Form IV, Preliminary Notification No. VI(1)/506/2024
The District Collector, Dindigul, issued Preliminary Notification No. VI(1)/506/2024, dated 1 July 2024 and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 24 July 2024, to notify the acquisition of 0.97.00 hectares of dry land in Sirangadu and Thethupatti villages for a canal under the Nayodai Reservoir Scheme. The acquisition follows administrative sanction in G.O.(2D) No.77 and G.O.(2D) No.78 of the Public Works (S-2) Department, both dated 24 December 2007, and restricts transactions involving the listed land without prior approval from the District Collector, Dindigul.
What the notification covers
Preliminary Notification No. VI(1)/506/2024 concerns land required to excavate a canal for the Nayodai Reservoir Scheme in Dindigul West Taluk, Dindigul District. The project received administrative sanction through G.O.(2D) No.77 and G.O.(2D) No.78 of the Public Works (S-2) Department, both dated 24 December 2007.
The notification was made under sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
Land affected
The notified acquisition covers a total of 0.97.00 hectares of dry land:
- 0.96.00 hectares in Sirangadu village.
- 0.01.00 hectares in Thethupatti village.
- 27 listed survey entries, with survey numbers, total extent, acquisition extent, boundaries, trees, recorded owners and patta numbers.
The wider project had received sanction for acquisition of 5.23.00 hectares in the two villages. The present preliminary notification identifies only the listed total extent of 0.97.00 hectares as under acquisition.
Property owners, buyers and professionals dealing with land in these villages should compare the survey number and subdivision in the notification with the patta and other property records. Some entries cover only part of a larger survey extent.
Transaction restrictions and site access
Preliminary Notification No. VI(1)/506/2024 states that no person may sell, purchase, otherwise transact with, or create an encumbrance over the notified land from the date of publication without prior approval from the District Collector, Dindigul.
The requisitioning department's Executive Engineer, PWD (WRO), Nanganjiyar Basin Division, Palani, and staff are authorised to enter survey land, take levels, dig or bore into the subsoil, and perform acts required for the work.
Assessment, plans and objections
Preliminary Notification No. VI(1)/506/2024 states that Social Impact Assessment will not apply because no family will be displaced and the irrigation project is intended to develop agricultural activity and improve farmers' lives.
A plan of the land may be inspected during working hours on any working day at:
- The office of the Collector, Dindigul.
- The office of the Land Acquisition Officer and Revenue Divisional Officer, Dindigul.
An interested person may file objections before the Collector, Dindigul, within 60 days from publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
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Common questions
Can I buy or sell a survey number listed in this notification?
A sale, purchase, other transaction or creation of an encumbrance over the notified land requires prior approval from the District Collector, Dindigul, from the date of Gazette publication.
How can I check whether my land is included?
Compare your village, survey number, subdivision and patta details with the notification's 27 entries. The land plan can also be inspected at the offices of the Collector, Dindigul, or the Land Acquisition Officer and Revenue Divisional Officer, Dindigul, during working hours on a working day.
How much land is covered by the preliminary notification?
The notification covers 0.97.00 hectares in total, comprising 0.96.00 hectares in Sirangadu and 0.01.00 hectares in Thethupatti.
Can a landowner object to the acquisition?
An interested person may submit objections to the Collector, Dindigul, within 60 days from the date the notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
