Publication of the Declaration of Intention to make the Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme (2024)

What the notification does

Notification No. MPU/LPADS/Madambakkam/2024-1, dated 14 March 2024, publishes the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority's declaration of intention to notify land for the proposed Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme. It is a declaration of intention and describes the objectives and proposed coverage of the scheme.

The notification was published in the Chengalpattu District Gazette Extraordinary by the Collector of Chengalpattu District. It was signed by the Member-Secretary of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.

Land proposed for inclusion

The Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme schedule covers a total of 600 acres in Tambaram Taluk, Chengalpattu District:

• Madambakkam village, within Tambaram Corporation, 519.96 acres.
• Agaramthen village, within St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union, 22.24 acres.
• Kovilanchery village, within St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union, 57.80 acres.

The schedule lists the individual survey numbers. Some survey numbers in Agaramthen and Kovilanchery are included only in part. Owners and buyers should compare the village and survey number of a property with the complete schedule and the plans kept for public inspection.

Main objectives

The proposed Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme is intended to:

• Pool private and public lands that are irregularly shaped and lack public access, infrastructure or public facilities.
• Reconstitute and redistribute those lands as regularly shaped plots.
• Provide proper road access to all plots.
• Provide parks, playgrounds, open space and public amenities.
• Return reconstituted plots amounting to not less than 60 percent of the land to plot owners, with appreciated land value.

Who should check the records

The declaration is relevant to landowners, prospective buyers and professionals dealing with property in the listed parts of Madambakkam, Agaramthen and Kovilanchery villages. Coverage depends on the survey number and, where stated, whether the relevant part of that survey is included.

The documents, plans and map showing the proposed survey numbers are available to landowners and the public at the Counselling & Consultancy Counter, First Floor, East Wing, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority office, Thalamuthu Natarajan Building, No. 1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008. Inspection is available during office hours from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. The records are also available on the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority website at www.cmdachennai.gov.in.