Form-C, Notice under Sub-section 1 of Section 15 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act 2001

What the notifications do

Notification Numbers VI(1)/499(a-1)/2025 and VI(1)/499(a-2)/2025 record the acquisition of scheduled land by the Governor of Tamil Nadu for Highways Department projects. Compensation for the acquired land is to be paid from funds controlled and managed by the Highways Department.

The notifications were published by the Commissioner of Land Administration, Chepauk, Chennai, in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated August 20, 2025. They were issued under sub-section 1 of section 15 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act 2001.

Kaluvankulam acquisition

Notification Number VI(1)/499(a-1)/2025 acquires 56,249 square metres in Kaluvankulam Village, Thiruppuvanam Taluk, Sivagangai District. The land is required to form an alternate road to Madurai Ring Road instead of a vehicular underpass, in view of the expansion of Madurai Airport.

Key details include:

• The schedule contains 75 entries covering specified survey numbers and new subdivisions.
• The acquired property includes ryot dry, ryot wet, ryot manai, natham manai and ryotwari manavari land.
• The schedule identifies recorded owners or interested persons for many parcels.
• Recorded items on some parcels include an asbestos building, a borewell, a well, and coconut, palm, mango and neem trees.
• The land plan may be inspected during office hours at the Office of the Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Highways, Madurai, or the Office of the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Highways Unit-1, Collectorate Campus New Building, Madurai.

Athipalayam acquisition

Notification Number VI(1)/499(a-2)/2025 acquires 0.03.62 hectare of dry land in Survey Numbers 34/1A3 and 34/2A1 in Athipalayam (Reach V) Village, Tiruchengode Taluk, Namakkal District. The land is required for forming a bypass to Tiruchengode Town.

The schedule records Murugesan, Mani, Selvi and Sasireka as owners or interested persons and identifies neem, palm, pala and drumstick trees. The plan may be inspected during office hours at the Office of the Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Highways, Salem, or the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Highways Unit-II, Namakkal.

Who should check the schedules

Owners, interested persons and prospective buyers of land in the two named villages should compare the property survey number and subdivision with the gazette schedules. Only the listed land extents are covered by these acquisition notices.