Acquisition of Lands, Errata Notices under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001
The Commissioner of Land Administration, Chepauk, Chennai, issued Notification No. VI(1)/467(a-1)/2025 and Notification No. VI(1)/467(a-2)/2025 on July 23, 2025, correcting land acquisition schedules for the Goripalayam Junction flyover in Madurai District. The notifications amend details previously published on March 3, 2025 and March 18, 2025, including structures, borewells, flooring, trees and interested persons recorded against specified town survey lands.
What the notifications do
Notification No. VI(1)/467(a-1)/2025 and Notification No. VI(1)/467(a-2)/2025, issued by the Commissioner of Land Administration, Chepauk, Chennai, replace parts of two earlier acquisition schedules published under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001. The acquisition relates to construction of a flyover at Goripalayam Junction as part of the Varanasi - Kanyakumari Road, described as Abandoned NH-SHU 73.
The corrections concern lands in Madurai North Taluk, Madurai District. They do not replace every entry in the earlier schedules, but substitute the listed entries with revised information.
Areas and properties affected
Notification No. VI(1)/467(a-1)/2025 corrects entries in:
- Madurai North Village, Ward 10, Blocks 1, 33 and 86.
- Bibikulam Village, Ward 10, Blocks 31 and 90.
- Town survey entries numbered 1, 4720, 4773, 1371, 1372/2, 1378/2A, 1392/1C, 1399/2, 1400/1A, 2899/2, 3147, 3148, 3154 and 3157.
Notification No. VI(1)/467(a-2)/2025 corrects two entries in Madurai North Village, Ward 10, Block 2, covering Town Survey Nos. 1/1 and 10/1.
Key corrections
The substituted schedules make several changes:
- Borewells are added to the recorded structures for multiple properties.
- Town Survey No. 1392/1C is changed from a concrete building to a vacant place.
- Town Survey No. 1399/2 is recorded with a compound wall, while Town Survey No. 1400/1A is also recorded with a compound wall.
- Town Survey Nos. 3154 and 3157 are changed from vacant places to paver block flooring.
- The interested-person details for Town Survey No. 3157 are revised and include Kumarasamy as an additional listed person.
- Tree counts and varieties on the American College and American College playground lands are revised. These changes include neem, vagai, panneer, kadamba and pungan trees.
Who should check the revised schedules
Owners, occupiers, trustees, institutions and other interested persons connected with the listed town survey numbers should use the corrected entries when reviewing the acquisition record. Property buyers and professionals checking land near Goripalayam Junction should compare the survey number, subdivision, acquired extent, structures, trees and listed interested persons with the revised schedule.
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Common questions
Does this notification start a new land acquisition in Goripalayam?
The notifications correct schedules in acquisition notices already published on March 3, 2025 and March 18, 2025. The acquisition is connected with construction of the Goripalayam Junction flyover.
Which Madurai villages are covered by the corrections?
The corrected properties are in Madurai North Village and Bibikulam Village, both in Madurai North Taluk, Madurai District.
Do the acquired land extents change in these corrected entries?
The substituted tables reproduce the acquired extents for the listed properties. The stated corrections mainly revise descriptions of structures, borewells, flooring, trees and interested persons.
Are American College lands included?
Yes. The corrected schedule includes Town Survey Nos. 1/1 and 10/1 in Ward 10, Block 2, identifying American College and the American College playground in the interested-person details.
