Notification under sub-section(1) of Section 15 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001

What this gazette notification does

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 202, published by authority on April 16, 2021, contains land acquisition notifications issued by the Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005, under sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, read with the Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws (Revival of Operation, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2019. The notifications state that specified lands in Ponneri Taluk, Tiruvallur District are acquired for the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road Project, for State Highways purpose, for laying the Northern Port Access Road.

Areas and extents covered

The gazette lists separate acquisition schedules for these villages in Ponneri Taluk, Tiruvallur District:

• Jaganathapuram-I and II (Block-II) Village, total extent 26820 square meters.
• Jaganathapuram-II Village, total extent 5243 square meters.
• Minjur II Village, total extent 6471 square meters.
• Neidavoyal I and II (Block III) Village, total extent 2457 square meters.

The schedules identify survey numbers, sub-divisions, land classification such as Wet, Dry and Manavari, extent acquired in square meters, immovable assets on the land, and the owner or interested person.

Who may be affected

This gazette matters to:

• Landowners named in the schedules.
• Other persons having interest in the listed lands.
• Temple institutions named as owners or interested persons.
• Buyers or professionals checking whether a survey number in these villages is under acquisition.

Named owners or interested persons in the extracted schedules include private individuals, companies and temples such as Arulmigu Ponniamman koil, Arulmigu Ellamathammal koil, Arulmighu Minjur Egambara Eswarar Thirukoil, Arulmighu Venugopal Sami Thirukoil, Arulmighu Ekambaranatha Swamy Thirukoil, Ayyavu Varasithu Vinayagar, and others listed against each survey number.

Key points in the schedules

• The acquisition is for laying the Northern Port Access Road under the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road Project.
• The Government says it considered the cause shown by the owner or other persons having interest on the land.
• The entire amount of compensation to be awarded is to be paid out of the funds controlled and managed by the Divisional Engineer(H), Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu.
• The schedules also record structures, wells, bore wells, sheds, compound walls, rooms, tanks and trees standing on some lands.
• The land plans are kept for inspection during office hours in the office of the Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-II, Guindy, Chennai, and in the office of the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Chennai Peripheral Ring Road Project Unit-1, Ponneri, Tiruvallur.