What land is being acquired and where
Land is being acquired for widening the Kumbakonam to Sirkazhi Road, which is State Highway 64. Because it is a state road, the acquisition is made under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and the notices appear in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
The notices cover 1,312 survey numbers in 19 villages. These villages fall in 7 taluks: Kumbakonam, Kuthalam, Mayiladuthurai, Nannilam, Panruti, Sirkazhi and Thiruvidaimarudur.
By district, the villages are in Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore and Thiruvarur. Most of the survey numbers lie in Thanjavur and Mayiladuthurai districts.
The notices and their stage
In all, 17 notifications have been published under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. The first is dated 14 July 2020 and the latest is dated 2 February 2026.
Most notices were issued between July 2020 and May 2021. One more followed on 28 March 2023 and another on 2 February 2026. Each notice covers between one and three villages.
Under this Act, the Government acquires land for a highway by publishing a notice in the Gazette under section 15(1) listing the lands. The Act provides that, once such a notice is published, the land vests in the Government. Compensation is then assessed and paid to the persons entitled to it.
None of the 17 notices has been withdrawn, and none is recorded as corrected later. The facts available here do not show whether possession has been taken or compensation paid in any village. For that, the land acquisition office handling the project and the Gazette are the places to confirm.
Villages covered by the notices
Thanjavur district, Kumbakonam taluk: Sakkuvambalpuram (A) Ammachathiram (219 survey numbers) and Ullur (83).
Thanjavur district, Thiruvidaimarudur taluk: Narasinganpettai (167), Govindapuram (61/1) (85), Maruthuvakkudi -1 (81), Thiruvidaimaruthur (74), Thepperumanallur (61) and Vishwanathapuram (30).
Mayiladuthurai district, Kuthalam taluk: Sethirabalapuram (170), Thiruvalangadu (70), Kuthalam (4) and Enam Kuttalam (1).
Mayiladuthurai district, Sirkazhi taluk: Natham (46), Kathiramangalam (6), Maruvathur (3) and Sattanathapuram (2). Mayiladuthurai taluk: Dharumadhanapuram (22).
Cuddalore district, Panruti taluk: Thorapadi (186). Thiruvarur district, Nannilam taluk: Keranur (2).
In none of these villages has any survey number been withdrawn from acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
First, confirm the listing. Match your village, survey number and subdivision against the Gazette notice, and check the extent shown against your patta, chitta and FMB sketch. A notice may cover only part of a survey number.
If you own listed land, keep your title documents, patta and recent encumbrance certificate ready. Compensation is paid to the persons shown as entitled, so mutation of patta and any pending succession should be set right without delay.
If you are buying land in any of these villages, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision and check them against all 17 notices before paying any advance. Land that has vested in the Government cannot be validly sold by the former owner.
For the stage of acquisition and compensation in your village, approach the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) or the Highways Department office handling this project, or the Taluk office concerned. Ask in writing and keep the acknowledgement.