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TAMILNADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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CHENNAI,
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PART
III – Section 1(a)
General statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments.
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
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HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
AMENDMENT TO TAMIL NADU HIGHWAYS RULES, 2003.
[G.O. Ms. No. 207,
Highways (HN2),
No. SRO A-45/2003 – In exercise of powers conferred by Sub – section (1) of section 66 of Tamil Nadu Road Highways Act, 2001 (Tamil Nadu Act 34 of 2002), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendment to the Tamil Nadu Highways Rules, 2003:-
AMENDMENT
In the said Rules, for Rule 5, the following Rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“5. Manner of Publication of the Public Notice:- (1) Before publishing a notice under Sub section (1) of section 15, the Government or the collector, as the case may be, shall in addition to calling upon the owner and any other person having interest in the land to show cause as to why the land should not be acquired, shall also cause a public notice to that effect to be published in one English and in one Tamil News papers having circulation in the locality. The said notice shall be displayed in the offices of the :-
(i) Highways authority of the division concerned
(ii) Village Administrative Officer of the village concerned; and
(iii) Tahsildar of the Taluk concerned.
(2) If any objections are received from a person interested in the land within the time prescribed in the public notice issued under sub-section (2) of section 15, the government or the Collector, as the case may be shall fix a date for hearing the objections and give notice thereof to the objections as well as to the Highways Department. Copies of the objections shall also be forwarded to the Highways Department. The Highways Department may file on or before the date fixed by the Government or the Collector, as the case may be, a statement by way of answer to the objections and may also depute a representative to attend the enquiry.
(3) On the date fixed for enquiry or any other date to which enquiry may be adjourned, the Government or the Collector as the case may be, shall hear the objection or a person authorized by him in this behalf and the representative, if any, of the Highways Department and record any evidence that may be produced by both in support of the objection and in support of the need for acquiring the land.
(4) Where the enquiry is conducted by the Collector, on completion of the enquiry, the Collector shall submit all the details of the enquiry to the Government enabling the Government to pass order under Sub – section (3) of Section 15;
(5) Where the enquiry is conducted by eth Government, the Government will pass under Sub- section (30 of Section 15”
K.S. SRIPATHI,
Secretary to Government.