What land is being acquired and where
The project is a Road Over Bridge at Sevalur. It is a state road work, so the acquisition is under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and not under the National Highways Act.
The notice covers 81 survey numbers. All of them lie in one village, Sevalur, in Manapparai taluk of Thiruchirappalli district.
The records do not show any other village for this project.
The notice and its stage
There is one notice. It is a notification dated 28 February 2011, published in the State Gazette under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001.
Under this Act, the Government acquires land for a highway by publishing a notice in the Gazette, ordinarily under section 15(1). When such a notice is published, the land listed in it vests in the Government, free from encumbrances. Compensation is then determined under the Act by the authority named in it, after the owners and interested persons are heard.
The records show that this notice has not been withdrawn, in whole or in part, and that no later correction was published. The records do not say whether compensation has been paid or whether possession has been taken. Those points must be confirmed with the authorities.
Villages covered
Only one village is covered: Sevalur, in Manapparai taluk, Thiruchirappalli district. It has 81 survey numbers in the notice.
The notice lists survey numbers, and often subdivision numbers. A survey number appearing in the notice does not always mean the whole survey number is taken. The schedule to the notice shows the extent acquired in each entry.
What to do if your land is listed
Get a certified copy of the Gazette notification of 28 February 2011 and read the schedule. Match your survey and subdivision numbers, and the extent shown, against your patta, chitta and the field measurement sketch.
Check the current revenue records at the Manapparai taluk office. After an acquisition, the land acquired is usually transferred out of the private holding in the village accounts. If your records still show the full extent in your name, ask the taluk office why.
For compensation, approach the office of the authority handling land acquisition for highways in Thiruchirappalli district. Ask whether an award has been passed for your survey number, what amount was fixed, and whether it was paid or deposited.
If you are buying land in Sevalur, ask the seller for the survey and subdivision numbers before you pay any advance. Check them against this notification and the taluk records. Land that has vested in the Government cannot be validly sold by the former owner.