What land is being acquired for the Tiruchengode Bypass and where
The land is being acquired for the Tiruchengode Bypass, which is a state road project. All the land lies in Tiruchengode taluk of Namakkal district.
Across all the notices, 70 survey numbers in 7 villages are listed. No village outside Tiruchengode taluk appears in these notices.
The acquisition is under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. The notices were published in the Tamil Nadu State Gazette. This is not a National Highways project, and no section 3D declaration under the National Highways Act applies to it.
The notices and their present stage
There are 6 notices in all, each issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. The first was published in July 2020 and the latest in August 2025.
The notices came out in batches. Two were published in July 2020, three in 2024 (May, June and August) and one in August 2025. Each of the earlier notices covers 2 villages and each of the later ones covers 1 village.
None of the 6 notices has been withdrawn, either fully or in part, and none is recorded as corrected later. On the records available, the acquisition is still in force for every survey number listed.
Under this Act, a notice under section 15(1) tells the public that the Government intends to acquire specified land for a highway and gives owners a period to file objections. After hearing the objections, the Government may pass a further order directing acquisition, and the land then vests in the Government. The available records do not show whether that further order or any award has been passed for any village, so check this with the authorities before relying on it.
Villages listed in the Tiruchengode Bypass notices
All 7 villages are in Tiruchengode taluk, Namakkal district. The largest single share is 26 survey numbers, in a village whose gazette name carries a numeric prefix. Read the notices themselves to confirm its exact name.
Sathinaickenpalayam has 25 survey numbers listed. 25 Elayampalayam has 8, Athipalayam has 5, Andipalayam has 3, Pokkampalayam has 2 and Anderpatti has 1.
No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
Get the full text of every notice that names your village from the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Match the survey number and subdivision exactly against your patta, chitta and adangal. A notice may cover only part of a survey number, so check the extent stated.
If the period for objections has not run out, file your objection in writing with the authority named in the notice and keep proof that you delivered it. Once that period has passed, the stage for objections is generally over.
For compensation, keep your title deeds, patta, encumbrance certificate and tax receipts ready to support your claim. Under the Act, compensation is fixed by the authority competent to do so, after hearing interested persons. Ask the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) or the District Revenue Office at Namakkal about your survey number.
If you are buying land in these villages, check the survey number against every notice before you pay any advance. Land covered by a notice that has not been withdrawn should be treated as under acquisition, whatever the seller says.