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The Tamil Nadu government, connected Thursday (February 5, 2026), informed the Madras High Court of having issued a Government Order (G.O.) connected January 21, 2026 constituting district-level committees headed by the Collectors for eradicating orderly strategy (the signifier of engaging policemen to execute household enactment successful the residence of higher officials) successful the constabulary department.
Appearing earlier the 3rd Division Bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and Justice C. Kumarappan, Advocate General (A-G) P.S. Raman submitted a transcript of the G.O. He said, the authorities had implemented the directions issued by the Division Bench connected January 7 with respect to constitution of the district-level committees but had made flimsy modifications.
The G.O. stated a five-member committee would beryllium constituted successful each territory nether the chairpersonship of the respective Collector and those committees would comprise of the District Revenue Officer (DRO), different serviceman chosen by the Collector from among officers successful the fertile of DRO, the Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) and 1 much serviceman chosen by the Collector from among officers successful the fertile of AdSP.
Listing retired the functions of the district-level committees, the G.O. said arsenic directed by the Division Bench successful its judicial order, the committees shall stitchery information, person complaints from immoderate idiosyncratic successful immoderate form, i.e., either oral oregon done physics mode oregon adjacent a written ailment and initiate each due enactment to abolish the orderly strategy successful constabulary department.
“The district-level committees shall guarantee that nary constabulary unit are deputed to execute the household works oregon idiosyncratic works of the higher officials of the constabulary section and contented indispensable directions to depute those orderlies connected regular constabulary duty. They shall taxable periodical reports to the Home Secretary erstwhile successful 2 months to show implementation of the authorities argumentation and tribunal orders,” the G.O. read.
As acold arsenic Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai cities were concerned, the Collector/chairperson of the district-level committees acrophobic shall represent required fig of teams to guarantee abolition of orderly system. The chairpersons of the committees shall convene the archetypal gathering instantly and nonstop periodic reports to the authorities earlier the 10th time of each unusual period of a year, the G.O. added.
“On receipt of reports oregon complaints from the territory level committees oregon from immoderate different person, the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home (Pol.VI) section shall initiate each due actions, including departmental and disciplinary proceedings against the officials concerned,” the G.O. concluded.
After taking the G.O. connected record and insisting upon the request for the State authorities to show the actions taken by the district-level committees, the judges adjourned the proceeding of the substance by 4 weeks to instrumentality banal of the concern thereafter.
