What land is being acquired and where
The land is being taken for a bypass on the Tiruvannamalai to Harur Road, a state highway numbered SH-6A. This is a state road project. It is not a national highway, so the National Highways Act procedure does not apply.
All the land lies in Thandarampattu taluk of Tiruvannamalai district. The notifications cover 150 survey numbers spread across five villages.
A survey number appearing in a notice does not always mean the whole survey number is taken. Gazette notices usually list the subdivision and the extent required, so an owner should read the exact entry against their own patta and FMB sketch.
The notices, the law and the present stage
All five notices were issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Each notification covers one village.
The notices are dated 22 July 2025, 25 July 2025, 24 November 2025, 5 December 2025 and 29 January 2026. On our records none has been withdrawn and none has been corrected by a later notice.
Under section 15(1) of the Act, the Government acquires land needed for a highway by publishing a notice in the gazette that describes the land and the purpose. The Act provides for owners and other interested persons to be called upon to show cause before such a notice is published. Once the notice is published, the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances.
Compensation is then settled through the competent authority under the Act, either by agreement or by an award, after the owner's claim and title are examined. The facts available to us do not show compensation amounts, land rates, award dates or the progress of construction. For those, owners should check with the land acquisition office handling this project and the District Collectorate, Tiruvannamalai.
Villages covered
Thandarampattu has the largest share, with 80 survey numbers notified. Kilravanthavadi follows with 32 survey numbers, and Melsiruppakam with 27.
Radhapuram has 9 survey numbers notified and Kilsiruppakam has 2.
All five villages are in Thandarampattu taluk, Tiruvannamalai district. No survey numbers in any of these villages have been withdrawn from acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
First, get a copy of the gazette notification for your village and match the survey number, subdivision and extent with your patta, chitta, adangal and FMB sketch. Note whether your whole holding or only a part is affected.
Keep your title documents ready: sale deeds, parent documents, a recent encumbrance certificate, patta and legal heirship papers where the owner has died. Compensation is paid to the person who proves title, so gaps in the chain of title should be cleared early.
Contact the land acquisition officer for this project, usually a Special Tahsildar or District Revenue Officer working through the Collectorate, to register your claim and learn the date of any enquiry or award. Attend the enquiry and file your claim in writing.
If you are a buyer, do not purchase a listed survey number without checking the notification. Land that has vested in the Government cannot be validly sold by the former owner, and a buyer after the notice may not be recognised for compensation.