Preliminary Notification (Roc. No. 92/2024/L)
The Commissioner of Land Administration and the District Collector, Krishnagiri District, issued Preliminary Notification Roc. No. 92/2024/L, dated 20 November 2024, to begin acquisition of 1.71.10 hectares of dry land in Ragimanapalli Village, Krishnagiri Taluk, for an irrigation canal project. Published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 29 January 2025, the notification restricts transactions affecting the listed land without the Collector's prior approval and allows interested persons to object within 60 days from publication.
What the notification does
Preliminary Notification Roc. No. 92/2024/L identifies 1.71.10 hectares of dry land in Ragimanapalli Village, Krishnagiri Taluk, Krishnagiri District, for acquisition. The land is required to excavate new supply canals from the right and left sides of the existing Ennekol anicut canal, carrying water to drought-prone areas in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts.
The notification was issued by the Commissioner of Land Administration and the District Collector, Krishnagiri District, and was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 29 January 2025.
Land covered
The acquisition schedule covers land in the following survey subdivisions:
- 1/17A, 1/18A2B, 1/19A2 and 1/19B2
- 1/22B2, 1/27A2, 1/28B and 1/29B
- 2/7B, 28/3A4A, 28/3A3A, 29/4B and 29/3B
The schedule gives the extent proposed for acquisition, boundaries, trees, recorded landowners and patta numbers. Owners, buyers and professionals dealing with these survey subdivisions should compare the notification with current survey, patta and title records.
Restrictions and access to the land
Preliminary Notification Roc. No. 92/2024/L provides that:
- No sale, purchase, other transaction or encumbrance affecting the notified land may be made from the Gazette publication date without the Collector's prior approval.
- The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department (Water Resources Organisation), Dharmapuri, and staff are authorised to enter and survey the land, take levels, dig or bore into the subsoil, and carry out related work.
- The land plan may be inspected during working hours on a working day at the offices of the Collector, Krishnagiri, and the Land Acquisition Officer or Revenue Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri.
Assessment, displacement and objections
An environmental impact assessment was carried out by Life Shell Labs India Private Limited. The notification states that a social impact assessment does not apply because the environmental impact assessment was completed for the irrigation project.
The notification states that no family will be displaced. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri, is appointed as administrator for rehabilitation and resettlement. An interested person may submit objections to the Collector within 60 days from the Gazette publication date.
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Common questions
Can I buy or sell land listed in this notification?
A sale, purchase or other transaction affecting the notified land cannot be made from 29 January 2025 without the prior approval of the Collector.
How can I check whether my land is included?
Compare the survey subdivision and patta details with the acquisition schedule. The land plan can also be inspected during working hours at the offices of the Collector, Krishnagiri, and the Land Acquisition Officer or Revenue Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri.
Can a landowner object to the acquisition?
Yes. An interested person may file an objection before the Collector within 60 days from the notification's publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Will families be displaced by the acquisition?
The notification states that no family will be displaced. It appoints the Revenue Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri, as the administrator for rehabilitation and resettlement.
