The Housing and Urban Development Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, on September 09, 2025, amended the Tamil Nadu Apartment Ownership Rules, 2024.
The following has been amended namely:-
• In rule 5, which states “Registration of bye-laws”, sub-rule (1) for the expression “make bye-laws on the lines of model bye-laws in Appendix”, the expression shall be substituted with:- “make bye-laws in consonance with the provisions of the Act and these rules”,
• In rule 7, which states “Constitution of Board of Managers and functions”, sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(2) The board of managers shall consist of not less than three apartment owners as its members”.
• After rule 7, a new rule shall be inserted, namely:- “7A. Change of name of association or existing society.-
• (1) Every application for change of name of an association or the existing society shall be made to the competent authority, with the consent of not less than two-thirds of the apartment owners by an extraordinary resolution at a special general meeting authorising the change of name.
• (2) Upon receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), the competent authority shall, either approve or refuse to approve the application and shall communicate such order to the applicant. If the competent authority refuses to approve the change of name, he shall record the reasons for such refusal in writing and communicate the same to applicant.
• (3) Where a change in the name of an association or existing society is made under sub-rule (2), the competent authority shall enter the new name in the register in place of the former name and shall issue a fresh certificate of registration bearing the new name. Such change of name shall be complete and effective only upon the issuance of such certificate.
[Notification No. SRO A-22(a)/2025]
