**Executive Summary**
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part I, published on April 19, 2017, contains notifications and orders regarding appointments, investiture of magisterial powers, and other government notifications. The gazette also includes notices regarding Extraordinary issues published during the week ending 8th April 2017. This issue includes an obituary notice for Thiru S. Murugaia, IAS, who passed away on April 11, 2017.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Extraordinary Issues Notice:**
* Lists Extraordinary issues published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette during the week ending April 8, 2017.
* Includes the Issue Number, Part and Section, Date of Issue, Issuing Authority, and Subject of each Extraordinary issue.
* Subjects include Election Commission directions, appointments, land acquisition announcements, and actions related to animal welfare.
* **Appointment/Orders**
* Details on Election Commission's directions specifying that votes at the current Bye-Election to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly shall be given and recorded by means of electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT).
* Appointment of certain Official as the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner for certain period under the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act.
* **Obituary Notice:**
* Records the death of Thiru S. Murugaia, IAS, State Commissioner for the Welfare of Differently Abled, Chennai, on April 11, 2017, at the age of 59.
* Details Thiru Murugaia's career, starting as Probationary Deputy Collector, Salem, in 1982 and conferment in the Indian Administrative Service on 29-03-2004.
* Lists various posts held by Thiru Murugaia in the Government of Tamil Nadu.
* The Government of Tamil Nadu expresses condolences to the family of Thiru S. Murugaia, IAS.
**Impact Analysis**
**Election Commission, Public Departments, Transport Department, Industries Department, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Finance Department, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.**
* **Impact**
The departments are required to adhere to the directions, new appointments and updates, gazetted in the document.
* **Action Required**
The departments need to take the appropriate administrative or management actions, as and when needed.
**Family Members of Thiru S. Murugaia, IAS:**
* **Impact:**
Loss of a family member.
* **Action Required:**
None. Condolences are offered.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official publication containing notifications and orders issued by the Tamil Nadu Government.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960: Referenced in the context of conducting Erudu Vidum Vizha and Jallikattu events.
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013: Referenced in the context of Conferment of Powers of the Judicial Magistrates on the Executive Magistrates.
Election Commission of India: Issuing directions regarding the use of Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT) for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
Chennai: Location of the State Commissioner for the Welfare of Differently Abled, and the place of printing and publishing the gazette.