What land is being acquired and where
The acquisition is for a new railway line at Chinnasalem. All the land covered lies in Chinnasalem taluk of Kallakurichi district.
The notification lists 165 survey numbers in 2 villages. No survey number in these villages has been withdrawn as per the records summarised here.
The notification names survey numbers, not individual owners. A listed survey number may be only partly affected, so the extent shown against each survey or subdivision number in the Gazette matters as much as the number itself.
The notice, the law and its stage
The acquisition is under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997, a state law. It is not under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act or the National Highways Act, so there is no Form IV, Form VI, section 3A or section 3D notice in this file.
Under the 1997 Act, the Government acquires land by publishing a notice under section 3(1) in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Before that, owners are to be called upon to show cause why the land should not be acquired. Once the section 3(1) notice is published, the Act provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances.
For this project there is one notification, dated 28 November 2017, published in the state Gazette. It has not been withdrawn and no later correction is recorded. No later notice for this project appears in these records.
Compensation under the 1997 Act is fixed either by agreement with the owner or by an order of the authority appointed under the Act, and the Act provides for an appeal against that determination. Whether compensation has been determined or paid for a particular survey number is not shown in these records and must be checked with the land acquisition office.
Villages covered
Chinnasalem(North), Chinnasalem taluk, Kallakurichi district: 92 survey numbers, none withdrawn.
Chinnasalem(South), Chinnasalem taluk, Kallakurichi district: 73 survey numbers, none withdrawn.
No other villages are covered by this notification.
What to do if your land is listed
Get a copy of the Gazette notification dated 28 November 2017 and check your survey and subdivision number and the extent shown against it. Compare it with your patta, chitta and the FMB sketch.
Visit the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) or the District Collectorate at Kallakurichi to confirm whether an award or compensation order has been passed for your land, and whether any amount is lying in deposit.
If you are buying land in Chinnasalem(North) or Chinnasalem(South), check the survey number against this notification before paying any advance. Land covered by a section 3(1) notice vests in the Government, so a seller cannot pass good title to the acquired portion. Ask for an encumbrance certificate and a written statement from the revenue office on the acquisition status.