1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò 1.9 Town Panchayats – Reconstitution of 561 Special Village Panchayats as Town Panchayats under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 – Orders issued. Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Election) Department G.O. (Ms) No. 55 Dated :14.7.2006 Read : 1. G.O.(Ms)No.270, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department dated 11.6.2004. 2. From the Secretary to Government, Rural Development Department, D.O.Letter No.15924/C4/2006 dated 5.6.2006. 3. From the Director of Special Village Panchayats letters Roc.No.8546/06/C1 dated 3.7.2006 and dated 12.7.2006. ORDER In the G.O. first read above, orders were issued for the reclassification of 566 out of the 611 Town Panchayats, which were governed by the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, as Village Panchayats under Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 with effect from 14.6.2004. The Village Panchayats so reclassified from Town Panchayats are called as Special Village Panchayats as per section 6 (4) of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. The remaining Town Panchayats are continued as such, with a changed nomenclature as Third Grade Municipalities by amendments to the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920. Subsequently, certain Special Village Panchayats were reclassified as Third Grade Municipalities. At present, there are 561 Special Village Panchayats in the State. 2. Representations were received about the practical difficulties being faced by the Special Village Panchayats under the new set-up and requesting to reclassify them again as Town Panchayats under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920. In the Government letter second read above, the District Collectors as Inspectors of Special Village Panchayats, were requested to issue notice and obtain the resolution of the councils of the Special Village Panchayats as to whether the Special Village Panchayats would like to revert to the status of erstwhile Town Panchayats under Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, or, whether the Special Village Panchayats would like to be treated as (ordinary) village Panchayats under Sec.4(1) (a) of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. The Special Village Panchayats were informed that this notice was issued under section 4 (2) (d) read with section 4-A of Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. 3. The Director of Special Village Panchayats in the letter third read above, has informed the following position : 26 1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò Details of Resolution passed by Number of Special Sl.No. Special Village Panchayats Village Panchayats 1 To become Town Panchayats 506 2 To remain as special village panchayats 17 3 To become Municipalities 02 4 To leave the decision to Government 07 5 To become village panchayats 11 6 Did not conduct meeting and pass resolution 18 TOTAL 561 The Special Village Panchayats were informed that they could choose only between becoming Town Panchayats or (ordinary) Village Panchayats and that if they failed to pass any resolution, it will be construed that they have no objection to being reclassified as Town Panchayats. Out of the 561 Special Village Panchayats, 26 Special Village Panchayats have passed resolutions which are not in accordance with the above option (Sl. Nos. 2,3 and 4 of the Table above). Therefore, the said 26 Special Village Panchayats and the 18 Special Village Panchayats which did not pass any resolution are deemed to have opted to become Town Panchayats. Thus, 550 out of the 561 Special Village Panchayats have opted or deemed to have opted to become Town panchayats. The remaining 11 have opted to become (ordinary) Village Panchayats. The Director of Special Village Panchayats has requested to issue notification constituting 561 Special Village Panchayats as Town Panchayats under Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920. 4. The Government, after considering the views of the various Special Village Panchayats, have decided that all the 561 Special Village Panchayats be reconstituted as Town Panchayats and that necessary amendments to the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 and Rules be brought forth immediately. The Government accordingly direct that all the 561 Special Village Panchayats be reconstituted as Town Panchayats. Consequently, a new Chapter namely “ CHAPTER 1-B TOWN PANCHAYATS” has been inserted in the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 by the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006, for governing the Town Panchayats to be reconstituted from the Special Village Panchayats, under the said Act. 5. According to clause (a) of Section 3-CC (1) of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, as inserted by the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006, the President and members of a Special Village Panchayat who are holding office as such, immediately before the date of constitution of such Special Village Panchayats as town panchayats, shall be deemed to be the Chairman and members of such Town Panchayats elected under this Act and such Chairman and members shall continue to hold office up to the date on which their term of office would expire. According to clause (b) of the said section, all the employees, other than the provincialised employees, of the Special Village Panchayat, immediately before its constitution as Town Panchayat, shall be the employees of such Town Panchayat under this Act. The provincialised employees shall continue to serve under the Town Panchayat. 