Tamil Nadu Industrial Township Area Development Authority Act, 1997
No: 33 Dated: May, 10 1997
Tamil Nadu Industrial Township Area Development Authority Act, 1997
(Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 1997)
An Act to provide for the constitution of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Township Area Development Authority and matters connected therewith.
Whereas clause (1) of Article 243-Q of the Constitution provides for the constitution of an Industrial Township in an urban or transitional area in the manner provided therein;
And whereas in an Industrial Township constituted there will be no municipality for providing the municipal services;
And whereas it is necessary to provide such municipal service in the area comprised in an Industrial Township;
And whereas it is necessary to make special provision to promote and assist the rapid and orderly establishment, growth and development of industries in industrial areas and industrial estates situated in an industrial township;
And whereas for the purpose of administering the affairs or an Industrial Township and to promote the industrial growth, it is necessary to constitute an Industrial Area Development Authority;
And whereas it is expedient to provide for all these and other matters connected therewith;
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Forty-eighth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act maybe called the Tamil Nadu Industrial Township Area Development Authority Act, 1997.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.
(4) The provisions of the Act shall apply to any Industrial Township declared by the Governor under Article 243Q(2) of the Constitution (on and from the date to be notified by the Government) and different dates maybe appointed for different Industrial Township).
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Authority" means the Tamil Nadu Industrial Township Area Development Authority constituted under section 3;
(b) "Government" means the State Government;
(c) "Industrial Township Area" means such urban area, or part thereof declared by notification as "industrial township area" by the Governor of Tamil Nadu under Article 243Q of the Constitution;
(d) "local authority" means,-
(i) any Municipal Corporation established under any law for the time being in force; or
(ii) a Municipal Council constituted under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920); or
(iii) a District Panchayat or a Panchayat Union Council or a Village Panchayat constituted under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994);
(e) "promoting agency" means the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Industrial Infrastructure Development Limited (TACID) or Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) or State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) or such other institution as may be notified by the Government in this behalf.
3. Constitution of the Authority. - (1) The Government may, for the purpose of administering the affairs of an Industrial Township Areas and for carrying out the provisions of this Act, by notification, constitute an authority for each Industrial Township Area.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue or be sued.
4. Composition of the Authority. - The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:-
(a) one member representing the promoting agency to be nominated by the Government;
(b) one member each representing the Factories, Public Health and Town and Country Planning Development at such level and rank as may be determined and nominated by the Government in this behalf;
(c) (i) one member nominated by the Government from among the owners of industrial undertakings situated in the Industrial Township Area;
(ii) one member nominated by the Government having special knowledge of matters relating to technical or other aspects of industrial undertaking situated in the Industrial Township Area;
(iii) one member nominated by the Government to represent the interests of person employed in the industrial undertaking situated in the Industrial Township Area;
(iv) A Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Authority; and
(v) The officer of the promoting agency nominated by the Government shall be the Chairman of the Authority.
5. Powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. - (1) The Chief Executive Officer shall be a whole time Officer of the Authority.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be specified in the regulations or delegated to him by the Authority.