What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired for the SIPCOT Attakurukki Approach Road, which is classed as a state road project.
All of the notified land lies in Krishnagiri district, within Shoolagiri taluk. The records we hold show one village, Addagurukki, with 96 survey numbers covered.
The acquisition is being made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. This is a state law, and the notice was published in the state Gazette, not the Gazette of India.
The notice and its present stage
There is one notification on record, dated 23 October 2024. No later notice has been recorded, so the first and the latest notice date are the same.
The notification has not been withdrawn, in full or in part, and no correction to it has been recorded.
Under the 1997 Act, the Government publishes a notice under section 3(1) in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette when it is satisfied that land is needed for an industrial purpose. Before that, section 3(2) requires a notice to the owner and to any person interested, giving them an opportunity to show cause against the acquisition. Once the section 3(1) notice is published, the Act provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances. What follows is the determination and payment of compensation.
Our records do not show whether compensation has been fixed or paid, or whether possession has been taken. Confirm these points with the office of the land acquisition officer for this project or the Shoolagiri taluk office.
Village covered by this acquisition
Addagurukki, Shoolagiri taluk, Krishnagiri district: 96 survey numbers notified, none withdrawn.
No other villages appear in the records for this project. The project name uses the spelling Attakurukki, while the village is recorded as Addagurukki. When you search revenue records or the Gazette, try both spellings.
What to do if your land is listed
Get a copy of the Gazette notification dated 23 October 2024 and check your survey number and subdivision against the schedule. Check the extent shown against your patta and the village account records.
If your survey number appears, collect your title deeds, patta, chitta, adangal and a recent encumbrance certificate. These will be needed to establish your claim to compensation.
Compensation under this Act is determined by the authority named in the Act. In Tamil Nadu, the compensation provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 have been applied to acquisitions under this Act. The amount for your land will depend on the award passed for it, so confirm the figure with the land acquisition officer and do not rely on informal estimates.
If you are buying land in Addagurukki, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision, and check them against the notification schedule before you pay any advance. Land covered by a published section 3(1) notice vests in the Government, and a private sale of it gives the buyer no secure title. Have a property lawyer read the schedule and the revenue records before you sign anything.