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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.
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TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 718] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025
Aippasi 25, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056
Part IV—Section 2
Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances
The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
received the assent of...
© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.
GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.
2025 [Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.
TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 718] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025 Aippasi 25, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056 Part IV—Section 2 Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 10th November 2025 and
is hereby published for general information:— ACT No. 53 OF 2025.
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as
follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Short title and (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2025. commencement.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 6th day of July 2025.
Tamil Nadu Act 21 2. In section 261-A of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 Amendment of of 1994. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the expression “upto section 261-A. the 5th day of July 2025”, the expression “upto the 5th day of January 2026” shall be substituted.
[251] IV-2—Ex. (718)252 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY Validation. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, the Special Officers appointed by the Government to exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the village panchayats, panchayat union councils or the district panchayats other than the panchayats in the districts of Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupathur, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi with effect on and from the 6th day of July 2025, shall be deemed to have been appointed as such Special Officers under section 261-A of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, and anything done or any action taken by the said Special Officers during the period commencing on and from the 6th day of July 2025 and ending with the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
(By order of the Governor) S. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Secretary to Government, Law Department.
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