What land is being acquired and where
The project is a Road Over Bridge at Level Crossing 20 at Needamangalam. It is a state road project, and the land is being taken under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001.
All the affected land lies in Needamangalam taluk of Thiruvarur district. The notices together list 44 survey numbers spread over 4 villages.
The notices identify land by village and survey number. A survey number being listed does not always mean the whole survey number is taken. Often only a subdivision or a strip is required, so the extent shown against each entry in the Gazette notice matters.
The notices and their stage
Five notices have been published in the State Gazette under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. Four are notifications and one is an errata.
The first three notifications are dated 2 March 2022, 7 March 2022 and 16 May 2022. Each covers one village. An errata dated 19 July 2024 corrects an earlier notice for one village. The latest notification, dated 9 September 2026, covers three villages.
Under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, the Government acquires land for a highway by publishing a notice under section 15(1) setting out the land required. The Act then provides for compensation to be determined by the competent authority and paid to the persons interested in the land.
None of the five notices has been withdrawn, and none is recorded as corrected later apart from the errata itself. The records do not show whether possession has been taken or compensation has been paid. Those points should be confirmed with the land acquisition office for Needamangalam.
Villages covered
Chittamalli Melpathi has the largest share, with 24 survey numbers listed.
Parappanamedu has 13 survey numbers listed.
Old Needamangalam (Additional) has 5 survey numbers listed, and Old Needamangalam has 2.
All four villages are in Needamangalam taluk, Thiruvarur district. No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
Obtain a copy of the Gazette notice that names your village. Check your survey number, subdivision and the extent shown against it. Compare these with your patta, chitta and adangal.
If the 2024 errata relates to your village, read it alongside the original notice. The corrected details are the ones that apply.
Keep your title papers ready: sale deeds, parent documents, patta, and a recent encumbrance certificate. Compensation is paid to the person whose interest in the land is established, so gaps in the revenue record should be set right early.
Approach the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) or the District Revenue office in Thiruvarur to confirm the stage of acquisition, the award and the payment schedule for your survey number.
If you are buying land in these villages, check the survey number against all five notices before you pay any advance. Land covered by a highway acquisition notice should not be treated as freely transferable without legal advice.