What land is being acquired and where
The project is the rerouting of the East Coast Road in Thoothukkudi district. It is a state road, and the land is being acquired by the State Government.
The notified land lies in two taluks, Sattankulam and Tiruchendur. In all, 2,061 survey numbers have been listed across 6 villages.
Most of the land falls in one village. Madhavankurichi in Tiruchendur taluk accounts for 1,417 survey numbers, which is roughly two thirds of the total.
The notices, the law and the stage
All 16 notices were issued under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, and published in the Tamil Nadu state gazette. The National Highways Act does not apply here, and no section 3D declaration has been issued for this project.
The first notice is dated 30 July 2020 and the latest is dated 16 December 2025. Notices were issued in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Each covers one or two villages. None has been withdrawn and none is recorded as corrected later.
Under the 2013 Act, acquisition proceeds in steps. A preliminary notification under section 11 tells the public that land is needed. Objections may be filed under section 15 within 60 days of publication. A declaration under section 19 then confirms the land will be acquired, and the Collector later passes an award fixing compensation.
The records we hold describe each of these 16 documents only as a notification. They do not show which step each one represents, whether an award has been passed or whether possession has been taken. To find the stage for your survey number, read the gazette notice itself and confirm with the land acquisition office at the Thoothukkudi District Collectorate.
Villages list with survey number counts
Tiruchendur taluk: Madhavankurichi (1,417 survey numbers) and Aadhiyakurichi (3 survey numbers).
Sattankulam taluk: Padukkappathu (336 survey numbers), Pallakkurichi (271 survey numbers), Padukkapathu (27 survey numbers) and Pallakurichi (7 survey numbers).
Padukkappathu and Padukkapathu appear as separate entries in the notices, as do Pallakkurichi and Pallakurichi. These may be spelling differences for the same revenue village, but the records do not confirm this. If your land is in either, check the notices under both spellings.
No withdrawals are recorded for any of these villages.
What to do if your land is listed
First, confirm the facts. Get your current patta, chitta and adangal extracts and note the exact survey number and subdivision. Then compare them with the schedule attached to the gazette notice for your village. A listed survey number may be taken in full or only in part, so check the extent shown.
If the notice is a section 11 preliminary notification, the Act bars any sale or creation of encumbrance on the land without the Collector's prior approval from the date of publication. Owners who wish to object must do so within 60 days of publication, in writing, to the Collector.
Keep your title documents in order. Compensation is paid to the person shown as entitled in the land records, so pending mutations, partitions among joint owners and unregistered transactions should be settled early.
Buyers should treat any listed survey number with care. Search the gazette notices, obtain an encumbrance certificate, and ask the land acquisition office in writing whether the land is under acquisition before paying any advance.