What land is being acquired for NH 67 and where
The land is being taken for NH 67, a national highway. The acquisition is made by the Central Government under the National Highways Act, 1956, and the notices appear in the central gazette, not the state gazette.
In all, 587 survey numbers are covered across 18 villages. They fall in Srirangam and Thiruverumbur taluks of Thiruchirappalli district; Thiruvarur, Needamangalam, Koothanallur and Nannilam taluks of Thiruvarur district; and Nagapattinam taluk of Nagapattinam district.
No notice has been fully withdrawn, and no survey number in any listed village is shown as withdrawn. If your survey number appears in a notice, treat it as land under active acquisition.
The notices and the stage they have reached
There are 10 notices in all. Some are notifications under section 3A and 4 are declarations under section 3D. The first was published on 17 September 2010 and the latest on 29 June 2026.
A section 3A notification announces the Central Government's intention to acquire the land described in it. Once it is published, anyone interested in that land may file objections under section 3C within 21 days of publication. The competent authority hears the objections and decides them.
A section 3D declaration follows. When it is published in the official gazette, the land vests absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. From that point the owner's remedy lies in compensation, not in keeping the land.
The section 3D declarations were published on 21 May 2014, 15 September 2020, 29 December 2022 and 5 January 2023. The latest notice, dated 29 June 2026, is a section 3A notification covering 9 villages. For land covered only by that notice, the declaration stage under section 3D has not yet been reached on these facts.
NH 67 land acquisition villages list
Thiruchirappalli district: Kallikudi North in Srirangam taluk (157 survey numbers), Pappakurichi in Thiruverumbur taluk (139 survey numbers) and Thayanoor in Srirangam taluk (117 survey numbers).
Thiruvarur taluk, Thiruvarur district: Thandalai (45 survey numbers), Semangalam (37), Ammaiyappan (22), Aanaivadapadi (20), Palavanakkudi (8), Ilavangarkudi (4), Ramagayai (4), Kaattur (3) and Keelkaavathukudi (3).
Other taluks of Thiruvarur district: Urkudi (13 survey numbers) and Pathur (8) in Needamangalam taluk, Aykudi (2) in Koothanallur taluk, and Perumpugalur (1) and Vandaampalai (1) in Nannilam taluk.
Nagapattinam district: Sikkal in Nagapattinam taluk (3 survey numbers).
This list is complete for the notices on record. The count is of survey numbers named in the notices; it does not tell you whether the whole survey number or only a part of it is affected. Check the subdivision and extent shown in the notice itself.
What to do if your land is listed
First, get a copy of the gazette notice that names your village and confirm your survey number, subdivision and extent. Compare it with your patta, chitta and FMB sketch.
If your land is in a section 3A notification and you are still within 21 days of its publication, you may file written objections under section 3C before the competent authority for land acquisition. For the notice of 29 June 2026, that period would ordinarily have run, so confirm the publication date and the position with the competent authority without delay.
If a section 3D declaration covers your land, ownership has already passed to the Central Government. Your task now is to establish your title and claim compensation. Keep your title deeds, encumbrance certificate, patta and tax receipts ready, and attend the hearings for which you receive notice.
If you are buying land in any of these villages, ask for the survey number to be checked against every NH 67 notice before you pay an advance. A sale deed does not protect a buyer from an acquisition already notified, and land that has vested under section 3D cannot be validly sold by the former owner.