TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2025

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No. 138]

CHENNAI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025

Panguni 13, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056

Part II—Section 2

Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

[1]

II-2 Ex. (138)

MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT

1998 ஆம் ஆண்டு தமிழ்நாாடு நகர்ப்புர உள்ளாாட்சி அமைைப்புகள் சட்டத்தின் பிரிவு 52-இன் கீழ்

திருமதி. க.சகுந்தலாா அவர்களைை 11-ஆவது வார்டு உறுப்பினர் (

திருமதி. க.சகுந்தலாா அவர்களைை 11-ஆவது வார்டு உறுப்பினர் ( உசிலம்பட்டி நகராட்சி) மற்றும் நகர்மன்றத் தலைைவர்

உசிலம்பட்டி நகராட்சி) மற்றும் நகர்மன்றத் தலைைவர்

பதவியிலிருந்து நீக்கி ஆணைை† வெ�ளியிடப்படுகிறது.

[அரசாணைை† (நிலைை) எண்.41, நகராட்சி நிர்வாகம் மற்றும் குடிநீர் வழங்கல் (ந.நி.5(2)) துறைை,

26 மார்ச் 2025, பங்குனி 12, குரோ�ோதி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.]

No. II(2)/MAWS/261(g)/2025.

WHEREAS, the report of the Director of Municipal Administration stating that Tmt. K. Sakuntala,

11th Ward Councillor and Chairperson of Usilampatti Municipal Council, is to be removed under section 52 of

the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 9 of 1999) for the following reasons, namely:-

Tmt. K. Sakuntala had conducted the statutory meetings of the Council in her official Chamber instead of

Council Hall, as required under the Act; usurping the powers of the Council had given pre-approval to certain

tenders which ought to be decided by the Council; and unilaterally cancelled the contract by which the Solid

Waste Management activities of the town has been outsourced, without following prescribed procedure and without

making necessary alternate arrangement and thereby abused her powers;

AND WHEREAS, on the basis of the said report of the Director of Municipal Administration, a show cause

notice was issued under sub-section (2) of section 52 of the said Act by the Government, containing the above

said allegations and she was directed to submit her reply in writing to the Government within 15 days from the

date of receipt of the notice;

AND WHEREAS, Tmt. K. Sakuntala furnished her reply denying all the allegations putforth against her;

AND WHEREAS, after receiving the reply from Tmt. K. Sakuntala, Chairman of Usilampatti Municipal Council,

the report of the Director of Municipal Administration was sought for. The Director of Municipal Administration has

stated that she abuses the power vested in her under the Act and recommended to the Government for further

course of action, thereby he confirmed the allegations putforth against Tmt. K. Sakuntala;

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

AND WHEREAS, the Government after independently and carefully examined the allegations against

Tmt. K. Sakuntala, 11th Ward Councillor and Chairperson of Usilampatti municipal council, sent by the Director

of Municipal Administration, the reply submitted by Tmt. K. Sakuntala, 11th Ward Councillor and Chairperson

of Usilampatti municipal council and the opinion of the Director of Municipal Administration, have come to the

conclusion that the reply furnished by Tmt. K. Sakuntala, 11th Ward Councillor and Chairperson of Usilampatti

municipal council deserves to be rejected and she wilfully disobeyed the provisions of the said Act and abused

the powers vested in her;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 52 of the

Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 9 of 1999), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, hereby removes

Tmt. K. Sakuntala, 11th Ward Councillor and Chairperson of Usilampatti municipal council, from the office of

Councillor of 11th Ward and Chairperson of the said municipal council with immediate effect.

D. KARTHIKEYAN,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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