What land is being acquired and where
The land is required for an industrial park promoted by SIPCOT. The acquisition is made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997, a State law. The notices appear in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
All the listed land is in Sriperumbudur taluk, Kancheepuram district. The records cover 22 survey numbers in two villages: 19 in Pellakuppam and 3 in Vaipur.
Although the project name refers to Vaipur and Melakkuppam, the notices in these records list land in Pellakuppam and Vaipur only. There are no further villages beyond these two in the records.
The notices and their present stage
There are two notices on record. The first is a notification dated 4 March 2014, covering one village. Under the 1997 Act, the main acquisition notice is published under section 3(1). Once such a notice is published, section 3(2) provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances.
The second is a withdrawal notice dated 9 May 2023, also covering one village. The records do not show any notice as fully withdrawn, and no survey number is marked as withdrawn.
Read together, this means some withdrawal action was taken in 2023, but its exact extent is not recorded at the survey number level here. Only the Gazette text of the 9 May 2023 notice will tell you which land it covers.
Villages covered
Pellakuppam, Sriperumbudur taluk, Kancheepuram district: 19 survey numbers listed, none marked withdrawn.
Vaipur, Sriperumbudur taluk, Kancheepuram district: 3 survey numbers listed, none marked withdrawn.
The records do not say which of the two notices relates to which village. Check the Gazette text for your village before drawing any conclusion.
What to do if your land is listed
First, obtain copies of both Gazette notices, dated 4 March 2014 and 9 May 2023. Compare your survey number and subdivision exactly against the schedules, including the extent shown.
Second, check whether your survey number falls within the 2023 withdrawal notice. If it does, find out whether the land has been released and whether revenue records have been updated to reflect this.
Third, for compensation, approach the office of the land acquisition officer concerned, or the SIPCOT land acquisition unit for this project. Ask for the award details for your survey number and whether payment has been made or deposited.
If you are a buyer, do not rely on the patta or encumbrance certificate alone. Land covered by a section 3(1) notice vests in the Government, so a sale by the earlier owner may not give you title. Have the notices and the current revenue position verified before you pay any advance.