Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 240, Part VI, Section 1

What the notifications govern

The Commissioner of Land Administration notifications published on 28 May 2025 acquire scheduled land for three Chennai Metro Rail Limited works and one Highways Department project. They identify the survey numbers, acquisition extents, land types, structures, trees and owners or interested persons recorded for each parcel.

The Governor of Tamil Nadu acquires the metro land under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997. The Rasipuram Bypass Road land is acquired under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited acquisitions

The Chennai Metro Rail Limited acquisitions cover:

• Corridor 5, Viaduct 6 near Defence Cantonment Board: 8 square metres, or 86.112 square feet, in Town Survey Number 30/1A, St. Thomas Mount Village, Pallavaram Taluk, Chengalpattu District. The schedule describes the acquired portion as vacant land and names Valliammal.
• Corridor 3, Adyar Depot Metro Station: 315 square metres, or 3,390.66 square feet, in Town Survey Number 001/31, Urur Village, Velachery Taluk, Chennai District. The schedule names Chennai Housing Board as land owner and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited as an interested person. It records walls, parking sheds, a parking area, posts, a sump, a water tank and trees.
• Corridor 5, Echangadu Metro Station: 198 square metres, or 2,131.272 square feet, across Survey Numbers 123/46A, 123/47A1, 123/48B and 123/49B in Kovilambakkam Village, Tambaram Taluk, Chengalpattu District. The scheduled land includes a building, vacant portions and compound walls.

Compensation for these acquisitions is to be paid from funds managed by Chennai Metro Rail Limited. The land plans may be inspected during office hours at the office of the Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Chennai Metro Rail Limited, Chennai.

Rasipuram Bypass Road acquisition

Notification No. VI(1)/354(a-4)/2025 acquires 22,857.5 square metres of dry and Natham land in Kakaveri Village, Rasipuram Taluk, Namakkal District, for formation of the Rasipuram Bypass Road from kilometre 10/150 to kilometre 10/950.

The schedule covers multiple old and new survey subdivisions and records houses, other buildings, pathways, irrigation facilities, wells, tanks, electrical lines, trees and other improvements. Compensation is to be paid from funds controlled and managed by the Highways Department.

Land plans may be inspected during office hours at the Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Highways, Collector Office, fourth floor, Room 414, Salem, or the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Highways Unit 1, Namakkal.