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CHENNAI, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026

Vaikasi 16, Parabhava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2057

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Special.B)

Secretariat, 30th May 2026.

No. I/PUSP/14(a)/2026.

[MINISTERS - INTER-SE-SENIORITY OF MINISTERS AND SUBJECTS - ORDERS - ISSUED.]

The following Government Order is published:—

[G.O. Ms. No.366, Public (Special.B), 30th May 2026, Vaikasi 16, Parabhava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2057.]

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.329, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.10.05.2026

2. G.O.Ms.No.338, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.16.05.2026

3. G.O.Ms.No.343, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.21.05.2026

4. G.O.Ms.No.344, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.22.05.2026

5. G.O.Ms.No.345, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.22.05.2026

Order: No. 366, Public (Special.B), dated 30th May 2026.

Consequent on the induction of the new Minister in the Council of Ministers and the allocation of subjects

among the Ministers as ordered in the G.O's third and fourth read above, the inter-se-seniority of the Council of

Ministers of Tamil Nadu and the subjects allocated to them are as below:

Part I

Notifications or orders regarding first appointments, investiture of

magisterial powers, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Seniority

Number

Name

Thiru/Tmt./Selvi

Designation

Portfolios

C. Joseph Vijay

Chief Minister

Public,

General

Administration,

Indian

Administrative Service, Indian Police Service,

Indian

Forest

Service,

District

Revenue

Officers, Police, Home, Special Programme

Implementation, Special Initiatives, Poverty

Alleviation and Rural Indebtedness, Youth

Welfare, Welfare of Children, Aged, Differently

Abled Persons, Municipal Administration, Urban

and Water Supply.

N. Anand

Minister for Rural

Development and

Water Resources

Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat

Union, Irrigation, Irrigation Projects including

Small Irrigation.

Aadhav Arjuna

Minister for Public

Works and Sports

Development

Public Works (Buildings, Highways and Minor

Ports), Sports Development.

Dr. K.G. Arunraj

Minister for Health,

Medical Education

and Family Welfare

Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare.

K.A. Sengottaiyan

Minister for Revenue

and Disaster

Management

Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy

Collectors, Disaster Management, Boodhan,

Gramadhan and Legislative Assembly

P. Venkataramanan

Minister for Food and

Civil Supplies

Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection

and Price Control.

R. Nirmalkumar

Minister for

Energy Resources

and Law

Electricity

Non-Conventional

Energy

Development, Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention

of Corruption, Governor, Elections and Passports.

Rajmohan

Minister for School

Education, Tamil

Development,

Information and

Publicity

School Education, Archaeology, Tamil Official

Language and Tamil Culture, Information &

Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph

Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing,

Government Press.

Dr.TK. Prabhu

Minister for

Natural Resources

Minerals and Mines.

10.

S. Keerthana

Minister for Industries

Industries, Investment Promotion.

11.

P. Viswanathan

Minister for Higher

Education

Higher Education including Technical Education,

Electronics, Science and Technology

12.

S. Rajesh Kumar

Minister for Tourism

Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation

13.

A.M. Shahjahan

Minister for

Minorities Welfare

Minorities Welfare and Wakf Board

14.

Vanni Arasu

Minister for

Social Justice

Adi Dravidar Welfare and Hill Tribes

15.

A. Vijay Tamilan Parthiban

Minister for Transport

Motor Vehicle Acts - Administration, Transport,

Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act

16.

B. Rajkumar

Minister for

Housing and Urban

Development

Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects

and

Housing

Development, Accommodation

Control, CMDA, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat

Development Board, Urban Planning and Urban

Development

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Seniority

Number

Name

Thiru/Tmt./Selvi

Designation

Portfolios

17.

V. Sampath Kumar

Minister for Backward

Classes Welfare

Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward

Classes Welfare and De-notified Communities

Welfare

18.

M. Vijay Balaji

Minister for

Handlooms, Textiles

and Khadi

Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village

Industries Board

19.

K. Vignesh

Minister for

Prohibition and

Excise

Prohibition and Excise

20.

K. Thennarasu

Minister for

Non-Resident Tamils

Welfare

Non-Resident

Tamils

Welfare,

Refugees

evacuees

21.

J. Mohamed Farvas

Minister for Labour

Welfare and Skill

Development

Labour Welfare, Population, Employment and

Training, Census, Weights and Measures, Urban

and Rural Employment and Bonded Labour

Welfare

22.

V. Gandhiraj

Minister for

Co-operation

23.

K. Jegadeshwari

Minister for Social

Welfare & Women

Empowerment

Social

Welfare

including

Women

Welfare,

Orphanages and Correctional Administration and

Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious

Meal Programme.

24.

Vinoth

Minister for

Agriculture - Farmers

Welfare

Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service

Co-operatives, Horticulture, Sugar, Sugarcane

Excise, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land

Development

25.

C. Vijayalakshmi

Minister for Milk and

Dairy Development

Milk and Dairy Development

26.

D. Sarathkumar

Minister for

Human Resources

Management

Human Resources Management & Ex-Servicemen

Welfare

27.

Ramesh

Minister for

Hindu Religious

and Charitable

Endowments

Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments

28.

P. Mathan Raja

Minister for Micro,

Small and Medium

Enterprises

Rural Industries including Cottage Industries,

Small Industries.

29.

N. Marie Wilson

Minister for Finance,

Planning and

Development

Finance, Pensions and Pensionary Benefits,

Planning & Development

30.

Srinath

Minister for Fisheries -

Fishermen Welfare

Fisheries, Fisheries Development Corporation

31.

S. Kamali

Minister for Animal

Husbandry

Animal Husbandry

32.

R. Kumar

Minister for Artificial

Intelligence,

Information

Technology & Digital

Services

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and

Digital Services

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Seniority

Number

Name

Thiru/Tmt./Selvi

Designation

Portfolios

33.

R.V. Ranjithkumar

Minister for Forests

Forests

34.

D. Logesh Tamilselvan

Minister for

Commercial Taxes

and Registration

Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act,

Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending,

Chits and Registration of Companies

35.

Rajeev

Minister for

Environment &

Climate

Change

Environment, Pollution Control Board, Climate

Change

(By Order of the Governor)

M. SAI KUMAR,

Chief Secretary.

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