Chennai, Sep 18 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has given his assent to 12 out of 13 Bills passed by the TVK government during the first Assembly session.
Though the Private Universities Bill has been reserved for Presidential consideration, the governor gave his nod to 12 Assembly Bills, including MLA vehicles, VAT on Tasmac liquor, TNPSC recruitment for Urban Local Bodies, another related to amendments to the DTCP, besides the Tamil Nadu Investment Promotion Commission.
The government notified the 11 Acts on September 15.
The 28-days first Budget session of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government had concluded on September 8.
According to a source, Arlekar has cleared 6 Bills in four days and another 5 within five days, ensuring an optimistic start to healthy centre-state ties.
His predecessor, R N Ravi’s tenure was marked by a confrontation with the then DMK government, which alleged that the Lok Bhavan withheld the Assembly Bills and delayed giving assent.
Then, the dispute reached the Supreme Court and in April 2025, the Apex Court ruled that Ravi withholding the assent and subsequent reservation of 10-readopted state bills for the President was “illegal and arbitrary.” Exercising powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court declared that the 10 pending Bills are deemed to have received assent from the date they were re-presented to the governor. PTI JSP JSP KH
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