What land is being acquired and where
Chennai Metro Phase II Corridor 5 is a rail project. Land for it has been notified in 12 villages, covering 255 survey numbers in all.
The villages fall in two districts, Chennai and Chengalpattu. The taluks involved are Alandur, Aminjikarai, Maduravoyal, Pallavaram, Sholinganallur and Tambaram.
Most of the land is concentrated in one village. Sholinganallur- 1 alone accounts for 137 of the 255 survey numbers. Porur follows with 44.
The notices, the Acts used and their stage
There are 20 notices in all, each published as a notification in the State Gazette. The first is dated 10 December 2021 and the latest is dated 10 July 2025.
Eighteen notices were issued under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. Under this Act, the Government acquires land by publishing a notice under section 3(1) in the Gazette. Before that, the owner and any person interested must be given an opportunity to show cause. Once the notice is published, the land vests in the Government.
Two notices, dated 28 August 2023 and 28 May 2025, were issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. Under this Act, a notice under section 15(1) is the step by which the Government acquires land needed for a highway purpose. Once it is published, the land vests in the Government.
None of the 20 notices has been fully withdrawn. Two notices were later corrected: the notice dated 10 December 2021 and the notice dated 26 May 2023. If your land is covered by either of these, read the original notice and the correction together. The correction may change survey numbers, extents or owner details.
The facts available here do not record whether possession has been taken or compensation paid for any parcel. Confirm the position for your survey number with the land acquisition office.
Villages list with survey number counts
Chennai district: Sholinganallur- 1 in Sholinganallur taluk (137 survey numbers), Porur in Maduravoyal taluk (44), Alandur in Alandur taluk (10), Nanthambakkam in Alandur taluk (5), Ullagaram in Sholinganallur taluk (4), Manappakkam in Alandur taluk (1) and Koyembedu in Aminjikarai taluk (1).
Chengalpattu district: Meedavakkam in Tambaram taluk (24 survey numbers), Kovilambakkam in Tambaram taluk (16), Muvarasampattu in Pallavaram taluk (5), Nanmangalam in Tambaram taluk (5) and Perumpakkam in Tambaram taluk (3).
No survey number in any of these villages has been recorded as withdrawn. These 12 villages are the complete list for this project in the notices covered here.
What to do if your land is listed
First, find the Gazette notice that covers your village and check whether your survey number and subdivision appear in its schedule. Match the extent shown against your patta and the village records.
If your village appears in a notice that was later corrected, obtain the correction as well. Do not rely on the original schedule alone.
Find out which Act your notice was issued under, since the procedure and the authority that decides compensation follow that Act. Ask the land acquisition office of the District Collector for Chennai or Chengalpattu, as the case may be, about the stage of your file, the award and how to lodge your claim.
If you are buying land in any of these villages, check every notice for the survey number before you pay an advance. Land covered by a published acquisition notice vests in the Government, so a private sale of it gives the buyer no secure title. Take advice from a property lawyer before you proceed.