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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2024

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No. 197]

CHENNAI, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024

Aani 6, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2055

Part II—Section 2

Notifi cations or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

II-2 Ex. (197)

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PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Law and Order-F)

APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSES AND CIRCUMSTANCES

LEADING TO THE INCIDENT OF CONSUMING ARRACK ADMIXED WITH METHANOL AT KARUNAPURAM IN

KALLAKURICHI TALUK IN KALLAKURICHI DISTRICT, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF SEVERAL PERSONS

ON 19TH JUNE 2024 AND 20TH JUNE 2024 UNDER THE COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT, 1952

[G.O. Ms. No.435, Public (Law and Order-F), 20th June 2024, ÝQ 6, குேராதி, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´&2055.]

No. II(2)/PULO/502(c)/2024.

WHEREAS, the Government of Tamil Nadu is of the opinion that it is necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry

headed by a retired Judge of High Court of Madras, for the purpose of making an inquiry into a defi nite matter of public

importance hereinafter specifi ed:

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry

Act, 1952 (Central Act, LX of 1952), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints a Commission of Inquiry consisting of a

single member, namely Hon’ble Justice Thiru. B. Gokuldoss, Retired Judge of High Court of Madras.

3. The terms of references of the Commission of Inquiry shall be as follows, namely :-

(i)

To inquire into the causes and circumstances leading to the casualties due to the consumption of arrack

allegedly mixed with Methanol, at Karunapuram in Kallakurichi Taluk and Kallakurichi District, resulting in the death of

several persons on 19.06.2024 and 20.06.2024 and fi x responsibility for any act of omission and commission;

(ii)

To suggest suitable preventive measures to avert such occurrences in future;

(iii) To study the existing rules and regulations governing the storage, transportation and sale of Methanol

and diversion of the same for illegal purposes and suggest modifi cations and inclusion of penal provisions for stringent

enforcement; and

(iv) To suggest measures for rehabilitation of the aff ected families.

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4. The Commission will complete its inquiry and submit its report (both in English and Tamil) to the Government within

a period of three months from the date of publication of this Notifi cation in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

5. AND WHEREAS, the Government of Tamil Nadu is of the opinion, having regard to the nature of the inquiry to

be made by the Commission of Inquiry and other circumstances of the case, that all the provisions of sub-sections (2),

(3), (4) and (5) of Section 5 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (Central Act LX of 1952) shall be made applicable to

the Commission of Inquiry.

6. NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Commissions of

Inquiry Act, 1952 (Central Act LX of 1952), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby directs that all the provisions of the said

sub-sections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the said Section 5 of the said Act shall apply to the Commission of Inquiry.

REETA HARISH THAKKAR,

Secretary to Government.

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