Supersession of the Notification and Declaration of Mallangudi Forest Block in Thirumayam Taluk of Pudukkottai District as Reserved Forest under the Act
The Environment and Forests Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O. Ms. No. 121, Environment and Forests (FR 14), dated 14 September 2009, declaring the specified Mallangudi Forest Block in Kottur and Mallangudi villages, Thirumayam Taluk, Pudukkottai District, as Reserved Forest from 2 September 2010. The notification supersedes Environment and Forests Department Notification No. II(2)/EFR/3900/89 dated 19 July 1989, while preserving identified public rights within the forest block.
What the notification does
The Environment and Forests Department notification under G.O. Ms. No. 121, Environment and Forests (FR 14), dated 14 September 2009, declares the defined Mallangudi Forest Block as Reserved Forest under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882. The declaration takes effect from 2 September 2010 and replaces Environment and Forests Department Notification No. II(2)/EFR/3900/89 dated 19 July 1989.
Land covered
The Mallangudi Forest Block is located in Thirumayam Taluk of Pudukkottai District and covers land in Kottur and Mallangudi villages.
Key details are:
- Total area, 375.83.0 hectares, or 928.92 acres.
- Kottur village survey fields, 260/1, 260/3, part of 260/4, 260/6, 261 and 265/2.
- Kottur land totals 119.90 acres.
- Mallangudi village survey field, 140/10.
- Mallangudi land totals 809.02 acres.
- The notification provides detailed boundaries on the north, east, south and west by reference to survey fields and adjoining village boundaries.
A buyer or owner dealing with any listed survey field should check whether the particular property falls within the notified boundary. The survey field number alone may not resolve the position where only part of a field is included.
Public rights preserved
The Environment and Forests Department notification records specific public rights within the Mallangudi Forest Block. The supplied text identifies rights relating to:
- Use of Sannathi Karuppar Kovil in Survey Field Number 265/2 of Kottur village.
- A burial ground for the Muthiriyar community in Survey Field Number 260/1 of Kottur village.
- Use of the bund and natural escape of Poora Kanmoi.
- Use of the Adangudipatti tank and its surplus weir.
- Use of a portion of the Pilakudipatti Kanmoi tank bund and surplus weir.
- Use of the Idayar Temple.
- Burial grounds for Parayars and Maravars.
- Use of a mud road from the main highways road to Kottur village through Survey Field Number 265/2.
The notification describes these locations through bearings, distances and survey references.
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Common questions
Which villages are included in the Mallangudi Reserved Forest?
The notified forest block includes specified land in Kottur and Mallangudi villages in Thirumayam Taluk, Pudukkottai District.
When did the Reserved Forest declaration take effect?
The declaration took effect from 2 September 2010 under G.O. Ms. No. 121, Environment and Forests (FR 14), dated 14 September 2009.
Does the notification replace an earlier forest notification?
Yes. It supersedes Environment and Forests Department Notification No. II(2)/EFR/3900/89, published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 19 July 1989.
Are public access and community uses completely removed?
No. The notification expressly admits identified public rights, including use of temples, burial grounds, water bodies and a mud road within the forest block.
