What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired for an industrial park under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. The notices were published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
The acquisition covers 41 survey numbers spread over 2 villages in 2 districts. 27 survey numbers are in Arasanoor village, Sivagangai taluk, Sivagangai district. 14 survey numbers are in Alinjalpattu village, Vembakkam taluk, Tiruvannamalai district.
The notices and their stage
Under section 3 of the 1997 Act, the State Government may acquire land needed for an industrial purpose by publishing a notice in the Gazette. Once such a notice is published, the land generally vests in the Government. This makes the notice far more serious than a mere proposal.
Two notices are on record for this project. The first, dated 11 January 2016, is an acquisition notification covering 1 village. The second, dated 25 April 2022, is a withdrawal notice covering 1 village.
The records available to us do not show any village or survey number as fully withdrawn, and neither notice is marked as corrected later. The exact extent of the 2022 withdrawal should therefore be read from the Gazette text itself before you draw any conclusion about a particular survey number.
Villages in the SIPCOT Industrial Park acquisition
Arasanoor, Sivagangai taluk, Sivagangai district: 27 survey numbers, none recorded as withdrawn.
Alinjalpattu, Vembakkam taluk, Tiruvannamalai district: 14 survey numbers, none recorded as withdrawn.
No other villages are listed for this project.
What to do if your land is listed
Obtain a copy of the Gazette notices of 2016 and 2022 and check whether your survey number and subdivision appear in the schedule. Match the survey number against your patta, chitta and adangal, since subdivisions often differ.
If your land is listed, contact the land acquisition office under the District Collector of Sivagangai or Tiruvannamalai, as the case may be, to learn the stage reached for your survey number, whether an award has been passed and how compensation is being determined.
If you are buying land in either village, ask the seller for an encumbrance certificate and a written confirmation from the revenue authorities that the survey number is not under acquisition. Do not rely on the 2022 withdrawal notice alone unless it names your survey number.