Withdrawal Notification under Land Acquisition Act

What the notification does

The Planning Development and Special Initiatives Department issued Notification No. II(2)/PDSI/469(e)/2012 under Letter No. 5334/PD&SI(S.I)2012, dated 21 August 2012. Acting under Section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Government of Tamil Nadu withdraws a specified 130.0 square feet from acquisition for the Chennai Metro Rail Project.

The acquisition declaration had been approved in G.O. Ms. No. 66, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SI) Department, dated 2 April 2012. It was published in Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary Issue No. 90, dated 2 April 2012. The withdrawal applies to part of the extent covered by that declaration.

Land covered

The withdrawal concerns land in Chennai District, Purasaiwalkkam-Perambur Taluk, Purasaiwalkkam Village. The schedule identifies the property as follows:

• Block No. 51.
• T.S. No. 3121-13 part, with New T.S. No. 3121-37.
• The withdrawn portion is identified as New T.S. No. 3121-45.
• The land is classified as Quit Rent.
• The declared extent was 535.0 square feet, of which 130.0 square feet is withdrawn.
• The withdrawn area is described as vacant land and part of a compound wall.

The scheduled boundaries are T.S. No. 3121-13 on the north, T.S. No. 3121-37, already acquired land, on the south, R.S. No. 3121-20 on the east, and T.S. No. 3121-3 on the west.

Who is affected

The schedule names the registered holders as S. Ramasamy, K.V.R.M. Sethu Chettiar, R.M. Sethuram Chetty, A. Vasanthal Achi, A. Nachammai, S. Krishnappan, R.M. Meenakshi, N.K. Sundar, K.M. Chockalingam, K.M. Meenakshi Achi, C.T. Ramanathan and Rukmani Achi.

Property owners, buyers and professionals dealing with the scheduled survey numbers should note that the Government of Tamil Nadu withdrew only the identified 130.0 square feet from the Chennai Metro Rail Project acquisition.