What land is being acquired and where
The land is required for the SIPCOT Industrial Park, Kollaar, an industrial park project of the State.
All the notified land lies in a single village, Kollaar, in Tindivanam taluk of Viluppuram district. In total, 36 survey numbers in that village are covered.
The acquisition was notified in the State Government Gazette. No other district, taluk or village is covered by the notice recorded here.
The notice, the law and its stage
The acquisition is under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. This is a State law that allows the Government to acquire land for industrial purposes, including industrial parks developed through agencies such as SIPCOT.
Under this Act, the Government publishes a notice in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette specifying the land and the industrial purpose for which it is required. Before that notice, owners and interested persons are to be given an opportunity to show cause against the acquisition. Once the notice is published under the Act, the land vests in the Government, and compensation is then determined under the Act.
For this project, there is one notification, dated 28 March 2013. It has not been withdrawn, and no correction to it is recorded. Whether compensation has been determined and paid for each survey number, and whether possession has been taken, is not part of these records and must be confirmed with the revenue authorities.
Villages covered
Only one village is covered: Kollaar, in Tindivanam taluk, Viluppuram district. The notification lists 36 survey numbers in Kollaar.
None of the Kollaar survey numbers is recorded as withdrawn. If your land is in any other village, it is not covered by this notification as recorded here.
What to do if your land is listed
First, obtain a certified copy of the Gazette notification dated 28 March 2013 and check whether your survey number, and any subdivision, appears in the schedule. Match it against your patta, chitta and the field measurement book sketch, because subdivisions often cause confusion.
Next, approach the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) handling SIPCOT acquisitions, or the office of the District Collector, Viluppuram, in writing. Ask for the current status of your survey number: whether an award or compensation order has been passed, the amount fixed, whether it has been paid or deposited, and whether possession has been taken.
If you are a buyer, do not purchase any land in Kollaar without checking it against this schedule. Ask the seller for the acquisition status in writing, take an encumbrance certificate, and check the revenue records. Land that has vested in the Government cannot be validly sold by the former owner.
If compensation is unpaid or disputed, keep all receipts, notices and correspondence, and consult a lawyer about the remedies available under the Act.