What land is being acquired for NH 383 and where
The acquisition is for the NH 383 national highway. It covers land in two districts, Dindigul and Sivagangai.
The affected land falls in four taluks: Dindigul East, Natham, Karaikudi and Thiruppattur. In all, 704 survey numbers across 11 villages appear in the notices.
The acquisition is under the National Highways Act 1956, not the general land acquisition law. The notices are published in the central gazette because the acquiring authority is the Central Government.
The notices and their stage
There are 12 notices in total. The first was issued on 2 August 2018 and the latest on 6 October 2022.
Most of these are section 3A notifications. A section 3A notice declares the Central Government's intention to acquire the land described in it. After it is published, any person interested in the land may file objections under section 3C before the competent authority. The Act allows twenty one days from publication for this.
Five of the notices are section 3D declarations, issued on 25 July 2019, 13 February 2020, 10 August 2020, 1 November 2021 and 6 October 2022. Once a section 3D declaration is published, the land described in it vests absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. Compensation is then determined under section 3G.
None of the 12 notices has been withdrawn, and none is recorded as corrected later. Whether a particular survey number has reached the section 3D stage can only be confirmed by reading the specific notice that covers that village.
NH 383 land acquisition villages list
Sivagangai district, Karaikudi taluk: Managiri Sukkanendal (233 survey numbers) and Kalanivasal (2 survey numbers).
Sivagangai district, Thiruppattur taluk: Kunnakkudi (146 survey numbers), Sirukudalpatti (135), Siravayal (71), Tenkarai (43) and Vaniyankadu (33).
Dindigul district, Natham taluk: Punnapatty (24 survey numbers).
Dindigul district, Dindigul East taluk: Anjukulipatty (9 survey numbers), Vembarpatty (6) and Emakkalapuram (2).
No survey numbers in any of these 11 villages have been withdrawn from the acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
First, check the full survey number and subdivision against the gazette notice for your village. A match on the main survey number alone is not enough, because a notice may cover only part of a field.
Find out which notice covers your land and whether it is still at the section 3A stage or has been followed by a section 3D declaration. The office of the competent authority for land acquisition for the project, and the taluk office, can confirm this.
If you are a buyer, do not rely on the patta or encumbrance certificate alone. Land covered by a section 3D declaration already belongs to the Central Government, and a sale by the earlier owner will not give you clear title.
If you are an owner, keep your title deeds, patta, chitta and adangal ready. You will need them to establish your interest before the competent authority when compensation is determined.