Declaration of Pudukkottai Kasba West Block in Pudukkottai Taluk, Pudukkottai District as Reserved Forest under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act

What the notification does

The Tamil Nadu Environment and Forests Department notification under G.O. Ms. No. 3, Environment and Forest (FR-14), dated 6 January 2010, declares the land described in its schedule as the Pudukkottai Kasba West Block reserved forest. The declaration takes effect on 22 October 2010 under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882.

Land covered

The Pudukkottai Kasba West Block is located in No. 44, Vagavasal Village, Pudukkottai Taluk, Pudukkottai District. The schedule identifies the following areas:

• Survey Field No. 314/2, measuring 3.52 acres.
• Survey Field No. 318, measuring 3.15 acres.
• Unsurveyed land measuring 2,116 acres.
• A total scheduled area of 2,122.67 acres before accounting for the housing allotment.
• A reserved forest extent of 2,107.67 acres, or 852.97 hectares.

The notification gives detailed northern, eastern, southern and western boundaries using adjoining villages and survey fields in Vagavasal, Mullur, Pudukkottai, Nathampannai and Vellanur villages.

Rights and uses preserved

The Pudukkottai Kasba West Block declaration records existing communal uses for public benefit. These include:

• Cart tracks connecting Vadaseripatti, Vadugapatti, Edayapatti, Rajavayal, Vijayapuram and other locations.
• A route from Pudukkottai to the Uzhiam quarry.
• The black topped highway from Pudukkottai to Andakkulam.
• An approach cart track from Pudukkottai Mappillayakulam to the Edayapatti cart track.
• Natural watercourses feeding Mappillayakulam, Adappankulam, Serukkaikulam, Rajakulam and Ayyankulam.
• A drinking water well west of Vijayapuram village.
• Twenty five acres leased to the Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Pudukkottai, for construction of a Beggar Home.

The notification supplies bearings, distances and widths for several recorded routes.

Housing land excluded

The Pudukkottai Kasba West Block schedule records that 15 acres had been allotted for housing displaced goldsmiths under G.O. Ms. No. 2264, Agriculture Department, dated 22 August 1972. This land is treated as an enclosure in Survey Field No. 394 of Vagavasal Village rather than part of the stated 2,107.67 acre forest block.

Who should check it

Owners, buyers and professionals dealing with land near Vagavasal Village or the listed boundary survey fields should compare the property's survey details with the schedule. The recorded routes, watercourses, well, lease and housing enclosure may also be relevant when checking access or existing land use.