I. NOTICE REGARDING GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY ISSUES PUBLISHED DURING THE WEEK.

**Executive Summary** This document is a notice from the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on November 30, 2016. It contains Notifications or Orders regarding first appointments, investiture of magisterial powers issued by Secretariat Departments, as well as a notice regarding Extraordinary issues published during the week ending November 19th, 2016. The document also notes the parts and sections of the Gazette that are not published this week. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Notifications by Government**: The content of the Gazette for the specified date is nil. * **Gazette Extraordinary Issues (Week Ending 19th November 2016)**: * Issue Number 267: Election Commission direction on using electronic voting machines in the Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency bye-election (14th November 2016). * Issue Number 268: Election Commission notification regarding the exit poll for Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency bye-election. * Issue Number 269: Election Commission direction on using electronic voting machines in the Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Assembly constituencies general elections. * Issue Number 270: Election Commission notification regarding the exit poll for Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Assembly constituencies general elections. * Issue Number 271: Appointment of Electoral Registration Officers for Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. * Issue Number 272: Declaration of public holidays for 2017 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, for State Government offices, commercial banks, and co-operative banks (14th November 2016). * Issue Number 273: Election Commission order on identifying electors in the Aravakurichi & Thanjavur Assembly constituencies general elections to be held on 9th November 2016 (16th November 2016). * Issue Number 274: Election Commission order on identifying electors in the Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency bye-election to be held on 19th November 2016. * Issue Number 275: Information about performance grants for the Urban Local Bodies: eligibility criteria, procedure for selection, engaging professional Chartered Accountant for Guidance in compiling accounts, etc., under the 14th Central Finance Commission (16th November 2016). * Issue Number 276: Market Borrowing Programme of State Government By Auction (18th November 2016). * **Gazette Sections Not Published This Week**: * Part II - Section 1 * Part III - Section 1(b) * Part IV - Sections 1, 2, and 3 * Part V - Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 * Part VI - Section 2 **Impact Analysis** **Stakeholders:** Election Commission of India **Impact:** Orders related to the use of electronic voting machines and the identification of electors in specified assembly constituencies during elections. **Action Required:** Implement the directions and orders related to election procedures. **Stakeholders:** State Government Offices, Commercial Banks, Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu **Impact:** Affected by the list of public holidays declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act. **Action Required:** Observe the declared public holidays for the year 2017. **Stakeholders:** Urban Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu **Impact:** Impacted by the performance grant eligibility criteria, selection procedure, and guidance on engaging professional chartered accountants **Action Required:** Understand eligibility criteria and follow the procedure for selection. **Stakeholders:** Tamil Nadu State Government **Impact:** Implementing a market borrowing programme. **Action Required:** Carry out Market Borrowing Programme By Auction. **Stakeholders:** Electoral Registration Officers in Tamil Nadu. **Impact:** New appointments. **Action Required:** Carry out their duties and responsibilities in the Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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