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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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CHENNAI, MONDAY, JULY 1,  2024

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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. (214)

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT

DISQUALIFICATION OF 1ST WARD MEMBER, BETTAMUGULALAM VILLAGE PANCHAYAT, KELAMANGALAM

PANCHAYAT UNION, KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT UNDER THE TAMIL NADU PANCHAYATS ACT, 1994.

[G.O. Ms. No.111, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-4), 1st July 2024,

ÝQ 17, குரோதி, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´&2055.]

No. II(2)/RDPR/520(a)/2024.

WHEREAS, the report of District Collector, Krishnagiri District stating that Thiru.V.Ranganathan, 1st Ward Member,

Bettamugulalam Village Panchayat, Kelamangalam Panchayat Union, Krishnagiri District is to be disqualified under

clause (i) of sub-section (3) of Section 38 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994) as he was

absent himself for three consecutive meetings of the said Village Panchayat since December 2020 and he was arrested

and imprisoned under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985);

AND WHEREAS, the opinion of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission was sought for regarding the

disqualification of Thiru.V.Ranganathan, 1st Ward Member, Bettamugulalam Village Panchayat, Kelamangalam

Panchayat Union, Krishnagiri District as required under sub-section (2) of Section 41 of the said Act;

AND WHEREAS, the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, after conducting an enquiry and verification of the

relevant records has confirmed that Thiru.V.Ranganathan, 1st Ward Member of the said Village Panchayat, has not

attended three consecutive meetings of the said village panchayat held on 05.12.2020, 04.01.2021 and 02.02.2021 since

he has been arrested and imprisoned under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of

1985) and opined that Thiru.V.Ranganathan, 1st Ward Member, Bettamugulalam Village Panchayat, Kelamangalam

Panchayat Union, Krishnagiri District shall be disqualified to continue as member of the said Bettamugulalam Village

Panchayat, under clause (i) of sub-section (3) of Section 38 of the said Act;

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

NOW THEREFORE, under sub section (1) of Section 41 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994

(Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby decides that Thiru.V.Ranganathan, 1st Ward Member,

Bettamugulalam Village Panchayat, Kelamangalam Panchayat Union, Krishnagiri District has become disqualified

from holding the office of Member of the said Bettamugulalam Village Panchayat, under clause (i) of sub-section (3) of

Section 38 of the said Act, as he has absented himself from three consecutive meetings of the said Village Panchayat

held on and after 05.12.2020.

P. SENTHILKUMAR,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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