Section 2(1)(f) in Tamil Nadu Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2007
(f)"local authority" means the Chennai City Municipal Corporation established under the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919 (Tamil Nadu Act IV of 1919) or Municipalities or Town Panchayats (within Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area) established under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920) or Panchayat Unions or Village Panchayats (within Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area) established under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994) or the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority constituted under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972), legally entitled to exercise control in respect of the areas under their respective jurisdictions;