What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired for the SIPCOT Dharmapuri Industrial Park, an industrial park project in Dharmapuri district.
In all, 127 survey numbers are covered. They lie in 3 villages spread over two taluks: Dharmapuri taluk and Nallampalli taluk.
The acquisition is being made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. This is a state law, so the notices appear in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, not in the Gazette of India.
The notices and their stage
Eight notices have been published between 18 November 2020 and 14 October 2024. Seven of them are acquisition notifications. One, dated 12 August 2022, is an errata notice, which corrects details in an earlier notification, such as a survey number, extent or owner entry.
The notifications are dated 18 November 2020, 10 December 2020, 24 February 2021, 24 January 2024, 1 March 2024, 5 September 2024 and 14 October 2024. Each covers one village, except the notification of 14 October 2024, which covers two.
Under the 1997 Act, the Government acquires land by publishing a notice under section 3(1) in the Gazette. Before that notice, the owner is generally given an opportunity to show cause against the acquisition. Once the section 3(1) notice is published, the land generally vests in the Government free from encumbrances. A published notice under this Act is therefore a late stage, not a mere proposal.
None of the 8 notices has been fully withdrawn, and none of the 127 survey numbers is recorded as withdrawn. The facts available here do not show whether compensation has been paid or whether possession has been taken. Those points must be confirmed with the land acquisition office.
Villages covered
Adagappadi, in Dharmapuri taluk, has the largest share, with 72 survey numbers.
Tadangam, in Nallampalli taluk, has 49 survey numbers.
Balajangamanahalli, also in Nallampalli taluk, has 6 survey numbers.
These 3 villages make up the full list for this project. No other village is covered by the notices recorded here.
What to do if your land is listed
First, obtain a copy of the Gazette notice for your village and check it against your survey number and subdivision number. Read the errata notice of 12 August 2022 as well, because a correction may change what is listed.
Next, check your patta, chitta and A register extract on the Tamil Nadu online land records portal, and take an encumbrance certificate from the Sub Registrar office. Note whether any acquisition entry has been made against your survey number.
For compensation, file your claim with ownership documents before the land acquisition officer for the project in Dharmapuri district. Under the 1997 Act, compensation is determined by the authority named in the Act, and Tamil Nadu has provided that compensation for acquisitions under this Act should follow the compensation rules of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Confirm the award and its amount in writing from that office.
If you are a buyer, do not purchase land in a listed survey number without written confirmation from the revenue authorities that it is outside the acquisition. Because the land vests in the Government on publication, a sale after the notice gives the buyer no reliable title.