What land is being acquired and where
The acquisition is for a solar power plant to be set up through SIPCOT. All the notified land lies in Manur taluk of Tirunelveli district.
Two villages are covered: Pirancheri and Chitharchathiram. Together they account for 460 survey numbers, of which 367 are in Pirancheri and 93 are in Chitharchathiram.
The acquisition is being made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997, a state law. The notices appear in the Tamil Nadu State Gazette.
The notices and their stage
Thirteen acquisition notifications were published between 29 July 2022 and 3 March 2025. Most cover one village; three of them cover both villages.
Under the 1997 Act, the main step is a notice under section 3(1). Before publishing it, the Government must give the owner and any other interested person an opportunity to show cause against the acquisition. Once the section 3(1) notice is published in the Gazette, the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances, under section 3(2). This is different from the 2013 Act, which uses a separate preliminary notification and declaration.
Three of the notifications, dated 28 October 2022, 2 June 2023 and 3 March 2025, were corrected by a later notice. If your survey number appears in any of these, read the correction alongside the original, because extents or survey details may have changed.
The latest notice, dated 12 September 2025, is a withdrawal notice covering both villages. None of the 14 notices has been withdrawn in full. The records show 143 survey numbers in Pirancheri as withdrawn and none in Chitharchathiram.
The Gazette record does not show whether compensation has been paid or whether possession has been taken. Those facts must be confirmed with the land acquisition office.
Villages covered
Pirancheri, Manur taluk, Tirunelveli district: 367 survey numbers notified, of which 143 are recorded as withdrawn.
Chitharchathiram, Manur taluk, Tirunelveli district: 93 survey numbers notified, none recorded as withdrawn.
No other village is covered by the notices for this project.
What to do if your land is listed
Check your survey number and subdivision against every notice for your village, including the corrections and the withdrawal notice of 12 September 2025. A survey number in Pirancheri may have been notified and later withdrawn.
If your land remains notified, contact the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) handling SIPCOT acquisitions for Tirunelveli district, or the Collectorate. Ask for the current stage, the extent taken from your survey number, and the position on compensation.
Keep your patta, chitta, adangal, title deeds and encumbrance certificate ready. Compensation is paid to the persons found entitled, so your records should be in order.
If you are buying land in these villages, ask the seller for the survey number and subdivision, and check it against the Gazette notices before paying any advance. Land covered by a published section 3(1) notice vests in the Government, and a private sale of it gives the buyer no secure title.