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Date: 2024-02-14Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOREST DEPARTMENT--Environment, climate change - Appointment of Two Experts / Scientists as members to the Appellate Authority of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
**Executive Summary**
The document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part I, dated February 14, 2024. It contains notifications and orders regarding first appointments and investiture of magisterial powers issued by Secretariat Departments. The gazette includes appointments of experts/scientists to the Appellate Authority of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and appointments of Law Officers in the High Court of Madras.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department:**
* **Appellate Authority Appointment:** Dr. A.G. Murugesan and Dr. B. Jayaraman are appointed as members of the Appellate Authority of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for three years from the order date.
* **Public Department (Law Officers):**
* **High Court Appointments:**
* Thiru P. Muthukumar, State Government Pleader, is appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu.
* Thiru A. Edwin Prabakar, Special Government Pleader, is appointed as State Government Pleader, High Court of Madras.
* **Gazette Extraordinary Issues (Week Ending February 3, 2024):**
* Notifications were published in Extraordinary issues of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette
Acquisition of Lands in Dindigul District
Appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam for certain period under the Tamil Nadu Fisheries University Act, 2012.
Approved Master Plan for the Rajapalayam Local Planning Area
List of Notaries Appointed by Government of Tamil Nadu.
Amendment to the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Rules.
Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2017.
Notification of Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Erode District.
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1987.
Appointments and procedures in government schools.
Removal of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Lathur Panchayat
Appointments in Kadambathur.
Appointments in Ellapuram
Draft Notification of Revision of Minimum Rates of Wages for Employment in Hosiery
Summoning of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
* **Parts and Sections Not Published:**
* Part II-Section 1
* Part III-Section 2
* Part IV-Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4
* Part V-Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4
* Part VI-Sections 3(a) and 3(b)
**Impact Analysis**
**Appellate Authority Appointees (Dr. A.G. Murugesan and Dr. B. Jayaraman)**
* **Impact:** Empowered to adjudicate disputes relating to environment and pollution within Tamil Nadu, affecting environmental regulations and project approvals.
* **Action Required:** Assume their responsibilities as members of the Appellate Authority for a period of three years.
**Tamil Nadu High Court Advocates (Thiru P. Muthukumar and Thiru A. Edwin Prabakar)**
* **Impact:** Changes in the legal representation of the Tamil Nadu government at the High Court of Madras.
* **Action Required:** Thiru P. Muthukumar to assume duties as Additional Advocate General and Thiru A. Edwin Prabakar as State Government Pleader. The Advocate General to issue orders assigning seniority.
**District Collectors**
* **Impact:** District Collectors are tasked with Acquisition of Lands in Dindigul District and are involved in appointments in Kadambathur and Ellapuram
* **Action Required:** Follow required procedures.
**Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department**
* **Impact:** Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department are tasked with issuing a Draft Notification of Revision of Minimum Rates of Wages for Employment in Hosiery
* **Action Required:** Follow required procedures.
**Legislative Assembly Secretariat**
* **Impact:** Legislative Assembly Secretariat is responsible for Summoning of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
* **Action Required:** Follow required procedures.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu: This Gazette pertains to the government of the state of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official publication containing notifications, orders, and other information issued by the Tamil Nadu Government.
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board: Referenced as the organization whose members are appointed as experts/scientists to the appellate authority.
Chennai: Location where the gazette is printed and published.