Acquisition of Lands in Cuddalore District, Form IV Preliminary Notification (No. L1/778909/2023)
The Commissioner of Land Administration and the Cuddalore District Collector issued Preliminary Notification No. L1/778909/2023, published as No. VI(1)/589/2025 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 22 October 2025, following the District Collector's notification dated 24 September 2025. It starts the acquisition process for 0.24.37 hectares of private land in Baluthangarai Village, Chidambaram Taluk, for an access and service road connecting the Chidambaram New Bus Stand with the NH-45A Bypass.
What the notification covers
Preliminary Notification No. L1/778909/2023 concerns land required to connect the Chidambaram New Bus Stand with the NH-45A Bypass. The bus stand is being laid on about 8.11 acres belonging to Chidambaram Municipality in Survey Nos. 201 and 202 of Lalpuram Village, but the project lacks an access and service road.
The acquisition is notified under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central Act 30 of 2013).
Land proposed for acquisition
The acquisition covers 0.24.37 hectares of private land in Baluthangarai Village, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District. The schedule identifies:
- Survey No. 17/5B1, dry land, 0.01.92 hectares to be acquired from a total area of 0.19.38 hectares. The recorded interested person and registered holder is Sedhumani, wife of Dhanavel.
- Survey No. 44/4A, wet land, the full 0.20.50 hectares to be acquired. The recorded interested person and registered holder is Manikam, son of Narayana Padayatchi.
- Survey No. 45/2A, wet land, 0.01.95 hectares to be acquired from a total area of 0.28.04 hectares. The recorded interested person and registered holder is Hasanfasiriya, wife of Muhammed Jiyavudeen.
Effect on owners and buyers
Preliminary Notification No. L1/778909/2023 restricts dealings in the listed land from the date of its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. No person may sell, purchase or otherwise transact with the land, or create an encumbrance over it, without the Collector's prior approval.
The Chidambaram Municipal Commissioner and staff are authorised to enter the survey land, take levels, dig or bore into the subsoil, and carry out other work needed for the project.
Objections and social impact
A person interested in the land may submit an objection to the Collector within 60 days from the Gazette publication date. The land plan may be inspected through the Cuddalore District Collector and Municipal Department on working days during working hours.
The social impact study found no residential or industrial buildings at the acquisition site and no family requiring displacement. It therefore found that rehabilitation and resettlement did not arise. The landowners did not consent to acquisition through direct negotiation, but the Government granted administrative approval to proceed under the 2013 Act.
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Common questions
Can I buy or sell land in the listed survey numbers?
Not without the Collector's prior approval. From the Gazette publication date, sale, purchase, other transactions and creation of encumbrances are restricted for the land under acquisition.
Which survey numbers are affected?
The affected land is in Survey Nos. 17/5B1, 44/4A and 45/2A of Baluthangarai Village, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District. The total acquisition extent is 0.24.37 hectares.
How can a landowner object to the acquisition?
A person interested in the land may file an objection before the Collector within 60 days from the date the notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Will any families be displaced by the road project?
The social impact study found that no family would be displaced and that there were no residential or industrial buildings at the acquisition site. It therefore stated that rehabilitation and resettlement did not arise.
