What land is being acquired for SIPCOT Oragadam Industrial Park
The land is being acquired for the SIPCOT Oragadam Industrial Park, an industrial park in Kancheepuram district. The acquisition is made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997, and the notices were published in the State Government Gazette.
In total, the notices cover 88 survey numbers spread over 4 villages. Three of these villages are in Sriperumbudur taluk and one is in Kundrathur taluk.
The notices identify land by village and survey number. A survey number may be listed in full or only in part, so the subdivision and extent printed in the notice matter as much as the survey number itself.
The notices and their stage
Four notices have been issued for this project. They are dated 9 February 2012, 27 January 2014, 23 March 2022 and 12 December 2025. Each notice covers one village.
All four are notifications under the 1997 Act. None has been withdrawn. The notice dated 23 March 2022 was later corrected, so anyone relying on it should read it together with the correction.
Under the 1997 Act, the Government may acquire land needed for an industrial purpose by publishing a notice under section 3(1) in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Before that notice, the owner and other interested persons are to be given an opportunity to show cause against the acquisition. Once the section 3(1) notice is published, the Act provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances.
This means the 1997 Act does not follow the two stage pattern of a preliminary notification and a later declaration found in the 2013 central Act. A published section 3(1) notice is itself the operative acquisition step. The records here do not show the stage of possession or payment for any particular survey number, and that should be confirmed with the authorities.
Villages covered by the notices
Vadakal A, Sriperumbudur taluk, Kancheepuram district: 53 survey numbers. This village has the largest number of affected survey numbers.
Mathur, Sriperumbudur taluk, Kancheepuram district: 32 survey numbers.
Vadakkupattu B, Kundrathur taluk, Kancheepuram district: 2 survey numbers.
Oragadam, Sriperumbudur taluk, Kancheepuram district: 1 survey number.
No survey numbers in any of these villages have been withdrawn from the notices so far. There are no other villages in the notices for this project.
What to do if your land is listed
Start by obtaining a copy of the Gazette notice for your village, along with any correction notice. Check the survey number, subdivision, extent and the name of the owner as shown. If your survey number is only partly affected, find out exactly which portion.
Compare the notice with your patta, chitta, adangal and the field measurement sketch. Any mismatch in survey number, extent or ownership should be raised in writing with the authorised officer or the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) handling the SIPCOT project, and with the Taluk office.
Compensation is determined by the authorised officer under the 1997 Act. Following amendments, compensation for acquisitions under the Tamil Nadu industrial acquisition law is to be determined in line with the compensation principles of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The actual amount for your land, and whether an award has been passed, can only be confirmed from the land acquisition office.
If you are a buyer, do not purchase any survey number listed in these notices without first checking with the land acquisition office. Since the land vests in the Government on publication of the section 3(1) notice, a later private sale of notified land does not give the buyer good title. Ask the seller for the encumbrance certificate and a written statement on acquisition, and keep copies of all correspondence.