Ministry of Home Affairs (Director of Census Operations),

Letter No.9/33/ 2019 -CD (CEN), dated 14.06.2022.

Order: No. 465, Public (Law Officers), 1st July 2022, Aani 17, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2053.

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.

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2. In the G.O. 2nd read above, the date of freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units was extended upto

31st December 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 G.O 5th read above, the date of freezing of Boundaries of Administrative Units was further extended upto 30.06.2022.

6. In the letter 6th read above, the Director (Census), Office of the Registrar General, India, New Delhi in his letter dated

14.06.2022 has stated that owing to the prevailing pandemic conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, danger of increased probability

of its spread and the preoccupation/ involvement of the States / UTs in speeding up the vaccination drive against COVID-19 in

the country, it would not be possible to start the work of ensuing Census this year. Also, the time period of conducting the ensuing

Census is not yet decided. Further, as per Rule 8 (iv) of Census rules, 1990, the boundaries of the Administrative units shall be

frozen from the date intimated by the Census Commissioner, which shall not be earlier than one year from the Census reference

date. As such, it has now been decided by the competent authority to further extend the date of freezing of boundaries upto

31st December 2022. The boundaries of the Administrative units for the ensuing Census will now be frozen on 31st December 2022.

7. 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 formation of

new units in the State of Tamil Nadu upto 31st December 2022 in connection with Census Operations.

8. 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 31st December 2022 under intimation

to the Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu.

9. 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.

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