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Tamil Nadu Government Gazette © GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [Regd. No. TN/CCN/117/2006-08. 2008 [Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 42] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008 Aippasi 13, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2039 Part VI—Section 1 Notifications of interest to the General Public issued by Heads of Departments, Etc. NOTIFICATIONS BY HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, ETC. CONTENTS Pages. GENERAL NOTIFICATIONS Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act : Final Closing and Cancellation of Registration of 0.1117. Sundarapandiapuram Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Ltd., Sundarapandiapuram, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District .. .. 336 Winding up of the affairs of the Erode District Auto Rickshaw Drivers Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., No. IND. 1889. Erode and Appointment of Official Liquidator .. .. 336 Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act—Approval of the Melamadai (Bit-II) Detailed Development Plan No. 2 of Madurai Local Planning Authority Madurai .. .. 336-337 DTP—VI-1 (42) [335 ] 336 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [ Part VI—Sec.1 NOTIFICATIONS BY HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, ETC. GENERAL NOTIFICATIONS Final Closing and Cancellation of Registration of 0.1117. Sundarapandiapuram Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Ltd., Sundarapandiapuram, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District. (CLF. No. 172/92/E(L)(2).] No. VI(1)/366/2008. The affairs of the 0.1117 Sundarapandiapuram Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Ltd., (Liquidated), Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District which were ordered to be wound up under Section 85(1) of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act 53 of 1961 are finally closed and the registration of the above Society is hereby cancelled under Section 140 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act 30 of 1983. S. RAJU, Tirunelveli, Assistant Director of 10th September 2008. Handlooms and Textiles. Winding up of the affairs of the Erode District Auto Rickshaw Drivers Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., No. IND. 1889. Erode and Appointment of Official Liquidator. (Rc. No. 50996/ICF/04-2.) No. VI(1)/367/2008. Under powers conferred on the Registrar of Industrial Co-operatives under Section 137(1) of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 (Act 30 of 1983), the Activities of the Erode District Auto Rickshaw Drivers Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., No. IND. 1889. Erode have been ordered to be wound up with immediate effect by the Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce, Chepauk, Chennai-5 vide proceedings Rc. No. 50996/ICF/04-1, dated 4th September 2008. Under Section 138(1) of the same Act, Assistant Director (i/c.)/Liquidator, TAICO Bank, Chennai is appointed as Official Liquidator for the purpose of Liquidation. G. SANTHANAM, Industries Commissioner and Chennai-600 005, Director of Industries and Commerce/ 5th September 2008. Registrar of Industrial Co-operatives. Approval of the Melamadai (Bit-II) Detailed Development Plan No. 2 of Madurai Local Planning Authority, Madurai. (C.No. 221/02 MP3.) FORM - 12. (Under Rule 17 of the Preparation and Sanction of Detailed Development Plan Rules.) No. VI(1)/368/2008. Under Section 29 of Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning, Chennai, has approved the Detailed Development Plan prepared for the planning area described below : MELAMADAI (BIT-II) DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN No. 2 Comprising Survey Numbers 19 to 31, 33 to 36 of Melamadai Village. Extent : 72.24 Acres (approximately) 2. It shall come into operation from the date of publication of the Notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Oct. 29, 2008 ] TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 337 3. A copy of the map of the area included in the plan, will be kept for inspection and also available for sale, during office hours in the office of the Madurai Local Planning Authority, for a period of three months. A.V. MADHAVAN, “Anna Maligai” Member Secretary (i/c.) Madurai Corporation 3rd Floor, Madurai Local Planning Authority. South Side, Madurai-625 002, 21st October 2008. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT AND COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU.
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