Withdrawal from the Land Classification for Issuing Free House Site Patta under the Special Regularisation Scheme (2025)
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, issued G.O.Ms No.328, Municipal Administration and Water Supply [MA.5(1)], dated 27 October 2025, withdrawing five specified land portions in Cuddalore District from the control of the Nellikuppam and Vadalur Municipal Councils. The withdrawals took effect when the notifications were published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 27 October 2025 and are intended for issuing free house site pattas under the Special Regularisation Scheme.
What the notifications do
G.O.Ms No.328, Municipal Administration and Water Supply [MA.5(1)], dated 27 October 2025, was issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department. Using the power under section 118(2) of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998, the Governor of Tamil Nadu withdraws specified portions of land from the control of the relevant municipal councils.
The Gazette heading states that the withdrawal is for issuing free house site pattas under the Special Regularisation Scheme. The notifications take effect from their publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 27 October 2025.
Lands covered
The five notifications identify the affected land by district, taluk, municipal council, village, survey number, classification and extent:
- Nellikuppam Village, Panruti Taluk, Nellikuppam Municipal Council: Survey No. 21, involving subdivisions 21/1 and 21/2, classified as Pattai. From a total extent of 0.05.84 hectare, 0.00.30 hectare is withdrawn.
- Parvathipuram Village, Kurinjipadi Taluk, Vadalur Municipal Council: Survey No. 352/1, involving subdivisions 352/1 and 352/9, classified as Sarkar Porampoke Ooratchi Ondriya Salai. From a total extent of 1.39.00 hectares, 0.00.70 hectare is withdrawn.
- Keezhpattambakkam Village, Panruti Taluk, Nellikuppam Municipal Council: Survey No. 170, involving subdivisions 170/1 and 170/5, classified as Kakkanji Mandram. From a total extent of 0.08.55 hectare, 0.03.17 hectare is withdrawn.
- Sozhavalli Village, Panruti Taluk, Nellikuppam Municipal Council: Survey No. 154, after subdivision 154/1, classified as Pattai. From a total extent of 0.57.10 hectare, 0.00.18 hectare is withdrawn.
- Sozhavalli Village, Panruti Taluk, Nellikuppam Municipal Council: Survey No. 157, involving subdivisions 157/2 to 157/7, classified as Pothu Idam. From a total extent of 0.16.00 hectare, 0.04.12 hectare is withdrawn.
Who should check the schedules
Owners, occupants, buyers and professionals dealing with the listed survey numbers should compare the survey subdivisions, extents and boundary survey numbers with current land records. The notifications withdraw only the scheduled portions from municipal council control. They do not identify individual recipients or state that a patta has already been issued to any named person.
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Common questions
Does G.O.Ms No.328 itself give me a free house site patta?
The notifications withdraw specified land portions from municipal council control for issuing free house site pattas under the Special Regularisation Scheme. They do not name recipients or state that a patta has already been issued to a particular person.
When did the land withdrawals take effect?
Each notification took effect from its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 27 October 2025.
Are all lands in Nellikuppam and Vadalur affected?
No. Only the portions listed in the schedules, within Survey Nos. 21, 352/1, 170, 154 and 157 and their stated subdivisions, are covered.
Does the notification remove the entire extent of each listed survey number?
No. Each schedule gives a total extent and a smaller extent to be withdrawn. The affected portion must be identified using the subdivision details, stated extent and boundary survey numbers.
