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

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2026

[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.

Part VI—Section 1

Notifications of interest to the General Public

issued by Heads of Departments, Etc.

NOTIFICATIONS BY HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, ETC.

No. 280]

CHENNAI, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026

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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

JUDICIAL NOTIFICATION

CIVIL JUDGES CONFERMENT OF POWERS

(R.O.C.No.35186-A/2026-B2)

No. VI(1)/359(b)/2026.

No. 92/2026.—In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 18 (1) read with Section 32 (1) of the Code of

Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) and under Section 11 (1) read with Section 26 (1) of the Bharatiya

Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act No. 46 of 2023), the High Court, Madras, hereby appoints the following

Presiding Officers of the Courts of Small Causes, Chennai, as Special Metropolitan Magistrates/ as Special Judicial

Magistrates, respectively, for a period of another one year with effect from 12.06.2026, to try and dispose of the cases

under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, which are pending in large number and which are being transferred

from the files of Metropolitan Magistrate Courts, Chennai, from time to time and they shall exercise all the· powers of

Metropolitan Magistrate / Judicial Magistrate, under the said Codes for the said purpose:

Presiding Officers,

Court of Small Causes, Chennai.

1. X Judge,