What land is being acquired and where
The project is the Vehicular Underpass at Mount Medavakkam Road and Inner Ring Road Junction, an urban road work in Chennai district.
All the land covered so far lies in Alandur taluk. The notices list 59 survey numbers spread across 2 villages.
The acquisition is being done under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, a State law used for acquiring land needed for highways and road works in Tamil Nadu. It is not a National Highways Act acquisition, and no section 3D declaration under the National Highways Act applies here.
The notices and their stage
Four notices have been published in the State Gazette. Three are notifications, dated 30 June 2023, 20 November 2024 and 8 June 2026. The fourth is an errata dated 28 March 2025, which corrects details in an earlier notice.
Each notice covers one village. None of the four notices has been withdrawn, in full or in part.
The notification dated 8 June 2026 is recorded as having been corrected later. If your land is in that notice, read it together with the correction, since survey numbers, extents or names may have changed.
Under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, a notice under section 15(1) records the Government's decision to acquire the listed land for highway purposes. Once such a notice is published in the Gazette, the Act provides that the land vests in the Government free from encumbrances. Compensation is then determined by the competent authority under the Act. The Gazette notices themselves do not tell you whether compensation has been paid or possession taken, so confirm those points with the authority.
Villages covered
Alandur village, Alandur taluk, Chennai district: 48 survey numbers, none withdrawn.
Nanthambakkam village, Alandur taluk, Chennai district: 11 survey numbers, none withdrawn.
These are the only two villages in the notices. No other village is covered by this project's notices.
What to do if your land is listed
Get copies of all four Gazette notices and the errata. Check your survey number and subdivision against each one, and against the later correction to the 8 June 2026 notification.
Compare the extent shown in the notice with your patta, chitta and the field measurement book. If the notice covers only part of your survey number, note the exact extent affected.
Contact the competent authority for land acquisition named in the notice, usually through the Collectorate in Chennai or the Alandur taluk office. Ask about the stage of the award, the compensation determined and the documents needed to claim it.
Buyers should not rely on a clean encumbrance certificate alone. Check every listed survey number against these notices before paying an advance, and ask the seller in writing to disclose any acquisition notice.