Tahsildars to issue passes for intra-district travel

Collectors will handle movement between districts

01/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

The Tamil Nadu government has authorised Tahsildars across the State to issue passes allowing people to travel within their respective districts to attend weddings (the dates for which were fixed earlier) and funerals and in case of health emergencies during the lockdown period.

In a communication to all District Collectors, Revenue Secretary Atulya Misra said, “For movement within districts, powers [to issue passes] have been delegated to Tahsildars. However, in case the event mentioned needs inter-district movement, it (the emergency pass) may be issued by the Collectors.”

As for movement within the jurisdiction of the Greater Chennai Corporation, the zonal officers concerned were authorised to issue passes. In case of movement out of the Greater Chennai Corporation, the Corporation Commissioner would take the call. “It may be directed that all the public health guidelines on COVID-19, such as social distancing, hand washing and office disinfection protocol, issued by the health authorities from time to time, should be strictly followed,” the communication added.