27 1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò 6. The appended Notification for the constitution of the 561 Special Village Panchayats as Town Panchayats will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 14th July 2006. (By order of the Governor) K.Deenabandu Secretary to Government 28 1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò APPENDIX. NOTIFICATION. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3-P of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920), as amended by the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 (Tamil Nadu Ordinance 4 of 2006), the Governor of Tamil Nadu after having regard to the factors specified in clause (a) of the said sub-section (1), hereby classifies and declares the local areas comprised in each of the panchayat villages specified in column (3) of the Schedule below as panchayat towns, for the purposes of the said Act, and specifies the names of the said panchayat towns as mentioned in the corresponding entries in column (4) thereof and under sub-section (2) of the said section 3-P, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby establishes a town panchayat for each of the said panchayat towns. THE SCHEDULE Sl. Name of the Name of the Name of the panchayat villages No. District panchayat towns (3) (1) (2) (4) 1 Kancheepuram 1 Mamallapuram Mamallapuram 2 Chitlapakkam Chitlapakkam 3 Kundrathur Kundrathur 4 Nandambakkam Nandambakkam 5 Nandivaram – Guduvancheri Nandivaram - Guduvancheri 6 Perungalathur Perungalathur 7 Sholinganallur Sholinganallur 8 Sriperumpudur Sriperumpudur 9 Thirukalukundram Thirukalukundram 10 Uthiramerur Uthiramerur 11 Walajabad Walajabad 12 Acharapakkam Acharapakkam 13 Karunguzhi Karunguzhi 14 Madambakkam Madambakkam 15 Mangadu Mangadu 16 Perungudi Perungudi 17 Sembakkam Sembakkam 18 Sevilimedu Sevilimedu 19 Thiruneermalai Thiruneermalai 20 Thiruporur Thiruporur 21 Edakalinadu Edakalinadu 22 Meenambakkam Meenambakkam 29 1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò Sl. Name of the Name of the Name of the panchayat villages No. District panchayat towns (3) (1) (2) (4) 23 Pallikaranai Pallikaranai 24 Peerkankaranai Peerkankaranai 2 Thiruvallur 25 Chinnasekkadu Chinnasekkadu 26 Minjur Minjur 27 Naravarikuppam Naravarikuppam 28 Ponneri Ponneri 29 Porur Porur 30 Puzhal Puzhal 31 Thirunindravur Thirunindravur 32 Uthukkottai Uthukkottai 33 Arani Arani 34 Gummidipoondi Gummidipoondi 35 Pallipattu Pallipattu 36 Pothatturpettai Pothatturpettai 37 Thirumazhisai Thirumazhisai 3 Vellore 38 Alangayam Alangayam 39 Allapuram Allapuram 40 Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 41 Kalavai Kalavai 42 Kalinjur Kalinjur 43 Katpadi Katpadi 44 Kaveripakkam Kaveripakkam 45 Natrampalli Natrampalli 46 Nemili Nemili 47 Pallikonda Pallikonda 48 Shenbakkam Shenbakkam 49 Sholingur Sholingur 50 Thorapadi Thorapadi 51 Timiri Timiri 52 Ammoor Ammoor 53 Odugathur Odugathur 54 Panapakkam Panapakkam 55 Pennathur Pennathur 56 Thakkolam Thakkolam 30 1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò Sl. Name of the Name of the Name of the panchayat villages No. District panchayat towns (3) (1) (2) (4) 57 Thiruvalam Thiruvalam 58 Uthayendram Uthayendram 59 Vilapakkam Vilapakkam 4 Thiruvannamalai 60 Chengam Chengam 61 Chetpet Chetpet 62 Kalambur Kalambur 63 Polur Polur 64 Kannamangalam Kannamangalam 65 Kilpennathur Kilpennathur 66 Vettavalam Vettavalam 67 Desur Desur 68 Peranamallur Peranamallur 69 Pudupalayam Pudupalayam 5 Dharmapuri 70 Harur Harur 71 Kadathur Kadathur 72 Kariamangalam Kariamangalam 73 Marandahalli Marandahalli 74 Palacodu Palacodu 75 Papparapatti Papparapatti 76 Pappireddipatti Pappireddipatti 77 Pennagaram Pennagaram 78 B.Mallapuram B.Mallapuram 79 Kambainallur Kambainallur 6 Krishnagiri 80 Bargur Bargur 81 Denkanikottai Denkanikottai 82 Kaveripattinam Kaveripattinam 83 Kelamangalam Kelamangalam 84 Mathigiri Mathigiri 85 Uthangarai Uthangarai 86 Nagojanahalli Nagojanahalli 7 Salem 87 Attayampatti Attayampatti 88 Ayothiapattinam Ayothiapattinam 89 Jalakandapuram Jalakandapuram 31 1. ng%uh£Áfë‹ mik¥ò Sl. Name of the Name of the Name of the panchayat villages No. District panchayat towns (3) (1) (2) (4) 90 Kannankurichi Kannankurichi 91 Kolathur