G.O.Ms.No.15, Exchange of Land for Chennai Metro Rail Project, 2015
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (S.I) Department, issued G.O.Ms.No.15 dated 3 February 2015, granting revised administrative sanction for Chennai Metro Rail Limited to exchange 900 square metres of land with the Postal Department in Koyambedu Village, Chennai District. It cancels the earlier approval in G.O.Ms.No.65 dated 4 July 2013 and substitutes land in T.S.No.48 part, Block No.61.
What the approval covers
G.O.Ms.No.15 dated 3 February 2015, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (S.I) Department, concerns land needed permanently for the Chennai Metro Rail Project. It approves an exchange of 900 square metres between Chennai Metro Rail Limited and the Postal Department.
The Postal Department had allowed Chennai Metro Rail Limited to use 900 square metres in Block No.62, T.S.No.2 part, Koyambedu Village, for construction of an elevated viaduct. That permission required Chennai Metro Rail Limited to provide an equal extent of land in the same location.
What changed
G.O.Ms.No.15 dated 3 February 2015 cancels the administrative approval previously granted through G.O.Ms.No.65 dated 4 July 2013. The earlier approval covered 900 square metres in Block No.39, T.S.No.1 part, 29/1 part and 29/2 part in Koyambedu Village, Aminjikarai Taluk, Chennai District.
The revised approval provides a different parcel because the Postal Authorities preferred land abutting B Road leading to the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex. The key provisions are:
- Revised administrative sanction is granted for 900 square metres in T.S.No.48 part, Block No.61, Koyambedu Village, Chennai District.
- The replacement land comes from land transferred by the Government or Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to Chennai Metro Rail Limited.
- The replacement is given to the Postal Department in return for the Postal Department land provided to Chennai Metro Rail Limited.
- Chennai Metro Rail Limited must carry out the exchange and inform the Government.
Who may be affected
G.O.Ms.No.15 dated 3 February 2015 directly concerns Chennai Metro Rail Limited, the Postal Department, the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. The District Collector, Chennai, and the Commissioner of Land Administration were among the authorities addressed.
For property buyers or owners, the document is relevant when checking land records or boundaries around T.S.No.48 part, Block No.61, and the earlier proposed parcels in Block No.39. The approval deals with a specific institutional land exchange and does not state any general land price, fee or procedure for private property transactions.
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Common questions
Which land was finally approved for transfer to the Postal Department?
The revised approval covers 900 square metres in T.S.No.48 part, Block No.61, Koyambedu Village, Chennai District.
Why was the earlier land exchange approval cancelled?
The Postal Authorities preferred alternate land abutting B Road leading to the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex because of difficulties in occupying the earlier parcel.
Why must Chennai Metro Rail Limited provide replacement land?
The Postal Department permitted Chennai Metro Rail Limited to use 900 square metres for an elevated viaduct on the condition that an equal extent of land was provided in the same location.
Who must complete the approved exchange?
Chennai Metro Rail Limited must carry out the land exchange and inform the Government.
