What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired for an industrial park to be developed by SIPCOT, the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu. The project is named the SIPCOT Therku Veerapandiapuram Industrial Park.
All the land covered so far lies in a single revenue village, Therku Veerapandiapuram, in Ottapidaram taluk, Thoothukkudi district. The notices together list 374 survey numbers in that village.
The acquisition is being made under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. This is a State law used for land required for industrial purposes, including SIPCOT industrial parks. It is a separate law from the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
The notices and their stage
Nine notifications have been published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. The first is dated 10 November 2025 and the latest is dated 25 June 2026. Each one relates to land in Therku Veerapandiapuram.
The other notification dates are 19 December 2025, 9 January 2026, 3 February 2026, 19 February 2026, 12 March 2026, 30 March 2026 and 8 June 2026. Acquisition is often notified in batches of survey numbers, which explains why there are several notices for one village.
None of the nine notifications has been withdrawn, and none is recorded as having been corrected later. On the facts available, every notice remains in force.
Under the 1997 Act, the Government acquires land by publishing a notice under section 3(1) in the Gazette, after giving the owner an opportunity to show cause against the proposal. Once that notice is published, the Act provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances. A listed survey number should therefore be treated as land the Government has taken or is taking, and not as a mere proposal.
The records summarised here do not show the stage of compensation, possession or handing over to SIPCOT. Those details must be confirmed with the land acquisition office for the project.
Villages covered
Only one village is affected by the notices published so far: Therku Veerapandiapuram, Ottapidaram taluk, Thoothukkudi district, with 374 survey numbers. No survey numbers in this village have been withdrawn.
If your land is in a neighbouring village, these notices do not cover it. Watch the Gazette, however, because further notices for the project could be issued later.
What to do if your land is listed
First, check the Gazette notification itself. Match your survey number and subdivision number exactly against the schedule, along with the extent shown. A survey number may be listed only in part, so the subdivision and extent matter.
Second, collect your title papers: sale deeds, patta, chitta, adangal, field measurement book sketch and a recent Encumbrance Certificate. Compensation is paid to the persons shown to have an interest in the land, so the revenue records should be in your name and up to date.
Third, contact the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) handling the SIPCOT project or the Ottapidaram Taluk Office. Ask about the stage of your survey number, the date of any award, and how to file your claim and documents.
If you are a buyer, do not buy any of the 374 listed survey numbers without first confirming its status with the land acquisition office. Under the 1997 Act, land covered by a published section 3(1) notice vests in the Government, so a private sale will not give you a good title. For land just outside the schedule, verify the boundaries on the ground against the survey sketch.