Notifications by Government published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, No. 13

What this gazette contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, No. 13, published on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, is a collection of notifications issued by different Secretariat Departments of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The pages provided include notifications on Wakf management, stamp duty, value added tax concessions, and land acquisition.

Land acquisition notification that may affect property owners

The Highways and Minor Ports Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 28, Highways and Minor Ports (HW2), dated 2nd March 2012. In Notification No. II(2)/HWMP/194/2012, the Governor of Tamil Nadu states that the lands listed in the schedule are required for the purpose of widening Madhavaram-Redhills Road.

Key points from the notification are:

• The acquisition is for widening Madhavaram-Redhills Road from two lane to four lane carriage way.
• The total extent acquired is 4130 square metre, a little more or less.
• Compensation for the lands is to be paid out of the funds controlled and managed by the Chief Engineer, Metro, Highways Department, Alandur, Chennai-16.
• The Government says it considered the cause shown by the owner or other person having interest in the lands.
• The plan of the land under acquisition is kept in the office of the Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition), Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project-III, Chennai at Poonamallee, and may be inspected during office hours.

Which lands are named in the extract

The schedule in the extract lists several specific survey fields and owners. These include:

• S.No.36/1C2, belonging to Perumal Chetti sons Gopal Chetti Chinnasamy, 0167 square metre.
• S.No.36/1D2, belonging to Kandasamy, Chinnasamy and Navaneethammal, 0004 square metre.
• S.No.36/2B, belonging to Chennai Vaazh Podupatti Nadars, 0443 square metre.
• S.No.8/3, belonging to Gowri, wife of Munusamy, and Munusamy sons Anna Jyothi and Mugunthan, 0350 square metre.
• S.No.8/3, belonging to Selvam and Munusamy, 1000 square metre.
• S.No.75/1A2, belonging to Mahalakshmi, wife of Thirugnana Sambandam, 0173 square metre.
• S.No.75/1B2, belonging to Mahalakshmi wife of Thirugnana Sambandam, appears next, but the extract cuts off before the full entry is shown.

Why this matters

If your land matches any survey number or ownership details in the schedule, this gazette notice is directly relevant to you. It shows that the Government of Tamil Nadu has published acquisition of those lands for a road widening project, and that the acquisition plan can be inspected at the Poonamallee office named in the notification.