Date: 2025-05-14Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
HOME DEPARTMENT (SC)--Award of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Fire Service Medal For Excellence to Fire and Rescue Service Officer/Personnel on The Occasion Of The Fire Service Day on 14th April, 2025. -- HOME DEPARTMENT--Messrs Alwin Golden City Limited, Madurai District Under The Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act.
**Executive Summary**
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on May 14, 2025, contains notifications from Secretariat Departments. It announces the award of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Fire Service Medal for Excellence and orders the attachment of immovable properties of Messrs Alwin Golden City Limited, Madurai District. Action is required by the Competent Authority and District Revenue Officer, Madurai District, to further pursue this matter.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Fire Service Medals:**
* Six Fire and Rescue Service personnel have been awarded the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Fire Service Medal for Excellence on the occasion of Fire Service Day on April 14, 2025.
* Recipients are eligible for a lumpsum grant at the rates noted against each:
* G. Senthilkumar (Station Officer) - Rs. 3,000
* K. Marimuthu (Leading Fireman) - Rs. 2,500
* A. Senthilmurugan (Leading Fireman) - Rs. 2,500
* A. Rajivgandhi (Fireman) - Rs. 2,000
* C. Arunkumar (Fireman) - Rs. 2,000
* R. Varadaraj (Fireman) - Rs. 2,000
* Expenditure shall be debited to "2070-00 - Other Administrative Service 108 Fire Protection and Control I - State's Expenditure - AG Chief Minister's Fire Service Medal for Excellence - 359 Prizes and awards".
* **Attachment of Properties (Alwin Golden City Limited):**
* An ad-interim order attaches the immovable properties of Messrs Alwin Golden City Limited, Madurai District, due to default in return of deposits.
* The order is issued under Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1997.
* The control over the specified immovable properties is transferred to the Competent Authority and District Revenue Officer, Madurai District.
**Impact Analysis**
**Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Service Officer/Personnel:**
* **Impact:** Awarded the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Fire Service Medal for Excellence and receive a lumpsum grant.
* **Action Required:** No action specified.
**Depositors of Messrs Alwin Golden City Limited:**
* **Impact:** Potential protection of their interests through the attachment of the company's immovable properties, after the company defaulted on deposit returns.
* **Action Required:** No action specified.
**Competent Authority and District Revenue Officer, Madurai District:**
* **Impact:** Additional responsibilities for managing and pursuing legal action related to the attached properties of Messrs Alwin Golden City Limited.
* **Action Required:** Pursue further action in accordance with the procedure laid down in sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 4 of the said Act and also the formalities prescribed in the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Rules, 1997. Also, render necessary assistance to the Competent Authority and District Revenue Officer, Madurai District, in filing the application before the Special Court constituted under the said Act.
**Special Public Prosecutor, Special Court for the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1997, Madurai:**
* **Impact:** Receiving an application by the Authority and District Revenue Officer, Madurai District, for the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1997, Madurai.
* **Action Required:** No action specified.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1997: A Tamil Nadu Act designed to protect the interests of financial depositors in the event of default by financial establishments.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Fire Service Medal for Excellence: An award given to fire and rescue service personnel in Tamil Nadu for exceptional service.
Home Department: The Tamil Nadu government department issuing the notifications regarding both the fire service medal and the protection of depositors act.
Madurai: The location of Alwin Golden City Limited and the jurisdiction of the Competent Authority and District Revenue Officer involved in the application of the Depositors Act.