Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, No. 1, Part VI, Section 1, 2026

Velampalayam planning variation

The Director of Town and Country Planning, Chennai, issued Notification No. VI(1)/1/2026 under proceeding Roc. No. 7016/2025/TCP3. It confirms a variation to the approved Velampalayam Detailed Development Plan No. 3 after no objections or suggestions were received within the allowed time.

Key changes include:

• Land in Survey Field Nos. 64/1 part and 64/2 part, identified as Survey Field Nos. 64/1B and 64/2B, is varied from land reserved for a playground to industrial use. The stated extent is 3,240 square metres.
• Parts of the proposed B3-B3 and B4-B4 roads, each 18 metres wide, are deleted.
• The stated length of the B3-B3 road is changed from 460 metres to 380 metres.
• Entries in the plan schedules are deleted and replaced for the playground, industrial land and proposed roads.
• Fresh entries state that specified road land is to be acquired and developed by the local body.
• A Schedule IX entry identifies 0.22.14 hectare for industrial purpose, with development by the owner.

Owners and buyers dealing with the affected survey fields in Velampalayam Village, Tiruppur Corporation, Tiruppur North Taluk and District should check the revised plan entries and road alignment.

Erode land acquisition

The Commissioner of Land Administration and the District Collector issued Notification No. VI(1)/2/2026, Ref. No. 30341/2021/B1, declaring acquisition for an approach road to a pumping station under the Athikadavu Avinashi Project.

• The project requirement covers 1.15.38 hectares in Nallagoundampalayam and Kumilamparappu villages, Erode Taluk.
• Of this, 0.71.67 hectare was acquired through private negotiation based on voluntary letters from landowners.
• The remaining 0.43.71 hectare is declared under acquisition because it could not be acquired through private negotiation.
• The schedule identifies patta dry lands totalling 4,371 square metres across the two villages.
• No objections were received from interested parties.
• The notification states that no family is affected or displaced, so a rehabilitation and resettlement summary is not required.

Land plans may be inspected on working days during office hours at the office of the Land Acquisition Officer and District Revenue Officer, Erode Collectorate, and the Water Resources Department, Perundurai.

Madurai court vacation

Notification No. VI(1)/3/2026 states that specified Civil and Sessions Courts in Madurai District will close from 1 May 2026 to 31 May 2026 and reopen on 1 June 2026. The Official Receiver's office will remain open, while plaints and petitions will ordinarily not be received except applications for copies and for service and execution of process.