What land is being acquired and where
The Thenpennaiyar Flood Surplus Supply Canal is an irrigation project. Land for it is being acquired in Tiruvannamalai district, in Chengam and Thandarampattu taluks.
The notification lists 713 survey numbers spread over 9 villages. The full village list, with the number of survey numbers in each, is given below.
The acquisition is under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. This is the general central law for acquiring private land for public purposes, and it applies here because no special project Act is involved.
The notice and its stage
So far there is one notice. It was published in the Tamil Nadu state gazette on 24 February 2026 and is recorded as a notification under the 2013 Act covering all 9 villages.
It has not been withdrawn, and no correction to it has been recorded. No later notice for this project appears in the record.
Under the 2013 Act, acquisition usually starts with a preliminary notification in Form IV. That notification tells the public that the land is needed, allows officials to enter and survey it, and stops owners from selling or encumbering it without the Collector's permission. Owners may file objections before the Collector within the time stated in the notification.
After objections are heard, the government may publish a declaration in Form VI. The declaration is what confirms that the land will be taken. To see which stage this notification represents and what time limits it sets, read the notification itself in the state gazette or ask at the Collectorate.
Villages covered by the notification
Chengam taluk: Melpennathur (166 survey numbers), Uchimalaikuppam (113), Perikolappadi (95), Vinnavanoor (94), Pachchal (68), Sorppananthal (53) and Beemanandal (29).
Thandarampattu taluk: Sathanoor (65 survey numbers) and Melsiruppakam (30).
All of these villages are in Tiruvannamalai district. No survey number in any of them has been withdrawn from the notification.
What to do if your land is listed
Get a copy of the gazette notification and check your survey number and subdivision against it, line by line. A matching survey number does not always mean the whole field is affected. The notification states the extent being taken from each subdivision.
If you object to the acquisition or to the extent shown, file a written objection with the Collector within the period the notification allows. Keep proof that you filed it.
Make sure the revenue records are in order. Your patta, chitta and adangal should show the correct owner and extent, because compensation is paid to the person shown as entitled after the inquiry.
If you are buying land in any of these villages, ask for the survey number to be checked against this notification before you pay an advance. Once a preliminary notification is published, the land should not be sold without the Collector's permission, and a buyer takes the land subject to the acquisition.