What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired for the SIPCOT Namakkal Industrial Park. All of it lies in Mohanur taluk of Namakkal district.
The notices cover 293 survey numbers spread over 2 villages. N.Pudupatty accounts for 154 survey numbers and Valayapatti for 139.
The acquisition is being made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. This is a State law that the Government uses to acquire land for industrial purposes, including industrial parks developed through SIPCOT. It is a different procedure from the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, though the two are connected on the question of compensation, as explained below.
The notices and their present stage
Five notifications have been published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. They are dated 5 December 2025, 12 December 2025, 19 December 2025, 9 January 2026 and 3 February 2026.
The notices of 12 December 2025 and 9 January 2026 each cover both villages. The other three each cover one village.
As per the records available, none of the five notices has been withdrawn, and none has been corrected by a later notice. The latest notice is dated 3 February 2026.
Under this Act, the key notice is the one published under section 3(1). Before it is issued, the owner and any other person interested must be given an opportunity to show cause against the acquisition under section 3(2). Once a section 3(1) notice is published in the Gazette, the Act provides that the land vests absolutely in the Government, free from all encumbrances. The Government may then take possession of the land under the procedure laid down in the Act.
Our records describe these five as notifications under the 1997 Act. They do not state which section each notice was issued under, whether compensation has been fixed, or whether possession has been taken. Read the Gazette text of each notice and confirm the current position with the land acquisition officer for the project before relying on it.
Villages covered
N.Pudupatty, Mohanur taluk, Namakkal district: 154 survey numbers notified. No survey number in this village has been withdrawn.
Valayapatti, Mohanur taluk, Namakkal district: 139 survey numbers notified. No survey number in this village has been withdrawn.
These are the only two villages in the notices on record for this project.
A notified survey number may cover the whole field or only some subdivisions. Check the subdivision numbers and extents printed in the Gazette schedule against your own patta and chitta.
What to do if your land is listed
First, get a copy of the Gazette notice that names your village. Match the survey number, subdivision and extent in the schedule against your patta, chitta and adangal.
If you received a show cause notice before publication and the section 3(1) notice has not yet been issued for your land, file your objection in writing within the time allowed, and keep proof of filing. If the section 3(1) notice has already been published, the land vests in the Government. Your attention then turns to compensation and to the record of your title and extent.
Compensation is determined by the authority named under the Act. Following the 2019 amendment, compensation under this Act is to be worked out in line with the compensation provisions of the 2013 Act. We do not hold any figures for this project. Ask the land acquisition officer, through the Namakkal District Collectorate, for the award details that apply to your survey number.
Keep your title documents, encumbrance certificate, patta and tax receipts ready. If ownership is shared or disputed, or if there is a mortgage or lease, put all interested persons on record early, because compensation is paid only to those whose interest is established.
If you are a buyer, do not buy a notified survey number without first checking the Gazette schedule and asking the revenue office about the acquisition status. Once land vests in the Government, a private sale does not give the buyer good title to it.