What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired for the Thiruthuraipoondi Town Bypass Phase II, which is a state road. The acquisition is being carried out under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and the notices appear in the State Government Gazette.
All the land falls in Thiruthuraipoondi taluk of Thiruvarur district. The notices list 189 survey numbers spread across 4 villages.
This is not a National Highways project. The National Highways Act procedure of section 3A and section 3D notices does not apply here, and no such declaration has been issued for this project.
The notices and their present stage
Three notifications have been published so far. The first is dated 31 July 2026 and covers one village. The second is dated 13 August 2026 and covers one village. The third is dated 25 September 2026 and covers two villages.
None of the three notices has been withdrawn, and none has been corrected by a later notice. On the record available, the acquisition proposals stand for all 189 survey numbers.
Under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, the Government acquires land for a highway by publishing a notice under section 15(1) in the Gazette. Before that notice is published, owners and other interested persons are to be called upon to show cause why the land should not be acquired. Once a section 15(1) notice is published, the Act provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances. You should read the gazette text of the notice covering your village to see exactly which step it records.
Compensation is not fixed by the notice itself. It is determined by the competent authority in an award after the notice, on the basis of the land and the interests of each person entitled. The facts available here do not include any award, rate or amount, so these must be confirmed from the acquisition office.
Villages covered by the notices
Kothamangalam has the largest share, with 95 survey numbers listed. Deevammapuram has 62 survey numbers listed.
Velur has 20 survey numbers listed, and Nunakkadu has 12 survey numbers listed.
All four villages are in Thiruthuraipoondi taluk, Thiruvarur district. No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from the notices. These four are the only villages covered by the notices published so far.
What to do if your land is listed
First, obtain a copy of the gazette notice for your village and check your survey number and subdivision against it. A notice usually lists the extent proposed to be acquired in each survey number, which may be the whole field or only a part of it.
Second, compare the notice with your patta, chitta and A register extract. If the name, extent or classification in the notice differs from your records, raise this in writing with the acquisition office and keep the acknowledgement.
Third, if you are a buyer, do not complete a purchase of any listed survey number without first confirming the extent under acquisition. Land that has vested in the Government under the Act cannot be validly conveyed as private land, and an encumbrance certificate alone may not show the acquisition.
Fourth, for compensation and the latest stage, contact the land acquisition officer for the Thiruthuraipoondi Town Bypass Phase II, through the Thiruthuraipoondi taluk office or the Thiruvarur district revenue office. Keep your title documents, tax receipts and proof of any structures, trees or wells ready, since these support your claim.