G.O. Ms. No. 52, Acquisition of Lands Preliminary Notification, 2020
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Public Works Department, issued G.O. Ms. No. 52, Public Works (P-2), dated 19 February 2020, as a preliminary notification to acquire 0.29.0 hectares in Pirancheri Village, Cheranmahadevi Taluk, Tirunelveli District, for the Tamirabarani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar interlinking Flood Carrier Canal Project. The notification restricts transactions and encumbrances involving the identified land without the Collector's prior approval and allows interested persons to object within 60 days from its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
What the notification does
G.O. Ms. No. 52, Public Works (P-2), dated 19 February 2020, is a preliminary land acquisition notification issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Public Works Department. It states that 0.29.0 hectares in Pirancheri Village, Cheranmahadevi Taluk, Tirunelveli District, is under acquisition for the Tamirabarani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar interlinking Flood Carrier Canal Project.
The land is required to form a flood carrier canal from the Kannadian Channel to the drought-prone areas of Sattankulam and Tisayanvillai. The notification was published under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
Land covered
The acquisition schedule identifies:
- Survey number 121/3C.
- Classification as dry land.
- Acquisition area of 0.29.0 hectares.
- Rathinam, son of Chellaiyanadar, and Kokila, wife of Rajalingam, as persons interested in the land.
A plan of the land can be inspected at the office of the Collector and Land Acquisition Officer during working hours on any working day.
Restrictions and authorised work
The preliminary notification places the following controls on the identified land:
- No person may sell, purchase or otherwise transact in the land from the date of Gazette publication without the Collector's prior approval.
- No person may create an encumbrance over the land without the Collector's prior approval.
- The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Special Project Division, Tirunelveli, and staff are authorised to enter survey land, take levels, dig or bore into the sub-soil, and carry out work required for the project.
These restrictions directly affect the persons interested in the land and any prospective buyer, lender or other party considering a transaction involving survey number 121/3C.
Environmental and rehabilitation details
The notification records that WAPCOS carried out an environmental impact assessment for the irrigation project. It states that a separate social impact assessment does not apply. It also records that the requisitioning body had not entered the land, that no family was displaced because of the acquisition, and that the Sub Collector, Cheranmahadevi, was appointed as Administrator for rehabilitation and resettlement.
Objections
A person interested in the acquisition may submit an objection to the Collector within 60 days from the date the preliminary notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
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Common questions
Can I buy or sell the land in survey number 121/3C?
A sale, purchase or other transaction involving the notified land cannot be made without the Collector's prior approval from the date of Gazette publication.
How much land is being acquired and where is it?
The notification covers 0.29.0 hectares of dry land in survey number 121/3C at Pirancheri Village, Cheranmahadevi Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
Can an affected person object to the acquisition?
Yes. A person interested may file an objection before the Collector within 60 days from the date of publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Where can I inspect the land plan?
The land plan may be inspected at the office of the Collector and Land Acquisition Officer during working hours on any working day.
