Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, No. 48 (48 II 2 v4)

What this gazette contains

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II, Section 2, No. 48, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 12 December 2012, is a collection of notifications issued by different Secretariat Departments. In the supplied text, the parts most relevant to land owners and buyers are from the Environment and Forests Department and the Highways and Minor Ports Department.

Forest land notification in Dindigul district

Government Order Ms. No. 216, Environment and Forests (FR.14), dated 3 September 2012, published through Notification No. II(2)/EF/819/2012, says the Government of Tamil Nadu proposes to constitute the land within the stated boundaries as a Reserved Forest.

Key details given are:

• District, Dindigul.
• Taluk, Kodaikanal.
• Village, Number I, Kookal.
• Survey Field Number, 273.
• Forest Block name, Kookal (II).
• Extent, 0.53.50 hectares.
• The notification also sets out the north, east, south and west boundaries.
• The Special Tahsildar (Forest Settlement), Dindigul is appointed ex-officio as the Forest Settlement Officer.

This matters if you own, occupy, buy or deal with land near Survey Field Number 273 in Kookal village, because the land is proposed for Reserved Forest status.

Related forest officers appointed

Government Order Ms. No. 216, Environment and Forests (FR.14), dated 3 September 2012, also includes two related appointments.

• Notification No. II(2)/EF/820/2012 appoints the District Forest Officer, Kodaikanal Forest Division, Kodaikanal, ex-officio, to attend the inquiry on behalf of the State Government.
• Notification No. II(2)/EF/821/2012 appoints the Personal Assistant (General) to the Collector of Theni district, Theni, ex-officio, to hear appeals from orders passed under the Act.

These notices show who will handle the inquiry and appeals connected with the proposed Reserved Forest process.

Highways land acquisition in Madhavaram Taluk

Government Order Ms. No. 190, Highways and Minor Ports (HW2), dated 19 November 2012, published through Notification No. II(2)/HWMP/827/2012, acquires land for widening and strengthening Madhavaram-Redhills Road from two lane to four lane.

The notice states:

• Purpose, widening and strengthening Madhavaram-Redhills Road, Km 0/0 to 9/6.
• Location, Thiruvallur District, Madhavaram Taluk, Lyon Grant Village.
• Total extent acquired, 742 square metres.
• The acquisition plan is kept in the office of the Special Deputy Collector (LA), Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project-III, Chennai at Poonamallee, and may be inspected during office hours.
• The schedule lists affected subdivided survey numbers, owners' names, boundaries and individual extents.

Withdrawal from an earlier highways acquisition

Government Order (D) No. 218, Highways and Minor Ports (HQ2), dated 20 November 2012, published through Notification No. II(2)/HWMP/830/2012, withdraws certain lands from an earlier land acquisition for the formation of an approach road for a high level bridge. The gazette states that the earlier acquisition had been made under Section 15(1) of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 29 December 2010.