What land is being acquired and where
Land is being acquired to widen the Vandalur to Walajabad Road, which is a state road. The acquisition is being made under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, and not under the National Highways Act or the 2013 central Act.
The notices cover 58 survey numbers in total. All of them lie in Walajabad taluk of Kancheepuram district.
The notices list survey numbers, not whole villages. Only the specific survey numbers, and usually only a specified extent within each, are affected. A property in the same village whose survey number is not listed is not covered by these notices.
The notices and their stage
Two notifications have been published in the Tamil Nadu state gazette. The first is dated 22 October 2021 and the second is dated 29 January 2022. Each covers one village.
Neither notification has been withdrawn, and neither is recorded as corrected by a later notice.
Under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, the Government begins acquisition by publishing a notice in the gazette under section 15(1), stating its intention to acquire the land for a highway. Persons interested in the land may file objections within the period stated in the notice. After considering objections, the Government may publish a further notice, and on that publication the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances.
The records we hold do not show whether any later notice, award or payment has followed. For the current stage of a particular survey number, confirm with the Special Tahsildar or Land Acquisition Officer dealing with this project, or at the Walajabad taluk office.
The villages
Devariyambakkam, Walajabad taluk, Kancheepuram district: 49 survey numbers. None withdrawn.
Thazayampattu, Walajabad taluk, Kancheepuram district: 9 survey numbers. None withdrawn.
These are the only two villages covered by the notices for this project.
What to do if your land is listed
First, check the gazette notification itself. Match your survey number and subdivision exactly, and note the extent shown as affected. A listing may cover only a strip of your land along the road.
Collect your title documents, patta, chitta, adangal and a recent encumbrance certificate. Compensation is paid to the persons whose interest is established, so your records should be in order and in your name.
If the time for objections has passed, you can still appear before the acquisition authority when compensation is being determined and file your claim with supporting documents. Keep copies of everything you submit and ask for an acknowledgement.
If you are buying land in either village, check the survey number against these notices before you pay any advance. Land under acquisition may be sold, but the buyer takes it subject to the acquisition, and land that has vested in the Government cannot pass to a buyer at all.