What land is being acquired and where
The acquisition is for a solar power plant to be set up through SIPCOT at Pallikottai. All the land notified so far lies in a single village, Pallikottai, in Manur taluk of Tirunelveli district.
The notifications list 48 survey numbers in that village. Some of these may be subdivisions of the same field, so the count of survey numbers is not the same as the count of owners or the extent in acres.
The extent of each parcel is set out in the schedule to each notification. Read that schedule against your own patta before you draw any conclusion.
The notices and their stage
Both notices were issued under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997, and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. The first is dated 29 April 2026 and the second is dated 8 June 2026.
Under this Act, the State Government acquires land for an industrial purpose by publishing a notice under section 3(1). Before that notice is published, the Act requires the owner and any other person interested to be given a show cause notice and an opportunity to state objections. Once the section 3(1) notice is published, the land vests in the Government free from all encumbrances.
Neither notice has been withdrawn, and neither has been corrected by a later notice. The records available here do not show the stage reached after June 2026, such as the compensation award or the taking of possession. Confirm the present position with the District Revenue Officer or the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) dealing with SIPCOT projects in Tirunelveli.
The village covered
Pallikottai, Manur taluk, Tirunelveli district: 48 survey numbers, none withdrawn.
No other village appears in either notification. If your land is in a neighbouring village, these notices do not cover it, though a later notice could.
What to do if your land is listed
Get a copy of both gazette notifications and compare the survey number, subdivision number and extent in the schedule with your patta, chitta and A register extract. Small differences in subdivision numbers matter, so check each digit.
Keep your title papers ready: sale deeds, parent documents, patta, a recent encumbrance certificate and any legal heirship certificate if the owner has died. Compensation is paid to the person whose title is shown, so mutation and heirship gaps should be cleared early.
If you are a buyer, do not purchase any land in these 48 survey numbers. Land notified under section 3(1) of the 1997 Act vests in the Government, and a private sale after that point gives the buyer no secure title.
If you received a show cause notice and believe your land was wrongly included, or the extent is wrong, take advice from a lawyer promptly. Time limits under the Act are short, and later remedies are narrower.