**Executive Summary**
This document is an excerpt from the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. It primarily consists of notifications and orders related to appointments, investiture of magisterial powers, and election-related matters. It also includes public holiday information for 2017. The document provides a list of Extraordinary Issues published during the week ending 19th November 2016.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Extraordinary Issues Published:**
* Election Commission directives and notifications regarding the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly bye-election in Thiruparankundram and the general elections in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies. This included:
* Specifying electronic voting machine usage.
* Notification regarding exit polls.
* Electors Identification in the constituencies.
* Appointment of Electoral Registration Officers for Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
* Declaration of public holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, for the year 2017, applicable to State Government Offices, Commercial Banks, and Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.
* Performance Grants to the Urban Local Bodies information which includes eligibility criteria, the procedure for the selection of eligible bodies, and engagement permission for Professional Chartered Accountants for compiling accounts.
* Amendment to Notification.
* Market Borrowing Programme of State Government By Auction
* **Parts and Sections Not Published:**
* The following parts and sections of the Gazette were 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**
**Tamil Nadu State Government Offices and Employees**
* **Impact:** Awareness of public holidays for the year 2017.
* **Action Required:** Mark and observe specified public holidays.
**Commercial and Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu**
* **Impact:** Awareness of public holidays for the year 2017.
* **Action Required:** Mark and observe specified public holidays.
**Urban Local Bodies**
* **Impact:** Urban Local Bodies have to be aware of eligibility criteria and the procedure for the selection of eligible bodies. Urban Local Bodies are permitted to engage Professional Chartered Accountants for compiling accounts.
* **Action Required:** Take actions as necessary.
**Election Officials**
* **Impact:** Awareness of election-related orders and notifications including identification of electors.
* **Action Required:** Follow the orders and notification.
**Electors and Constituencies**
* **Impact:** The order regarding electronic voting machines and identification of electors might impact their processes during elections.
* **Action Required:** Participate in the elections as per the guidelines of the Election Commission.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official Gazette of the Government of Tamil Nadu, publishing notifications and orders.
Election Commission of India: An entity that issued several orders and directions related to elections in Tamil Nadu as documented in the gazette.
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Legislative body elections which are being addressed by notifications and orders in the gazette.
Chennai: City of publication for the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department: Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu that issued a notification regarding Performance Grants to the Urban Local Bodies.