What land is being acquired for the Kumbakonam Bypass Road
The Kumbakonam Bypass Road is a state road project. The land for it is being acquired under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and the notices are published in the Tamil Nadu state gazette.
All the land notified so far lies in Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district. The notices together list 506 survey numbers spread across 12 villages.
The notices identify land by village and survey number, and often by subdivision. Very often only a strip of a survey number is taken for the road, not the whole field. The extent notified against each subdivision is what matters for an owner.
The notices and their stage
In all, 9 notifications have been issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. The first is dated 11 January 2010 and the latest is dated 14 January 2026.
The notices were issued in three phases. The first phase was in 2010, with notices dated 11 January, 2 February, 11 February and 9 April 2010. The second phase was in 2022, with notices dated 28 April, 12 May and 19 May 2022. The latest phase is in 2026, with notices dated 9 January and 14 January 2026.
The notice dated 12 May 2022 was corrected later. If your land falls in that notice, read the original notice and the correction together. The correction may change a survey number, subdivision or extent.
None of the 9 notices has been fully withdrawn. On the facts available, every notified survey number therefore remains under acquisition.
Under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, the acquisition notice is issued under section 15(1). Once it is published, the Act provides that the notified land vests in the Government. Compensation is then determined under the Act by the competent authority. Whether compensation has been determined or paid for a particular survey number is not shown in these notices. Confirm that with the land acquisition office handling the project.
Kumbakonam Bypass Road land acquisition villages list
All the villages below are in Kumbakonam taluk, Thanjavur district. The figure against each village is the number of survey numbers notified there.
Chozhanmaligai has 147 survey numbers, the largest share. Dharasuram has 79. Melakorkkai has 57 and Valaiyapettai has 57. Sakkottai Karuppur has 54. Annalakrakaram has 47.
Malaiyappa Nallur has 32 survey numbers. Thepperumanallur has 16. Seenivasanallur has 10. Ullur has 5. Karuppur has 1 and Sivapuram has 1.
No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition. Karuppur and Sakkottai Karuppur are listed as separate villages, so check which one appears on your patta before you search the notices.
What to do if your land is listed
First, check your exact survey number and subdivision against the gazette notice for your village. Do not rely on the village name alone. A listed survey number may be only partly affected.
Second, if your land falls in the notice dated 12 May 2022, obtain the later correction as well. Read both together before you conclude what is affected.
Third, go to the land acquisition office for the project, usually through the Kumbakonam taluk office or the Thanjavur district administration. Ask whether an award has been passed for your survey number and what amount is fixed. Carry your patta, chitta, adangal, title deeds and identity proof.
If you are buying land in any of these villages, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision and check them against all 9 notices. Land that has vested in the Government cannot be validly sold by the earlier owner. An encumbrance certificate alone may not reveal an acquisition notice, so check the gazette and revenue records as well.
If you dispute the extent, the survey number or the compensation, take advice from a lawyer on the remedies available under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. Act early, because remedies can be subject to time limits.