Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 124, Part VI, Section 1

What the gazette covers

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 124, dated March 18, 2025, contains three notifications issued by the Commissioner of Land Administration, Chepauk, Chennai. Two notifications acquire land under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, while the third corrects an acquisition schedule published on April 5, 2023.

Owners, occupiers and other interested persons should check the survey numbers, acquired extents, structures, trees and names recorded in the schedules.

Neelankarai acquisition

Notification No. VI(1)/159(c-1)/2025 acquires 389 square metres of wet land in Neelankarai Village, Sholinganallur Taluk, Chennai District. The land is required for forming a link road and constructing a bridge across Buckingham Canal to connect Rajiv Gandhi Salai and East Coast Road.

Key details include:

• Survey No. 51/5E, 89 square metres acquired.
• Survey Nos. 51/30 and 51/31, 150 square metres each acquired.
• The schedule records buildings, compound walls and steel gates on the affected lands.
• Compensation is to be paid from funds controlled or managed by the Divisional Engineer, Highways, Chennai Metropolitan Project, Division I.
• The land plan may be inspected during office hours at the office of the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Highways, Unit I, Guindy, Chennai 25.

A. Vellodu schedule correction

Notification No. VI(1)/159(c-2)/2025 is an errata to Notification No. VI(1)/254(a-6)/2023, published on April 5, 2023. The earlier notification concerned land acquisition for a bypass road across Dindigul Town at A. Vellodu Village, Dindigul East Taluk, Dindigul District.

The corrected entries cover multiple survey numbers and revise particulars including owner references, structures and numbers or types of trees. The corrected schedule states a total acquisition extent of 13,688 square metres.

North Madurai acquisition

Notification No. VI(1)/159(c-3)/2025 acquires 3,140 square metres in North Madurai Village, Madurai North Taluk, Madurai District. The land is required for constructing a flyover at Goripalayam Junction on the Varanasi to Kanyakumari Road, described as Abandoned NH-SHU 73.

The schedule covers Town Survey Nos. 1/1, 10/1, 14/1, 15/1 and 16/1. It records concrete buildings, shops, toilets, trees and other structures, with American College or its representatives named for several properties. Plans may be inspected during office hours at the offices of the Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Highways, and the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Highways Unit I, Collectorate campus, Madurai 20.