What land is being acquired and where
The Papparapatti Bypass Road is a state road project. The land for it is being acquired under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and the notice was published in the state gazette.
The notice covers 41 survey numbers. All of them are in one village, Madehalli, in Pennagaram taluk, Dharmapuri district. No other village appears in the notice.
A survey number in the notice does not always mean the whole survey number is taken. Notices often list a subdivision or a part extent. Check the exact subdivision and extent printed against your survey number.
The notice and its stage
One notification has been issued for this project, dated 1 September 2023. It was published under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. As on the records available, it has not been withdrawn and no later correction to it has been recorded.
A notice under section 15(1) of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 is the formal step by which the State Government announces that it intends to acquire the listed land for a highway. It identifies the land by village and survey number and names the authority dealing with the acquisition.
The notice itself does not tell you whether compensation has been fixed or paid, or whether possession has been taken. Those are later steps. The current position for a particular survey number has to be confirmed with the land acquisition authority named in the notice or at the Pennagaram taluk office.
Villages covered
Only one village is covered: Madehalli, Pennagaram taluk, Dharmapuri district, with 41 survey numbers.
The notice for this village has not been withdrawn, either fully or in part, on the records available.
What to do if your land is listed
First, get a copy of the gazette notification dated 1 September 2023 and match your survey number and subdivision exactly. Compare it with your patta, chitta and the field measurement book sketch for the land.
Second, contact the land acquisition authority named in the notice. Ask about the stage reached for your survey number, any date for filing objections or claims, and the papers you must produce to establish title.
Third, keep your title papers in order. This means your sale deeds, patta, a recent encumbrance certificate and legal heirship papers where the owner has died. Compensation is paid to the person who proves title, so gaps in the chain cause delay.
If you are buying land in Madehalli, check the survey number against this notice before you pay any advance. Land under acquisition notice can still be sold on paper, but the buyer takes it subject to the acquisition.