**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated May 17, 2023. It contains notifications and orders from Secretariat Departments, including notifications of extraordinary issues published during the week ending May 6th, 2023. The Gazette also provides a notice regarding parts and sections not published in the current week.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Part I - Notifications by Government:**
* This section primarily includes notifications or orders regarding first appointments and investiture of magisterial powers, issued by Secretariat Departments.
* The content section is nil.
* **Extraordinary Issues Published:**
* Issue 155 (May 2nd, 2023): Announces the up gradation of several municipal councils.
* Issue 156 (May 4th, 2023): Concerns the acquisition of lands by the Water Resources Department.
* Issue 157 (May 4th, 2023): Details the Market Borrowing Programme of the State Government by Auction.
* Issues 158-163 (May 4th, 2023): Disqualifications of candidates from various Assembly Constituencies due to failure to lodge election expense accounts, by the Election Commission of India.
* Issue 164 (May 4th, 2023): Re-appointment as the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act.
* Issue 165 (May 4th, 2023): The Chennai City Police (Amendment) Act, 2023.
* Issue 166 (May 5th, 2023): Acquisition of Lands.
* Issue 167 (May 4th, 2023): The Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Third (Amendment) Amendment Act, 2023.
* Issue 168 (May 5th, 2023): Names the district Panchayat leaders and leaders of village union councils.
* **Sections Not Published This Week:**
* Part III - Section 2
* Part IV - Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4
* Part V - Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4
* Part VI - Section 3(b)
**Impact Analysis**
**Election Commission of India and Candidates for Legislative Assembly Election**
* **Impact:** Notifications regarding the disqualification of candidates who failed to submit election expense accounts.
* **Action Required:** Candidates who contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections from specified constituencies should take note of their disqualification if they failed to lodge their accounts of election expenses.
**Citizens of Tamil Nadu:**
* **Impact:** Changes to municipal council status in specific districts; amendments to town and country planning laws.
* **Action Required:** Stay informed of up gradations to local municipal councils and changes to laws affecting town and village planning.
**Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner**
* **Impact:** Notification regarding re-appointment as the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act.
* **Action Required:** Be aware of re-appointment to position of commissioner.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official government publication containing notifications and orders.
Election Commission of India: The body responsible for handling cases of disqualification of candidates who fail to lodge accounts of election expenses.
Section 10-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951: Legal section under which candidates were disqualified for failing to lodge accounts of election expenses.
Chennai: Location of the office of The Commissioner of Land Administration, and the place of publication of the gazette.
Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act: Referenced in the re-appointment as the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner.