Acquisition of Lands in Cuddalore District and Karur District

What this gazette contains

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part VI, Section 1 (Supplement), No. 14A, Chennai, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, contains two separate land matters.

• A withdrawal from acquisition in Cuddalore District.
• A fresh acquisition notification in Karur District.

Cuddalore District, land withdrawn from acquisition

The notice titled Form D is a notice under sub-section (1) of Section 93 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. It says the Governor of Tamil Nadu withdraws from acquisition the land listed in the schedule because actual possession had not been taken by, or on behalf of, the Government.

The notice also states that the earlier notice under sub-section (1) of Section 19 had been published by the Water Resource Department in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 16.11.2022.

Key details given for the withdrawn land are:

• District and Taluk, Cuddalore.
• Village, Thiruchopuram.
• Survey number, 199/3.
• Land type, dry land.
• Total extent, 0.78.50 hectares.
• Area under acquisition, 0.40.50 hectares.
• Person interested, Thulasi doss, son of Sivan.
• Trees noted, Coconut 10, Palm 30.

This notice is signed at Cuddalore by A. Arunthamburaj, Land Acquisition Officer and District Collector, on 14th March 2024.

Karur District, land proposed for acquisition

The Karur notice is issued under G.O. No. 70, Agriculture Farmers Welfare Department, 14th March 2024. It says administrative sanction has been given to acquire a total extent of Hec. 16.20.0 ares in Manavasi Villages in Krishnarayapuram Taluk of Karur District to construct Karur Agriculture College and Research Institute.

The notice states:

• The requesting department has not entered upon the lands.
• The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kulithalai, has been appointed as Rehabilitation and Resettlement Officer.
• The notification is made under sub-division (1) of Section 11 of the Act.
• The land plan schedule may be inspected at the Collector Office, Karur, the Revenue Divisional Office, Kulithalai, and the Taluk Office, Krishnarayapuram, on working days during working hours.
• Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, Tahsildar, Krishnarayapuram, and staff are authorized to enter the land for survey and related work.
• No person shall make any transaction or create any encumbrance over the notified land from the date of publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette without prior approval of the Collector.
• Objections may be filed before the Collector, Karur, within 60 days from the date of publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

The schedule lists survey numbers 397, 398, 399, 400/1, 400/2 and part of 401 in Manavasi Village. The person interested shown is Arulmigu Mathiyapureswarar Swami Koil. This notice is signed by M. Thangavel, District Collector, Karur, on 15th March 2024.