What land is being acquired and where
The project is the widening of the Attur to Malliyakarai Road, State Highway 30. Land along the road is being acquired so that the carriageway can be widened.
The acquisition covers 19 survey numbers in a single village, Thandavarayapuram. The village is in Attur taluk, Salem district.
The notices name survey numbers. They do not always take the whole of each survey number. Often only a strip of the field next to the road is needed. The extent taken from each survey number is set out in the notification itself, so read the schedule against your own documents.
The notices and their stage
Both notices were issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and published in the state gazette. The first is dated 15 November 2022. The second, and latest, is dated 25 February 2026.
Under this Act, the Government publishes a notice stating that specified land is required for a highway purpose. The common example is a notice under section 15(1). Once such a notice is published, the land is identified for acquisition, and the procedure moves towards an enquiry, an award of compensation and taking possession.
Neither of the two notices has been withdrawn, and neither has been recorded as corrected later. The records available here do not show whether an award has been passed or possession has been taken. That must be confirmed with the land acquisition office.
Since this is a state road, the National Highways Act procedure under sections 3A and 3D does not apply. No section 3D declaration exists for this project.
The village covered
Only one village is affected by these notices: Thandavarayapuram, Attur taluk, Salem district. All 19 survey numbers are in this village.
Both notices relate to this same village. The 2026 notice may cover survey numbers or extents that were not in the 2022 notice, so check both notices, not only one.
What to do if your land is listed
First, compare the survey number and subdivision in your patta, chitta and sale deed with the schedule in each notification. Note the extent shown against your survey number.
Second, visit the office of the officer handling land acquisition for this road, usually a Special Tahsildar or District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition) attached to the Salem District Collectorate, or the Attur taluk office. Ask for the current stage, whether an award has been passed, and the date of any enquiry.
Third, keep your title papers ready. Compensation is paid to the person whose title is accepted at the award enquiry. Pending partition, an unregistered sale or a mismatch in the patta name can delay payment.
If you are a buyer, ask the seller in writing whether any part of the land falls in these notices, and get an encumbrance certificate and a copy of the patta. Land under a pending acquisition notice should not be bought without legal advice, because the remaining usable extent and the right to compensation must be settled first.