What land is being acquired and where
The land is being acquired to widen the Vellimedupettai to Puducherry Road, via Mailam, to four lanes. This is a State road project, not a National Highway project.
All the affected land lies in Tindivanam taluk of Viluppuram district. The notices list 100 survey numbers spread across 4 villages.
Being in the project area does not mean a whole survey number is taken. Highway notices usually acquire strips of land along the existing road, so the notice may list only part of a survey number or a specific subdivision. Read the extent shown against your survey number in the notice itself.
The notices, the law and the present stage
All 4 notices were issued under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 and published in the State Government Gazette. Each notice covers one village.
The notices are dated 5 April 2023, 11 April 2023, 29 July 2024 and 22 February 2025. The notice of 5 April 2023 was later corrected, so anyone relying on it should read it together with the correction.
Under the Highways Act, the Government publishes a notice under section 15(1) stating that the specified land is required for a highway purpose. Once such a notice is published, the land is treated as required for the project, and the next steps concern determining and paying compensation and taking possession.
None of the 4 notices has been fully withdrawn. The records summarised here show the notifications only. They do not show whether compensation has been determined, paid or whether possession has been taken. For the current position on any survey number, ask the land acquisition office handling this project at the Viluppuram district administration or the Tindivanam taluk office.
Villages covered
Vadasiruvalur has the largest number of affected survey numbers, with 43.
Agoor follows with 33 survey numbers.
Puthananthal has 22 survey numbers.
Theevanur has 2 survey numbers.
All four villages are in Tindivanam taluk, Viluppuram district. No survey number in any of these villages has been withdrawn from acquisition.
What to do if your land is listed
Get a copy of the Gazette notice for your village and check your survey number and subdivision, and the extent being acquired, against your patta and FMB sketch. Remember that the 5 April 2023 notice was corrected later, so check the correction as well.
If you own the land, keep your title documents, patta, chitta and adangal ready. Compensation is paid to the person whose title is accepted, so any mismatch between the revenue records and your sale deeds should be set right early.
If you are buying land in these villages, ask the seller for an encumbrance certificate and check whether the survey number appears in any of these notices. Land covered by a highway acquisition notice should not be bought on the basis that it is free, and the price should reflect only the portion that remains.
For compensation and the stage of acquisition, go to the land acquisition office dealing with this project in Viluppuram district. Ask in writing so you have a record of the answer.