What land is being acquired for NH 49E and where
The notices concern land required for the NH 49E national highway. All of them were issued under section 3A of the National Highways Act 1956 and published in the central gazette.
The land lies in Madurai and Theni districts. Within these, the notices reach the taluks of Madurai West, Usilampatti, Aundipatti, Bodinayakkanur and Theni.
In all, 331 survey numbers are listed across 9 villages. A survey number appearing in a notice means that land in that survey number, whole or in part, is proposed to be acquired. The notice itself states the extent and nature of the land for each survey number.
The notices and their present stage
There are 8 notifications in the records. The first is dated 30 August 2018. Others followed on 28 September 2018 (two notices), 14 November 2018 (two notices), 20 June 2019, 17 August 2020 and 13 October 2020, which is the latest.
Most of these notices cover a single village. The notice of 20 June 2019 covers 4 villages.
A section 3A notice is a notice of intention. It declares that the Central Government intends to acquire the land described for a national highway. It is the first formal step. It does not by itself transfer ownership.
After a section 3A notice, a person interested in the land may object under section 3C within 21 days of the notice. If the objections are disposed of and the government proceeds, it issues a declaration under section 3D. On publication of a section 3D declaration, the land vests in the Central Government free from all encumbrances.
In the records summarised here, no section 3D declaration appears for NH 49E, and none of the 8 notices has been withdrawn or recorded as corrected. This does not mean that no declaration has been issued since. You should confirm the current position with the competent authority for land acquisition for the district.
NH 49E land acquisition villages list
Madurai district, Madurai West taluk: Sambakkudi (63 survey numbers), Vilacheri (55), Erkudi (40) and Vadivelkarai (6).
Madurai district, Usilampatti taluk: Pullaneri (54 survey numbers) and Dottappanaickanur (17).
Theni district, Bodinayakkanur taluk: Bodinayackanur (58 survey numbers).
Theni district, Aundipatti taluk: Timmarasanayakkanur (22 survey numbers).
Theni district, Theni taluk: Theni Allinagaram (16 survey numbers).
No survey numbers have been withdrawn in any of these villages. The full list of survey numbers for each village is in the gazette notice concerned.
What to do if your land is listed
First, check the notice itself. Match your village, survey number and subdivision exactly, and note the extent shown. A notice may cover only part of a survey number.
If you wish to object, the window under section 3C is 21 days from the notice. For notices of this age that period has long passed. Take legal advice before assuming any remedy remains open.
Keep your title papers ready: sale deeds, patta, chitta, adangal and encumbrance certificate. Compensation under the National Highways Act is determined by the competent authority, and payment goes to the persons shown to be entitled. Clean, current records help.
Buyers should be careful. Before you buy land in any of these villages, check the survey number against every NH 49E notice, ask the competent authority whether a section 3D declaration or award has been made, and do not rely on the seller's word alone. Land under acquisition can still be sold, but the buyer takes it subject to the acquisition.