What land is being acquired and where
The land is needed to widen the East Coast Road between Thiruvanmiyur and Akkarai to six lanes. This is a state road project, so the acquisition is under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and not under the National Highways Act.
All the notified land lies in Sholinganallur taluk of Chennai district. In total, 42 survey numbers in 3 villages are covered.
A survey number appearing in a notification does not always mean the whole survey number is taken. Often only a strip along the road, or a particular subdivision, is notified. The extent is set out against each survey number in the Gazette notification.
The notices and their stage
Five notifications have been issued, all under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and published in the State Gazette.
The first, dated 3 April 2025, covered 3 villages. Later notifications followed on 24 November 2025 (1 village), 8 December 2025 (2 villages), 8 June 2026 (1 village) and 1 October 2026 (1 village).
The notification of 8 June 2026 was later corrected. If your land falls under that notification, read it together with the correction, because the correction may change survey numbers, subdivisions or extents.
None of the five notifications has been withdrawn. Under the Act, a notification of this kind records the Government's intention to acquire the listed land for a highway purpose and gives owners a chance to be heard. Compensation is then fixed by the authority named under the Act. These records do not show whether compensation has been fixed or paid for any particular survey number, so the stage for your land has to be confirmed with the Land Acquisition office handling the project.
Villages covered
Enchambakkam, Sholinganallur taluk: 32 survey numbers. This is the village with the largest number of notified survey numbers.
Neelangarai, Sholinganallur taluk: 8 survey numbers.
Palavakam, Sholinganallur taluk: 2 survey numbers.
No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition so far.
What to do if your land is listed
First, get copies of every Gazette notification for your village, including the correction to the 8 June 2026 notification if it concerns you. Match the survey number and subdivision in the notification with your patta, chitta and adangal, not only with your sale deed.
If you wish to object, act within the time stated in the notification. Objections should be in writing, should refer to the notification date and survey number, and should be supported by your title documents. Keep proof of submission.
Keep your title papers ready for the compensation stage: sale deeds, patta, encumbrance certificate, legal heirship papers where the owner has died, and details of any structures, trees or wells on the land. Compensation goes to the person who can prove title, so disputes within the family are best resolved early.
If you are buying property in Enchambakkam, Neelangarai or Palavakam, check the survey number against these notifications before you pay any advance. A notified portion cannot be freely developed, and the seller may not be the person entitled to compensation for it. Ask your lawyer to get a written statement from the seller on this point.