What land is being acquired for the Rasipuram Bypass Road
The Rasipuram Bypass Road is a state road project. The land required for it is being acquired by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and not under the National Highways Act or the general land acquisition law of 2013.
All the land notified so far lies in Rasipuram taluk of Namakkal district. In total, 129 survey numbers spread over 6 villages appear in the notices.
A survey number appearing in a notice does not always mean the whole field is taken. Notices often cover only a part of a survey number or a subdivision, with the extent stated against it. Read the schedule of the notice for your exact survey and subdivision number and the extent listed.
The notices and their stage
Six notifications have been published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. They are dated 25 June 2024, 18 December 2024, 3 January 2025, 6 March 2025, 28 May 2025 and 23 June 2025. Each notification covers one village.
None of the six notifications has been withdrawn, and none has been corrected by a later notice so far.
Under section 15(1) of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, the Government may acquire land needed for a highway by publishing a notice in the Gazette. Once that notice is published, the land generally vests in the Government free from encumbrances. The Act also provides for owners and interested persons to be heard before the notice is issued. In practice, this means that land listed in a published notice should be treated as acquired land for the purposes of any sale, mortgage or construction.
These records show only the Gazette notices. They do not show whether compensation has been determined or paid, or whether possession has been taken for any particular survey number. Those facts must be confirmed with the land acquisition office handling the project.
Rasipuram Bypass Road land acquisition villages list
The six villages in Rasipuram taluk, Namakkal district, and the number of survey numbers notified in each, are as follows.
Thoppappatti: 53 survey numbers. Kakkaveri: 27 survey numbers. Tho. Jedarpalayam: 21 survey numbers. O. Pachudayampalayam: 19 survey numbers. O. Jedarpalayam: 7 survey numbers. Namagiripettai: 2 survey numbers.
No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition.
Tho. Jedarpalayam and O. Jedarpalayam are separate revenue villages. Check the full village name in your patta before matching it against a notice.
What to do if your land is listed
First, get a copy of the Gazette notice for your village and check the schedule against your patta, chitta and FMB sketch. Confirm the survey number, subdivision and the extent shown as acquired.
If only part of your survey number is listed, ask the revenue authorities whether a subdivision has been or will be made, and what extent remains with you. Your patta should later reflect the reduced extent.
On compensation, the Act provides for compensation to be determined by the authorised land acquisition officer for the land taken, together with any structures, trees or crops on it. No figures are available from these records. Contact the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) or the District Collector's office in Namakkal to know whether an award has been passed and what documents you must submit to claim payment. Keep your title deeds, patta, encumbrance certificate and bank details ready.
If you are buying land in these villages, ask the seller for the survey and subdivision number and check it against all six notices before paying any advance. Land listed in a published notice cannot be safely bought, and an encumbrance certificate may not reveal the acquisition.