What land is being acquired and where
Land is being acquired to widen the Gobichettipalayam to Chithode Road, a state highway numbered SH-15, into a four lane road.
The notices list 47 survey numbers in 10 villages. All of them are in Erode district, spread over the Bhavani, Erode and Gobichettipalayam taluks.
The notices identify land by village and survey number. A survey number appearing in a notice does not always mean the whole field is taken. Often only a strip along the existing road is listed, so the extent shown against each survey number matters.
The notices and their current stage
Both notices were issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and published in the state Gazette. This is a state road project, so the National Highways Act procedure does not apply here.
The first notification is dated 23 May 2023 and covers 9 villages. The second notification is dated 9 May 2024 and covers 1 village.
Neither notice has been withdrawn, and neither has been recorded as corrected later. On the facts available, both notices stand as published.
Under the Highways Act, acquisition of land for a highway is ordinarily made by a notice under section 15(1), published in the Gazette, which specifies the land the Government has decided to acquire. Compensation is then determined by the authority under the Act. The published notices show the stage reached in the Gazette. They do not by themselves show whether compensation has been fixed or paid, or whether possession has been taken. Those points must be confirmed with the land acquisition office.
Villages covered by the notices
Erode taluk: Erode (15 survey numbers), Perode (5), Suriyampalayam (3) and Kumilam Parappu (2).
Bhavani taluk: Odathurai (9 survey numbers), Salangapalayam (4), Kavundapadi (2) and Periyapuliyur (1).
Gobichettipalayam taluk: Pulavakkalipalayam (4 survey numbers) and Kunnampalayam (2).
No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
First, compare your patta, chitta and the field measurement sketch with the Gazette notice. Check the village, the survey number, the subdivision and the extent listed against your name.
Second, contact the land acquisition office handling this project for the Highways Department, through the Erode District Collectorate or the Tahsildar of your taluk. Ask whether an award has been passed for your survey number, how much land is affected, and how to lodge your claim for compensation.
If you are buying land in any of these villages, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision, check them against both notices, and obtain an encumbrance certificate and current revenue records. Land notified for the road may be under acquisition even if the seller's documents do not mention it.
If the extent or ownership in the notice is wrong, raise it in writing with the land acquisition office without delay and keep a copy of your representation.