What land is being acquired and where
The Mayiladuthurai Bypass is a state road. The land for it is being acquired under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and the notifications appear in the Tamil Nadu state Gazette.
All the affected land lies in Mayiladuthurai taluk of Mayiladuthurai district. The notifications cover 139 survey numbers spread across 4 villages: Mannampandal, Thiruindalur, Manakudi and Nallathukudi.
This is not a National Highways project. The National Highways Act procedure of a section 3A notice and a section 3D declaration does not apply here, and no section 3D declaration is recorded for this project.
The notices and their stage
Five notifications have been issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. They are dated 12 April 2022, 14 February 2023, 13 March 2023, 11 April 2023 and 14 August 2024. Each notification covers one village.
Under section 15(1) of the Act, the State Government may publish a notice in the Gazette stating that specified land is required for a highway purpose. Once such a notice is published, the Act treats the land as vesting in the Government. Compensation is then determined through the procedure the Act lays down.
The notification dated 13 March 2023 was corrected by a later notice. Anyone whose land falls in that notification should read the correction together with the original, because the survey numbers, extents or other details may have changed.
None of the five notifications has been withdrawn, either fully or in part. The latest notification on record is dated 14 August 2024. These records do not show whether compensation has been fixed or paid, or whether possession has been taken. That has to be checked with the acquiring office.
Villages and survey numbers covered
Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai taluk: 47 survey numbers. None withdrawn.
Thiruindalur, Mayiladuthurai taluk: 46 survey numbers. None withdrawn.
Manakudi, Mayiladuthurai taluk: 26 survey numbers. None withdrawn.
Nallathukudi, Mayiladuthurai taluk: 20 survey numbers. None withdrawn.
Together these come to 139 survey numbers. There are five notifications but only four villages, so at least one village is covered by more than one notification. Check every notification for your village, not only the first one you find.
What to do if your land is listed
First, obtain the Gazette notification for your village and compare the survey number and subdivision with your patta, chitta and FMB sketch. Often only part of a survey number is taken, so check the extent as well as the number.
If your village is covered by the notification of 13 March 2023, also obtain the later correction notice and read the two together.
For compensation, the stage of the award and possession, contact the land acquisition office handling the Mayiladuthurai Bypass, usually reached through the District Collectorate, Mayiladuthurai, or the Highways Department. Keep your title deeds, patta, Encumbrance Certificate and tax receipts ready to prove your claim.
If you are buying land in these four villages, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision. Check them against all five notifications before you pay any advance. Land covered by a notification that has not been withdrawn should be treated as land required for the road until the authorities confirm otherwise in writing.