Acquisition of Lands in Dindigul District, Form-VI Declaration
The Commissioner of Land Administration and the District Collector issued notification number VI(1)/367(a)/2025, proceedings number Roc.No.8686/2007/B2, in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated June 4, 2025. The declaration places 0.97.00 hectares in Sirangadu and Thethupatti villages, Dindigul West Taluk, Dindigul District, under acquisition for excavation of a canal from the Nayodai Reservoir Scheme.
What the declaration does
The Acquisition of Lands in Dindigul District, Form-VI Declaration confirms that land is under acquisition through the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The stated public purpose is excavation of a canal from the Nayodai Reservoir Scheme.
The acquisition covers:
- 0.96.0 hectares in Sirangadu village.
- 0.01.0 hectares in Thethupatti village.
- A stated total of 0.97.00 hectares in Dindigul West Taluk, Dindigul District.
Land and people affected
Notification number VI(1)/367(a)/2025 lists 27 entries, comprising 26 survey subdivisions in Sirangadu and survey number 464/10 in Thethupatti. All listed parcels are classified as dry land.
The schedule identifies, for each entry:
- The survey number and acquisition extent.
- The names of owners or other interested persons.
- The boundaries of the acquired land.
- Trees present on some parcels.
- Structures, where applicable.
The listed interested persons include individual landholders, joint holders, minors represented by guardians, a temple trustee and the Tamil Nadu Boodhan Board, Chennai. Buyers and owners should check whether their property or title traces to any survey subdivision in the schedule.
Objections and resettlement findings
The Form-VI Declaration states that it was made after objections from interested persons were heard and an enquiry was conducted under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
The appended rehabilitation and resettlement summary records:
- No family is likely to be displaced or resettled.
- No affected infrastructure is listed.
- No affected trade or business is listed.
- No affected family from the listed disadvantaged groups is identified.
- No landless agricultural labourer primarily dependent on the acquired land is identified.
- The listed rehabilitation and resettlement benefits are recorded as not applicable or as having no eligible families.
Plans and mineral rights
The land plan may be inspected on a working day during working hours at the office of the Collector, Dindigul, or the office of the Land Acquisition Officer or Revenue Divisional Officer, Dindigul.
The declaration states that underground coal, iron-stone, slate and other minerals are not required, except portions that may need to be dug, removed or used during construction of the project.
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Common questions
How can I check whether my land is included in the canal acquisition?
Check the village and survey subdivision against the 27 entries in notification number VI(1)/367(a)/2025. The land plan can also be inspected at the Collector's office or the Land Acquisition Officer or Revenue Divisional Officer's office in Dindigul during working hours on a working day.
Will any family be displaced by this acquisition?
The declaration states that no family is likely to be resettled and records no displaced families in the rehabilitation and resettlement summary.
Were landowner objections considered before the declaration?
Yes. The declaration states that objections from interested persons were heard and a due enquiry was conducted before it was made.
Does the acquisition include underground minerals?
Coal, iron-stone, slate and other minerals beneath the land are not required, except portions that may need to be dug, removed or used during construction of the project.
