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	TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY EXTRAORDINARY

No. 385] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022 Aani 24, 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

Secretariat, 8th July 2022.

No. II(2)/ADTW/573(b)/2022.

[ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT – PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGERS AND THEIR REHABILITATION ACT, 2013 – DISTRICT LEVEL VIGILANCE COMMITTEE AND SUB-DIVISION LEVEL VIGILANCE COMMITTEE – RE-CONSTITUTED – ORDERS – ISSUED.] The following Government Order is Published:-

[G.O. Ms. No. 46, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (ADW-6), 20th June 2022, ஆனி 6, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

R(cid:3469)(cid:3465)(cid:3468):

1. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and

their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

2. G.O (Ms.) No. 66, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (ADW6)

Department, dated 03.09.2014.

3. G.O (Ms.) No. 76, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (ADW6)

Department, dated 06.11.2014.

4. From the Additional Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration

and Water Supply Department Letter No. 15939/MA-2/2020-7, dated 10.02.2022

Order: No. 46, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (ADW-6), 20th June 2022.

In the Act, ﬁ rst read above, the Government of India have enacted the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and it came into force with eﬀect from 06.12.2013.

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II-2 Ex. (385)2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 2. In the Government Order second read above, Government have constituted the District Level Vigilance Committee for each District as per Section 24(2) of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

3. In the Government Order third read above, Government have constituted the Sub-Division Level Vigilance Committee for each Sub-Division level as per Section 24(3) of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

4. In the letter fourth read above, the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department has requested to pursue necessary action to notify the constitution of District Vigilance Committee and Sub Divisional Level Vigilance Committees so as to make necessary Rules for the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

5. The Government, after careful examination have decided to re-constitute the District Level and Sub-Division Level Vigilance Committee for each District and Sub-Division and notify the constitution of the above committees in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette as per sub Section (1) of Section (24) of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013, as below:-

District Level Vigilance Committee

Chairman	-	District Magistrate / District Collector, ex-oﬃ cio,
Member Secretary	-	District Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Oﬃ cer, ex-oﬃ cio,
Members	-	1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.	All members of State Legislature belonging to the Scheduled Castes elected from the district. (Provided that if a district has no member of the State Legislature belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the State Government may nominate such number of other members of the State Legislature from the district, not exceeding two.) District Superintendent of Police, ex-oﬃ cio The Assistant Director of Town Panchayats, ex-oﬃ cio, All Municipal Commissioners of Municipal Corporations / Municipalities / Cantonment Board, ex-oﬃ cio, One Representative be nominated by the Railway authority located in the District, Not more than four social Workers belonging to organisation working for the prohibition of manual scavenging and rehabilitation of manual scavengers, or representing the scavenger community, resident in the district, to be nominated by the District Magistrate, two of whom shall be women, One person to represent the ﬁ nancial and credit institutions in the district to be nominated by District Magistrate, District-Level Oﬃ cers of Departments and Agencies who, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, subject to general orders, if any, of the State Government, have a signiﬁ cant role to play in the implementation of this Act.

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 3

Sub-Division Level Vigilance Committee

Chairperson	-	Sub-Divisional Magistrate, ex-oﬃ cio,
Member Secretary	-	Sub-Divisional Level oﬃ cer in-charge of Scheduled Castes Welfare, ex-oﬃ cio,
Members	-	1. The Chairpersons and the Chief Executive Oﬃ cers of Panchayats at intermediate level of the Sub-Division, and where Panchayats at intermediate level, do not exist, Chairpersons from two Panchayats at Village level to be nominated by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate – ex-oﬃ cio, 2. The Sub-Divisional Oﬃ cer of Police, ex-oﬃ cio, 3. Commissioner of the Municipality of the Sub-Divisional headquarters, ex-oﬃ cio, 4. Chief Executive Oﬃ cer of Cantonment Board, if any situated in the Sub-Division ex-oﬃ cio, 5. One representative to be nominated by the railway authority located in the Sub-Division ex-oﬃ cio, 6. Two social workers belonging to the organization working for the Prohibition of manual scavenging and rehabilitation of the manual scavengers or representing the Scavengers community resident in the Sub-Division to be nominated by the District Magistrate, one of whom shall be a woman, 7. One person to represent the ﬁ nancial and credit institutions in the Sub-Division, to be nominated by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, 8. Sub-Divisional Level Oﬃ cers of Department and agencies who in the opinion of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, subject to any general orders of the State Government or the District Magistrate, have a signiﬁ cant role to play in the implementation of this Act, ex-oﬃ cio.

6. The District Level and Sub-Division Level Vigilance Committee shall meet at least once in every three months to perform the following functions as per Section 25 of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013:-

(a) to advise the District Magistrate or, as the case may be, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, on the action which needs to be taken, to ensure that the provisions of this Act or of any rule made thereunder are properly implemented:-

(b) to oversee the economic and social rehabilitation of manual scavengers;

(c) to co-ordinate the functions of all concerned agencies with a view to channelise adequate credit for the rehabilitation of manual scavengers;

(d) to monitor the registration of oﬀences under this Act and their investigation and prosecution.

7. The above said Committees have to perform the said functions as per the provision of the said Act and the progress report about the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 shall be furnished to Government periodically.

8. The term of oﬃ ce of the non-oﬃ cial Members who are nominated in the said Committees shall be a period of three years from the date of appointment in the Committee.

(By Order of the Governor)

K. MANIVASAN, Principal Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT - Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 – District Level Vigilance Committee