What land is being acquired and where
The Melkachirapattu Kilkachirapattu Bypass is a state road project. The land for it is being acquired by the State Government under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001.
The notified land lies in Tiruvannamalai district, in Tiruvannamalai taluk. Our records show 42 survey numbers in one village, Melkachirapattu.
The bypass carries two place names. That does not mean land has been notified in two villages. On the notices we hold, Melkachirapattu is the only village with notified survey numbers.
The notices and their stage
Two notifications have been published in the State Gazette under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. The first is dated 22 February 2025. The second is dated 3 March 2025. Each covers land in one village.
Neither notification has been withdrawn. The notification of 3 March 2025 was corrected later. A correction can change survey numbers, subdivisions, extents or the names of owners, so the notification should be read together with its correction.
Under this Act, the Government acquires land for a highway by a notice under section 15(1) published in the Gazette. Once such a notice is published, the notified land generally vests in the Government. Compensation is then determined by the competent authority under the Act.
These are state road notices. The National Highways Act procedure, with its section 3A notice and section 3D declaration, does not apply to this project.
The notices do not tell us whether compensation has been paid, whether possession has been taken, or how far road work has progressed. Confirm those points with the Tiruvannamalai district administration.
The village covered
Melkachirapattu, Tiruvannamalai taluk, Tiruvannamalai district: 42 survey numbers. None of them have been withdrawn.
The 42 survey numbers are spread across the two notifications. Some survey numbers may be taken only in part. Read the schedule of the notice for the subdivision and the extent, not just the survey number.
What to do if your land is listed
Get copies of both Gazette notifications and the later correction to the 3 March 2025 notification. Check your survey number, subdivision, extent and the name shown against it.
Compare the notified extent with your patta, chitta, adangal and field measurement sketch. Where only part of a survey number is notified, ask the revenue authorities to identify the notified portion on the ground.
If your name or extent is wrong, raise it in writing with the authority dealing with the acquisition in Tiruvannamalai, and attach your title documents. Do this early, because compensation follows the records the authority holds.
If you are buying land in Melkachirapattu, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision, and check them against these notices before you pay any advance. Land that has vested in the Government cannot be sold to you, and a clean encumbrance certificate does not, by itself, show that land is free from acquisition.
For compensation, keep your title deeds, patta and tax receipts ready. Under Tamil Nadu law as amended in 2019, compensation under this Act is to be determined in line with the principles in the First Schedule of the Right to Fair Compensation Act, 2013. The amount for your land will be fixed by the competent authority, and only that authority can confirm it.