**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on May 17, 2023. It contains notifications and orders from Secretariat Departments, including notices regarding extraordinary issues published during the week ending May 6, 2023. It lists the publication of election candidate disqualifications.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Part I:** Contains notifications or orders regarding first appointments and investiture of magisterial powers issued by Secretariat Departments.
* The content is currently nil.
* **Notice Regarding Gazette Extraordinary Issues:** Lists extraordinary issues of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette published during the week ending May 6, 2023.
* Details include issue number, part and section, date of issue, issuing department, and subject.
* A number of municipalities have been upgraded.
* Land acquistions have been announced.
* Candidates contesting in 2021 for failure to lodge accounts have been disqualified.
* Re-Appointment as the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act.
* The Chennai City Police (Amendment) Act, 2023.
* The Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Third (Amendment) Amendment Act, 2023
* Details of elected district heads and union councilors from the 11.01.2020 indirect elections are published.
* **Parts and Sections Not Published:** Indicates that certain parts and sections of the Gazette were not published during the 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**
**Municipalities and Municipal Councils**
* **Impact:** Upgrading of municipalities.
* **Action Required:** Review the new status.
**Candidates of the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections**
* **Impact:** Disqualification for candidates who did not lodge the election expenses
* **Action Required:** Review the disqualification requirements
**State Election Commissioner**
* **Impact:** Re-appointment
* **Action Required:** Review the relevant policies and amendments
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official publication for notifications, orders, and acts in Tamil Nadu.
Election Commission of India: Issuing disqualifications of candidates for failure to lodge election expense accounts.
Section 10-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951: Basis for candidate disqualifications due to failure to file election expense accounts.
Chennai: Location where the Gazette is printed and published, as well as location of some issuing authorities.
Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act: Relates to the Re-Appointment as the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner.