Sarvesh Wrote:  Thanks Mr. Kriyar, for the quick action in taking up this issues with journalists.

The Forum should thank people like you who spend your valuable time and make things happen.

Also we need anyone having contact with TV media for interviews.

Hope soon we will get that as well.

We need few more volunteers to help us.

Keep updating teh progress please.

Thanks,
Sarvesh

kriyar Wrote:Admn,
Today I went to VGP Square, Saidapet, Chennai. To my surprise, I got my Rs 2000 back, given to VGP for applying patta in 2003 when I was in Chandigarh. (of course without interest). I am thankful to one Mr Vijay Gopal there who was instrumental in getting my money back. He still maintains that VGP is in dark regarding the take over crisis. Only the authorised person to speak on this is the SIPCOT's boss. Let's try through some journalistic contact. I am trying throu my contact. Will post the development as soon as something new found on this subject.

Dear SPM landowners:
Sri N Govindan Chairman of SIPCOT has said that the company is in the process of acquiring 1982.72 acres of land in Vadagal, Vallam, Sirukalathur and Budanur Villages for distributing to investors from Japan, Korea, Finland, France and Germany. Some of these industrial estates would become a reality before March 2009. In fact SIPCOT is there to rob the plotowners and handing over to the foreigners.
Under the Right to Information Act ( see their website and download the form ) you can write to them with a fee of Rs.10 and they are bound to give a reply. I did it about my plots in Vadakal. But the reply I received is: "considering the heavy demand for land in SPM, there is a proposal to acquire lands in Vadakal Village, but at this stage they are not able to say if the survey numbers I mentioned would be covered or not." This is the type of wishy washy reply they give. There must be a proposed acquisition plan drawn by them of the areas to be covered. But such a map they are not publishing on their website or the survey numbers. One member asked for such a map under the RTI and he was told that it would take a long time to prepare such a one as there are some litigations etc and therefore he was asked to provide the survey number of his interest only.

At least the Tamil Nadu Government should come out by publishing the area map under the proposed acquisition. Actually Budanur area are deep inside from the main road and there are several villages nearby. You will find that the SIPCOT estate where Saint Gobin plant is there has its wall abutting on the Mambakkam village. How will the villages grow or expand in future if they are enveloped by industries?
I do not feel that that the entire Sriperumbudur area should be industrialised, that also all along the highways. I pass through Vinoth Town very frequently and as of now I do not find any activity of having taken over it. May be one fine morning they would bulldoze the entire area.
My suggestion to those who have lands in these areas and are not living in the addresses as shown in the original documents, or outside the state and country is to write to the sipcot office and to the registration office and collectors office in Kanchipuram under registered post giving their survey numbers and document numnber and asking them to notify them( give contact numbers also ) in case of any move to acquire their land.

Rgds - T.V.Sivaraman, Tel:044-24843342/ 9840153480.

Hello All,
I m new to this forum.
I own a land in Sriperumpudur,details as follows:

Satya Prabhu Nagar
Near Hyundai Factory
Sriperumpudur

Survey Number: 262/2,262/3

I m not sure about what the status is, as of now. When I approached the people who got this land for me, he says the land is safe and not under acquisition hit list. But I would like to know the real situation what it is.
I also verified from the eservices website, where it says the ownership remains unaltered, but it is an already an entered data in the existing database. I m not sure if it reflects the current status or not.

I would appreciate if someone can let me know the status.
I live in mumbai and my email ID is :achalam@gmail.com.

Please help!
-Arun

T.V.Sivaraman Wrote:  

(30-07-2008 04:32 PM)Sarvesh Wrote:  Thanks Mr. Kriyar, for the quick action in taking up this issues with journalists.

The Forum should thank people like you who spend your valuable time and make things happen.

Also we need anyone having contact with TV media for interviews.

Hope soon we will get that as well.

We need few more volunteers to help us.

Keep updating teh progress please.

Thanks,
Sarvesh

kriyar Wrote:Admn,
Today I went to VGP Square, Saidapet, Chennai. To my surprise, I got my Rs 2000 back, given to VGP for applying patta in 2003 when I was in Chandigarh. (of course without interest). I am thankful to one Mr Vijay Gopal there who was instrumental in getting my money back. He still maintains that VGP is in dark regarding the take over crisis. Only the authorised person to speak on this is the SIPCOT's boss. Let's try through some journalistic contact. I am trying throu my contact. Will post the development as soon as something new found on this subject.

Dear SPM landowners:
Sri N Govindan Chairman of SIPCOT has said that the company is in the process of acquiring 1982.72 acres of land in Vadagal, Vallam, Sirukalathur and Budanur Villages for distributing to investors from Japan, Korea, Finland, France and Germany. Some of these industrial estates would become a reality before March 2009. In fact SIPCOT is there to rob the plotowners and handing over to the foreigners.
Under the Right to Information Act ( see their website and download the form ) you can write to them with a fee of Rs.10 and they are bound to give a reply. I did it about my plots in Vadakal. But the reply I received is: "considering the heavy demand for land in SPM, there is a proposal to acquire lands in Vadakal Village, but at this stage they are not able to say if the survey numbers I mentioned would be covered or not." This is the type of wishy washy reply they give. There must be a proposed acquisition plan drawn by them of the areas to be covered. But such a map they are not publishing on their website or the survey numbers. One member asked for such a map under the RTI and he was told that it would take a long time to prepare such a one as there are some litigations etc and therefore he was asked to provide the survey number of his interest only.

At least the Tamil Nadu Government should come out by publishing the area map under the proposed acquisition. Actually Budanur area are deep inside from the main road and there are several villages nearby. You will find that the SIPCOT estate where Saint Gobin plant is there has its wall abutting on the Mambakkam village. How will the villages grow or expand in future if they are enveloped by industries?
I do not feel that that the entire Sriperumbudur area should be industrialised, that also all along the highways. I pass through Vinoth Town very frequently and as of now I do not find any activity of having taken over it. May be one fine morning they would bulldoze the entire area.
My suggestion to those who have lands in these areas and are not living in the addresses as shown in the original documents, or outside the state and country is to write to the sipcot office and to the registration office and collectors office in Kanchipuram under registered post giving their survey numbers and document numnber and asking them to notify them( give contact numbers also ) in case of any move to acquire their land.

Rgds - T.V.Sivaraman, Tel:044-24843342/ 9840153480.

Thanks MR T.V.Sivaraman. I think it is time for us to group together and save our property from the land grabbers. To begin with owners in Chennai can meet at common place and give a rep to Govt. I can also arrange for an interview with some of the leading newspapers to highlight our plight. Pls act fast as time is running out.

Dear All:

SIPCOT's exansion of Irungattukottai industrial estate by 1100 acres involves the chopping of a fully grown up orchard containing more than 3000 trees, according to the Deccan Heald.
The 30 day surrender notices issued by the government to the landowners of Vengadu village, in sriperumbudur where this 26 acre orchard is situated has described this land as dry, while noting that trees and other plants are there. SIPCOT officials overseeing the acquistion operations aver that despite the presence of such vast area of orchard the land is not classified as wet land because it receive no assured water supply from PWD tanks or Union tanks. Hence it falls under land category" dry" and therefore acquireable. Social activists allege that the dry land directive given by the central government is being manipulated to acquie irrigated land too. The government directive states that irrigated land can not be acquired for SEZ or SIPCOT. ACCORDING TO Nithyanand Jayaraman, coordinator, Corporate Accountability desk of SIPCOT, a fertile land, using bore well water for irrigation and yielding three crops a year too falls under the dry category and can be acquired by govenment.

By the way friends, do Sriperumbudur area need or can it sustain industries all over its trunk routs from Iringatukottai to Sunkuvarchathram and Sriperumbudur to Oragandam on both sides upto the depth of budhanur? Is it good for the villages sandwitched between them? Have they any breathing space? This mad expansion of the
industrial estates -- inviting foreigners and handing them the land at cheaper prices and with all incentives -- should be stopped. Are there no local industrialists to start industries in these areas? Are we not going towards a new type of colonialisam?
Rgds - T.V.Sivaraman

Thanks MR T.V.Sivaraman. I think it is time for us to group together and save our property from the land grabbers. To begin with owners in Chennai can meet at common place and give a rep to Govt. I can also arrange for an interview with some of the leading newspapers to highlight our plight. Pls act fast as time is running out.

ramranga Wrote:  There is a lot of land in Sriperumbudur/ Sriperumbuthur on the Chennai to Bangalore Highway which is being acquired by the Tamil Nadu Goverment SIPCOT agency, in order to hand over to large Indian and Multi national companies. Apart from this there is large contiguous area being planned for takeover by the airports authority for their new Greenfield International Airport. Therefore buying land anywhere within 20km radius of the Rajiv Gandhi memorial is fraught with risk, because even if a property is not earmarked for acquisition today... it could be tomorrow!! On the other hand this place which is just 30 kms or so from Chennai is one of the fastest developing area in the World. That's right! It has been acknowledged as a future competitor to the fastest developing areas of China. Nokia, Dell, Hyundai, Flexitronics, Foxconn and numerous other international brands are already there. Obviously those who possess land here are lucky and should fight to hold on to it.
Unfortunately we Middle class Indians have very little back bone. Our land is being acquired by the Govt agencies for ridiculous low prices. Plot owners in Orgadum village, Sriperumbudur were paid between Rs40/sft to Rs.105/sft for land in approved layouts. Unapproved and agricultural land fetched even less. And Rs.105 was paid only for prime roadside plots. The real market value is currently over Rs.500 per sft. Anyone who knows about the current cost of real estate in Tamil Nadu will agree with me that these poor land owners were simply cheated out of their hard earned money. They have not only been deprived of their chance to benefit from the fantastic future development of the area, but have also been given such a paltry compensation that they can never dream of investing in any equivalent land with the proceeds. To add insult to injury, the compensation was paid to them AFTER deduction of tax at highest rate. the Government claims that it needs the land to attract Industries into the state. Those companies are lining up to set up shop here. That they are subsidizing the actual cost of SEZ land and giving it over to industrialists cheap, in addition to handing out all the tax sops and benefits to them. That's all very fine and more grease to the Government’s elbows, provided they are meeting these expenses wholly from their own development funds. Unfortunately, that's a lie. It's the poor original plot owners and farmers who actually bear the cost. It is they who are actually bearing the brunt of the subsidization. The cheap land handed out is actually at the expense of their sweat and tears! It is at the expense of their's and their children’s futures. Just imagine the plight of a man who has purchased some plots of land in a DTP sanctioned residential layout 15 years ago with foresight, in say Pillaipakkam Village, Sriperumbudur. He has dreamed of building his own home there once he nears retirement, and once the area develops. Now he sees that his plans will soon be fulfilled, since the area has now entered the phase of rapid development. In fact land prices are so high everywhere that he is glad that he made that far sighted decision all those years back, because now there is no chance of his buying land anywhere in and around Chennai, even if he works another two lifetimes, on his present salary. In fact construction costs have also gone up to over Rs1000/sft, but he can always manage by selling off part of his land at the current rates (over Rs.800 per SFT in Pilliapakkam Tambaram Road layouts) to finance construction. Suddenly retirement looks good, and life happy. Then suddenly he gets a letter from the collectorate asking him menacingly whether he has any objection to his land being taken over. Everyone who knows these things advises him that any objection he makes will meet it's fate in the dustbin. He will be called for some bogus "enquiry" meetings and then, if he is smart, he should accept the paltry "compensation" (which will be determined at a later stage after you have already given up the fight) else he will be ignored and his land will ultimately be taken over anyway. The man's entire life thus is ruined, all for the so called development of the state. He is not even appreciated by that state to which he is forced to sacrifice, else why is he being taxed on even the meager amounts given to him?? Is this fair? Aren't the real beneficiaries of this legalized land grabbing (SEZ) only the already rich industrialists and the politically connected land owners whose land is strategically placed outside the purview of these acquisitions??
Think about this...is it not your right to own land as a citizen? If you allow this to happen to others, maybe tomorrow it will be your turn also. If the TN Government can give free TV sets to half the population, can it not give a fair compensation to the land owners, based on a price determined by an independent body?? Our good Indian citizens will never stand in the way of progress, but why should they be taken for a ride? Compensate them generously so that they can go on with their lives and live in peace. It is the government's mistake and lack of planning not to have taken over these lands 15 years ago when they decided to develop satellite towns around Chennai city. Then they could have paid much less to the farmers who were willing to sell to the private developers at the time, and would have caused much less damage. Now after this land has changed hands over the years and been developed into residential plots by numerous far sighted people , they can not just waltz in one fine day and take it over to simply gift it to the already privileged. There is hope if we take a stand. See what happened when the affected persons around the current Chennai airport took a determined fight to the authorities. The Government had to back down. So if your land in Pillaipakkam or elsewhere is under acquisition make your voice heard, and fight to ensure that you are well compensated.


UPDATE APRIL 2008

On 18th April 2008 a notice has been sent out to the land owners to surrender the land to the Tahsildhar in Sriperumbudur within a month. No mention of any quantum of compensation or any option of appeal. That means that the previous step/meeting of asking for objection etc was simply a eyewash. The TN Govt can simply confiscate any land be it agric or approved housing plots. They need not negotiate any price with the owners. They can simply hand over the same to their chosen blue eyed rich industrialists at a [/color]nice price, well below market value. The Govt and it’s partners are thus looking at hugh gains from day one, at the expense of the gullible public. This type of land acquisition is ilegal. inhuman, undemocratic and anti-people whichever way you look at it. Even China has a much more organized and fair method of land acquisition. The TN Govt is acting like a banana republic and trampling on the peoples basic human rights. This kind of "development" is short sighted and can never lead to real progress in Nation building, since the helmsmen are emotionally and mentally bankrupt. In April 08 there was a BBC news item on this very issue of the way in which SEZs are being set up at the expense of basic human right of individuals to own their land. This particular method is not practiced in any other democratic and modern republic. According to BBC report -Case has been filed in Supreme court on behalf of land owners. It is only a matter of time before the Government will be forced to change it's misguided methods. Those who fight and hold on to their god given land, will eventually win as happened in the case of ULC acquisitions which the government eventually was forced to abandon. Land owners who gave up easily- lost their land. Those who filed cases finally reaped their just rewards. This must be why the TN Government is in a hurry to grab as much as possible before the tide changes in favor of the suppressed plot owners and farmers .

Those of you affected can please post your comments and updates on your individual cases here.[color=#008000]

Hi All

i think the Govt in the name of a Body cannot unilaterraly take up our properties. They should charge us the development cost / number of sq ft. Based on teh market rate + rental charges they should be giving us monthly rent.

We dont want to sell it. I think as a group if we fight against this. I have two groudns in Vallam village.

Thanks and regards
Raj

ajamanickam Wrote:  

(26-04-2008 05:33 AM)ramranga Wrote:  There is a lot of land in Sriperumbudur/ Sriperumbuthur on the Chennai to Bangalore Highway which is being acquired by the Tamil Nadu Goverment SIPCOT agency, in order to hand over to large Indian and Multi national companies. Apart from this there is large contiguous area being planned for takeover by the airports authority for their new Greenfield International Airport. Therefore buying land anywhere within 20km radius of the Rajiv Gandhi memorial is fraught with risk, because even if a property is not earmarked for acquisition today... it could be tomorrow!! On the other hand this place which is just 30 kms or so from Chennai is one of the fastest developing area in the World. That's right! It has been acknowledged as a future competitor to the fastest developing areas of China. Nokia, Dell, Hyundai, Flexitronics, Foxconn and numerous other international brands are already there. Obviously those who possess land here are lucky and should fight to hold on to it.
Unfortunately we Middle class Indians have very little back bone. Our land is being acquired by the Govt agencies for ridiculous low prices. Plot owners in Orgadum village, Sriperumbudur were paid between Rs40/sft to Rs.105/sft for land in approved layouts. Unapproved and agricultural land fetched even less. And Rs.105 was paid only for prime roadside plots. The real market value is currently over Rs.500 per sft. Anyone who knows about the current cost of real estate in Tamil Nadu will agree with me that these poor land owners were simply cheated out of their hard earned money. They have not only been deprived of their chance to benefit from the fantastic future development of the area, but have also been given such a paltry compensation that they can never dream of investing in any equivalent land with the proceeds. To add insult to injury, the compensation was paid to them AFTER deduction of tax at highest rate. the Government claims that it needs the land to attract Industries into the state. Those companies are lining up to set up shop here. That they are subsidizing the actual cost of SEZ land and giving it over to industrialists cheap, in addition to handing out all the tax sops and benefits to them. That's all very fine and more grease to the Government’s elbows, provided they are meeting these expenses wholly from their own development funds. Unfortunately, that's a lie. It's the poor original plot owners and farmers who actually bear the cost. It is they who are actually bearing the brunt of the subsidization. The cheap land handed out is actually at the expense of their sweat and tears! It is at the expense of their's and their children’s futures. Just imagine the plight of a man who has purchased some plots of land in a DTP sanctioned residential layout 15 years ago with foresight, in say Pillaipakkam Village, Sriperumbudur. He has dreamed of building his own home there once he nears retirement, and once the area develops. Now he sees that his plans will soon be fulfilled, since the area has now entered the phase of rapid development. In fact land prices are so high everywhere that he is glad that he made that far sighted decision all those years back, because now there is no chance of his buying land anywhere in and around Chennai, even if he works another two lifetimes, on his present salary. In fact construction costs have also gone up to over Rs1000/sft, but he can always manage by selling off part of his land at the current rates (over Rs.800 per SFT in Pilliapakkam Tambaram Road layouts) to finance construction. Suddenly retirement looks good, and life happy. Then suddenly he gets a letter from the collectorate asking him menacingly whether he has any objection to his land being taken over. Everyone who knows these things advises him that any objection he makes will meet it's fate in the dustbin. He will be called for some bogus "enquiry" meetings and then, if he is smart, he should accept the paltry "compensation" (which will be determined at a later stage after you have already given up the fight) else he will be ignored and his land will ultimately be taken over anyway. The man's entire life thus is ruined, all for the so called development of the state. He is not even appreciated by that state to which he is forced to sacrifice, else why is he being taxed on even the meager amounts given to him?? Is this fair? Aren't the real beneficiaries of this legalized land grabbing (SEZ) only the already rich industrialists and the politically connected land owners whose land is strategically placed outside the purview of these acquisitions??
Think about this...is it not your right to own land as a citizen? If you allow this to happen to others, maybe tomorrow it will be your turn also. If the TN Government can give free TV sets to half the population, can it not give a fair compensation to the land owners, based on a price determined by an independent body?? Our good Indian citizens will never stand in the way of progress, but why should they be taken for a ride? Compensate them generously so that they can go on with their lives and live in peace. It is the government's mistake and lack of planning not to have taken over these lands 15 years ago when they decided to develop satellite towns around Chennai city. Then they could have paid much less to the farmers who were willing to sell to the private developers at the time, and would have caused much less damage. Now after this land has changed hands over the years and been developed into residential plots by numerous far sighted people , they can not just waltz in one fine day and take it over to simply gift it to the already privileged. There is hope if we take a stand. See what happened when the affected persons around the current Chennai airport took a determined fight to the authorities. The Government had to back down. So if your land in Pillaipakkam or elsewhere is under acquisition make your voice heard, and fight to ensure that you are well compensated.


UPDATE APRIL 2008

On 18th April 2008 a notice has been sent out to the land owners to surrender the land to the Tahsildhar in Sriperumbudur within a month. No mention of any quantum of compensation or any option of appeal. That means that the previous step/meeting of asking for objection etc was simply a eyewash. The TN Govt can simply confiscate any land be it agric or approved housing plots. They need not negotiate any price with the owners. They can simply hand over the same to their chosen blue eyed rich industrialists at a [/color]nice price, well below market value. The Govt and it’s partners are thus looking at hugh gains from day one, at the expense of the gullible public. This type of land acquisition is ilegal. inhuman, undemocratic and anti-people whichever way you look at it. Even China has a much more organized and fair method of land acquisition. The TN Govt is acting like a banana republic and trampling on the peoples basic human rights. This kind of "development" is short sighted and can never lead to real progress in Nation building, since the helmsmen are emotionally and mentally bankrupt. In April 08 there was a BBC news item on this very issue of the way in which SEZs are being set up at the expense of basic human right of individuals to own their land. This particular method is not practiced in any other democratic and modern republic. According to BBC report -Case has been filed in Supreme court on behalf of land owners. It is only a matter of time before the Government will be forced to change it's misguided methods. Those who fight and hold on to their god given land, will eventually win as happened in the case of ULC acquisitions which the government eventually was forced to abandon. Land owners who gave up easily- lost their land. Those who filed cases finally reaped their just rewards. This must be why the TN Government is in a hurry to grab as much as possible before the tide changes in favor of the suppressed plot owners and farmers .

Those of you affected can please post your comments and updates on your individual cases here.[color=#008000]

Hi All

i think the Govt in the name of a Body cannot unilaterraly take up our properties. They should charge us the development cost / number of sq ft. Based on teh market rate + rental charges they should be giving us monthly rent.

We dont want to sell it. I think as a group if we fight against this. I have two groudns in Vallam village.

Thanks and regards
Raj

Dear All,

Following is contents of email received from Anthony. I thank him on behalf of all members -

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Dear Friends,

I am mentioning below various legal proceedings which are likely consequent on the Notification/Notices u/s 4 of the Land Acquisition Act relating to properties (compiled from opinion of a Senior Advocate in Mumbai for lands to be acquired under SEZ in Raigad District):-

Stage – I
Material Evidence and Arguments in elaboration and support of the objections filed by us to the proposed acquisition will have to be collected, prepared and presented before the Land Acquisition Officer at personal hearings before him, when we can be represented by our Advocates and Architects. In case our lands are on the periphery of the block of land proposed for acquisition, it may be possible to argue that our lands should be excluded from the proposed acquisition, as they have already been developed and are being used and will continue to be used for export oriented and other economic activities
and it is not necessary to acquire our lands for promoting such use. However, in case of large acquisitions for townships, industrial estates and special economic zones, the Government can take a view that for ensuring uniform application of special measures like improved infrastructure, security, tax concessions and relaxation as labour legislation within the special economic zones, it is necessary that there are no private pockets of land within or adjoining special economic zones and may propose acquisition of the land and lease back of the same or alternate site. Such leases are normally for 30 years, with obligation to contribute to infrastructure development and maintenance charges and restriction on construction, user and
transfer.

Stage – II
In case we succeed in persuading the SLAO/SIPCOT and Government authorities that compulsory acquisition of our lands is not in public interest, the Government may not take the next step, namely, issue of notification u/s 6 of the Land Acquisition Act (declaring that our lands are required for public purpose, after which possession of the lands can be taken and the matter of determination of compensation taken up for consideration by the SLAO / SIPCOT).

Stage – III
In case notification u/s 6 is issued, we may have to consider filing a Writ Petition in the Madras High Court challenging the same, on the ground that the same is in abuse and misuse of powers and that in fact, our lands are not required for public purpose and ask for interim relief restraining the authorities from proceeding with the acquisition and taking possession of our lands until our Writ Petition is disposed off. The Writ Petition will come up for admission before the Division Bench of the Madras High Court and if not admitted, we may have to consider filing Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court against rejection of the Writ Petition. In case Special Leave is not granted by the Supreme Court, the acquisition cannot be challenged, unless the Government is persuaded to de-notify the lands.

Stage – IV
If the Writ Petition is admitted by the High Court of Madras under Orders of the Supreme Court, the same will be taken up for final hearing and in case the order on final hearing is not favourable, Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court may become necessary.

Stage – V
It is possible that during the pendency of the Writ Petition / SLP, the Court may allow the SLAO/SIPCOT to proceed with determination of compensation and only restrain the SLAO//SIPCOT from taking possession of the property from us.

Stage –VI
The proceedings for determination of compensation, are as under Stage A : Filing of our claim for compensation supported by Architect's valuation report and statement of comparable instances of sales and supporting documents and documents relating to development and construction on our property and its income, potential and market value as also material in support of our claim for compensation for injurious severance (reduction in the value of our remaining property as a result of compulsory acquisition of portion thereof).

Stage B:
SLAO/SIPCOT is required to publish his/its Award determining the amount of compensation payable and manner of its apportionment. In case any party is dissatisfied with this Award, an application can be filed with the Collector within 42 days asking for reference of the matter to the Civil Court, whereupon the acquisition matter will be referred to Civil Court for deciding compensation and apportionment, in case there is a dispute on apportionment. There can be an appeal from the order of the Civil Court to the High Court and Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court against the Order of the High Court for
claiming enhancement of compensation.

Stage C:
The compensation is based on market value of the property as on the date of publication of Notification u/s 4 plus amount calculated at 12% per annum on such market value from the date of publishing of Notification under section 4 to the date of the Award or date of taking possession of the land, whichever is earlier (excluding any period during which the proceedings for acquisition may be held up on account of any stay or injunction by the Order of any Court.

Plus 30% of the market value as solatium

Plus interest at 9% per annum on the amount of compensation which is not paid or deposited on or before taking possession of the land from
the time of taking possession until payment or deposit of compensation. In case the amount of compensation or any part thereof is not paid or deposited within one year from the date on which possession is taken, interest at the rate of 15% per annum becomes payable from the expiry of one year from the date of taking possession to the date of payment or deposit of the amount of compensation or part thereof, which is not paid or deposited before the expiry of one year from the date of possession.

We give some information /inputs as and when we come to know, then forget it for quite sometimes. If the members are so serious about their plots, please give telephone numbers and other contact details when posting your message and then compile the details of members and their contacts and invite them for a meeting at a place convenient to the members in Chennai personally and/or through their representatives to discuss the same and put further inputs and thoughts to go further. We should also need to consider appointment of an advocate in Chennai, who can find out the information.

Anthony
09221058783

Dear Site Manager,
I own a plot in Vinoth town-IV in 11 years back. Last month i contacted VGP office to enquire about the plots acquiring to SIPCOT. They replied that so for it is not acquired.When i have gone through the series of messages in your site, people are confirming the acquistion of land. I am in Total confused state. Where we can obtain the correct information.

Hi, I came across this site while I was googling for more information on the SIPCOT acquisition. The Sipcot authories are indicating that the land will be accquired and notification will be sent out to all land owners shortly. Although we had bought the sites from VGP many years ago, we had not registered them. On hearing this news we rushed to complete the registration and also got the Patta for one site and we will get the other Patta shortly. Normally the govt suspends all registration activities once lands are notified. How is it that they are allowing registration activity once the lands are notified. I also understand that reseidential sites cannot be acquired for Industrial purposes - the govt can only traget agricultural land. I also believe that land grabbers are spreading these rumours so that people sell off their sites for a fraction of the value.

Hi All,

I have been absent from this site for almost 3-4 months now and could not catch up with recent developments. I live in Mumbai and visited Chennai last Sunday. I am not sure whether any of the forum members have visited the site of Vinodh town, till date? I paid a visit to the site last Sunday ( clicked some snaps also, which I will shortly post on flickr or picassa and paste the link in this forum for everyone to view).

The following are the information I elucidated from nearby villages:-

1) The plots are not yet taken over by SIPCOT, though they have been hearing that SIPCOT will do so, for a long time.
2) People around are advising that plots in Vinodh Town are currently being sold for around Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.25 lakhs per ground, due to the fear of SIPCOT takeover.
3) SIPCOT, if it takes over, is expected to pay around Rs.200/- per sq.ft or around Rs.2.4 lakhs per ground
4) Plots on the other side of the main road are being sold at around Rs.7.5 lakhs per ground

There is not a single house in sight in and around the area, though there are several industries (small scale) in and around. There is hectic activity in the vicinity & traffic on this road is growing day-by-day.

For those interested in visiting the site. Following are the directions:-

From Chennai side - This place is very near to Vallakottai and is close to a place called Therasapuram (Vallam Urratchi). There seem to be many town buses from Koyambedu to Vallakottai. If by private transport, you can reach this place by coming on the Chennai - Bangalore highway, cross Rajiv Gandhi memorial (beautiful place!) and continue for about 3/4 kms (ask for Oragaddum Road), take a left turn (towards Oragaddum), travel for around 3 kms, reach Pondur village and ask for Therasapuram School. Vinodh Town is a stone's throw from here and comes on the right side. There is a faded board to announce Vinodh Town! On the left side of the road, you will find a board of 'Jemi Housing's Aurobindo Nagar'.

From Tambaram side - Cross Vandalur Railway gate, Come to Oragaddam and go towards Sriperumbudur. Cross Vallakottai and ask for Therasapuram. It's a stone's throw 'before' Therasapuram. Saw a bus no: 583 shuttling between Tambaram - Sriperumbudur.

It took me around 45 minutes by car to reach this place from Tambaram and almost the same time to reach Vadapalani from this place.

One more piece of advice or suggestion as you might take it - Please apply for an encumberance certificate of your plot (available for 20 years), through TN govt's e-registration services. The link is http://www.tnreginet.net/igregn/webAppln/index.asp. You can apply for this through the web. The only requirement is you should have some contact in Tamilnadu to receive the physical copy of the encumberance certificate. Please do this at the earliest to secure your plot and to avoid nasty surprises, later!

All the best to all plot owners and keep posting!!

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teddy475 Wrote:  Hello Everyone,

I own land in both Vinodh town IV A and Santhosapuram III. I purchased this 11 years ago from VGP.

I just happen to know about the land acquisition by the TN govt.

Can someone please let me know the following:

1. Where to find out if my land is part of the govt acquisition?
2. What are the options we have if the land is part of the govt acquisition?

Thanks

dear sir,
my name is dr.k.aravindhan
i own 3 grounds in vallakottai , vallam in sriperumpudur that is under acquisition
i have registered the land 1 year ago and i dont have patta
i came to know that compensation will go only to the patta holders
what to do for getting patta?
Hi, I came across this site while I was googling for more information on the SIPCOT acquisition. The Sipcot authories are indicating that the land will be accquired and notification will be sent out to all land owners shortly. Although we had bought the sites from VGP many years ago, we had not registered them. On hearing this news we rushed to complete the registration and also got the Patta for one site and we will get the other Patta shortly. Normally the govt suspends all registration activities once lands are notified. How is it that they are allowing registration activity once the lands are notified. I also understand that reseidential sites cannot be acquired for Industrial purposes - the govt can only traget agricultural land. I also believe that land grabbers are spreading these rumours so that people sell off their sites for a fraction of the value.

Hi,

I am planning to buy an land at sogandi pls provid me detail of which are the area or village will be covered by the airport.
Pls help me out in perventing from the risk.

Cheers,
PRIYA

TN govt cleares project worth Rs 2,450cr

Business Standard: June 01, 2009

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government today cleared five projects worth Rs 2,450 crore and would generate over 17,000 direct jobs. The government also announced incentives to industries which will generate employment in rural and developed areas.

After meeting with Industries Department officials on Sunday M K Stalin, who took over as the new Deputy Chief Minister and State Minister for Industries along with other portfolios on Friday cleared five investment projects include Ford India (engine plant and the second phase of expansion), Cheyyar SEZ Developers (footwear manufacturing facility by Feng Tay group), Saint Gobain (expanding its float glass capacity), Delphi-TVS and Gangotri Textiles. These projects are expected to create over 17,000 jobs directly.

Stalin also cleared proposals to establish Country Specific Industrial Parks of 100 acres for investors from Japan , Korea , Finland , Germany and France in Vallam, Vadakkal and Poodanur villages in Sriperumbudur. A proposal to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kanakawa Prefecture of Japan was also cleared. The MoU will boost investments from Japan , according to the state government’s release.

The release further added, a new proposal was cleared which will give incentives that create employment. “This would go a long way in encouraging employment intensive industries and generation of more employment opportunities in the state."

"Government is planning to offer incentives to companies or industries that generate more than 750 jobs in rural areas and 1,500 jobs in industrially developed areas”, according a government official.

Stalin also cleared a Rs 408-crore rehabilitation package for two sugar mills including Perambalur Sugar Mills and Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation.

Thanks to Chandru's comment.

I have visited the site at Vinoth town for more than 4 times in last 10 years and the area is as is was earlier. As informed by you, I have applied for encumberence certificate 8 months back, but so far I have not received and the online status is "pending". Therefore, I have approached an agent at Sriperumbudur in last week of May 2009 to obtain Patta for the same and he told that it is possible to get patta in a month. I have given copies of my registered documents and charges. But still I have to hear from him. As informed earlier, I have contacted the SIPCOT office and received couple of letters saying that the area is under acquisition and will be issued notice to the owners once it got the approval from the Govt. As it seems that the Govt. have accorded its approval for acquisition, we may receive notice from the Acqusition officer soon. Now members should be most alert and collect every bit of information carefully.

Anthony

TN govt cleares project worth Rs 2,450cr

Business Standard: June 01, 2009

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government today cleared five projects worth Rs 2,450 crore and would generate over 17,000 direct jobs. The government also announced incentives to industries which will generate employment in rural and developed areas.

After meeting with Industries Department officials on Sunday M K Stalin, who took over as the new Deputy Chief Minister and State Minister for Industries along with other portfolios on Friday cleared five investment projects include Ford India (engine plant and the second phase of expansion), Cheyyar SEZ Developers (footwear manufacturing facility by Feng Tay group), Saint Gobain (expanding its float glass capacity), Delphi-TVS and Gangotri Textiles. These projects are expected to create over 17,000 jobs directly.

Stalin also cleared proposals to establish Country Specific Industrial Parks of 100 acres for investors from Japan , Korea , Finland , Germany and France in Vallam, Vadakkal and Poodanur villages in Sriperumbudur. A proposal to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kanakawa Prefecture of Japan was also cleared. The MoU will boost investments from Japan , according to the state government’s release.

The release further added, a new proposal was cleared which will give incentives that create employment. “This would go a long way in encouraging employment intensive industries and generation of more employment opportunities in the state."

"Government is planning to offer incentives to companies or industries that generate more than 750 jobs in rural areas and 1,500 jobs in industrially developed areas”, according a government official.

Stalin also cleared a Rs 408-crore rehabilitation package for two sugar mills including Perambalur Sugar Mills and Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation.

PCOT has started surveying the lands in Vadakal, Vallam and buthanur villages for locating country specific industrial areas. A team of about ten officers were found surveying the various locations from July 2nd. Means that threat of take over is very near.

Hi, I came to know that Jemi housing people are selling plots in Vadakkal village. They are saying their plots are not going to be acquired since it is on the other side of the road. Does any one knows about this and give more details about this. Also, since Mr Doraiswamy has applied for a patta, we should also apply for one as patta land has more value than the non-patta one in case of acquisition. If any one knows the right person (agent) at the Sriperumbudur registration office, should give his name and phone number if any for others to approach him for patta. Probably moderator can arrange to get the info for others members.

ramaknathan Wrote:  Hi, I came to know that Jemi housing people are selling plots in Vadakkal village. They are saying their plots are not going to be acquired since it is on the other side of the road. Does any one knows about this and give more details about this. Also, since Mr Doraiswamy has applied for a patta, we should also apply for one as patta land has more value than the non-patta one in case of acquisition. If any one knows the right person (agent) at the Sriperumbudur registration office, should give his name and phone number if any for others to approach him for patta. Probably moderator can arrange to get the info for others members.

I have met an agent in Sriperumbudur to obtain patta of my land at VGP Vinoth Town in May, 2009. The procedure is almost complete and I expect the patta in few days as per available details. If anyone want to purchase or get transfer of patta, can contact the agent and his name is Mr. Rishi, Mob No. 09444420793. You discuss everything in detail before you give xeroxes of your property documents with plan.

Regards,
Anthony

Take over in Vallam B a notification has appeared in the Deccan Chronicle on saturday. But this land mostly belong to survey No.296 and 297 covering Sri A. Senkottaiyan and his family members belonging to Erode.

Further a notification appeared on 28.08.09 in the same paper and the survery numbers covered are:6, 11,12,13 and 14 of Vallam A unit IV, Block 1 mostly belonging to Cyril Joseph and a couple of others in the Vallam Kandigai village.

hanks Sivaraman Sir for the update. So far our land in Vinod Town has not come under the purview of Sipcot. But how long? Heard from Talauk office in sriperumbudur that next phase of acquisition will include our land also. IT's better to apply for patta. Also, could any one tell me if we do not have patta, will the compensation go the original patta holders? Since pattas were issued some 15-20 ago to the original land owners, most of the holders do not exist today or even shifted from the registered address. Will they send the cheque just like that without verifying the address and other proof? It looks funny to me.

I am NRE and I have two vacant lands in Vallam village under survey no 32, sriperumpdur talk. During my recent visit to site, I was informed that lands under survey no 32 will be acquired by SIPCOT for industrial development and it was confirmed by SIPCOT office, Egmore. Recently when I contact SIPCOT office, they said that a special Dhasildar has been appointed (Unit IV) for this scheme in sriperunbudur and you must contact him for further details. As my residence has been changed now, the special Dhasildar advise me to send a letter for changing of address with address proof and land details. I have sent a letter to them and received the acknowledgment.
As I am staying in Abudhabi, I request Administrator to advise the further development of this scheme and anyone have same problem, please contact bellow address
The Special Dhasildar
Sriperumbudur expansion scheme
Unit IV
Sriperumbudur

Hi All,

I have been absent from this site for almost 3-4 months now and could not catch up with recent developments. I live in Mumbai and visited Chennai last Sunday. I am not sure whether any of the forum members have visited the site of Vinodh town, till date? I paid a visit to the site last Sunday ( clicked some snaps also, which I will shortly post on flickr or picassa and paste the link in this forum for everyone to view).

The following are the information I elucidated from nearby villages:-

1) The plots are not yet taken over by SIPCOT, though they have been hearing that SIPCOT will do so, for a long time.
2) People around are advising that plots in Vinodh Town are currently being sold for around Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.25 lakhs per ground, due to the fear of SIPCOT takeover.
3) SIPCOT, if it takes over, is expected to pay around Rs.200/- per sq.ft or around Rs.2.4 lakhs per ground
4) Plots on the other side of the main road are being sold at around Rs.7.5 lakhs per ground

There is not a single house in sight in and around the area, though there are several industries (small scale) in and around. There is hectic activity in the vicinity & traffic on this road is growing day-by-day.

For those interested in visiting the site. Following are the directions:-

From Chennai side - This place is very near to Vallakottai and is close to a place called Therasapuram (Vallam Urratchi). There seem to be many town buses from Koyambedu to Vallakottai. If by private transport, you can reach this place by coming on the Chennai - Bangalore highway, cross Rajiv Gandhi memorial (beautiful place!) and continue for about 3/4 kms (ask for Oragaddum Road), take a left turn (towards Oragaddum), travel for around 3 kms, reach Pondur village and ask for Therasapuram School. Vinodh Town is a stone's throw from here and comes on the right side. There is a faded board to announce Vinodh Town! On the left side of the road, you will find a board of 'Jemi Housing's Aurobindo Nagar'.

From Tambaram side - Cross Vandalur Railway gate, Come to Oragaddam and go towards Sriperumbudur. Cross Vallakottai and ask for Therasapuram. It's a stone's throw 'before' Therasapuram. Saw a bus no: 583 shuttling between Tambaram - Sriperumbudur.

It took me around 45 minutes by car to reach this place from Tambaram and almost the same time to reach Vadapalani from this place.

One more piece of advice or suggestion as you might take it - Please apply for an encumberance certificate of your plot (available for 20 years), through TN govt's e-registration services. The link is http://www.tnreginet.net/igregn/webAppln/index.asp. You can apply for this through the web. The only requirement is you should have some contact in Tamilnadu to receive the physical copy of the encumberance certificate. Please do this at the earliest to secure your plot and to avoid nasty surprises, later!

All the best to all plot owners and keep posting!!

may i knw whether the aurobindho nagar is going to be undertaken by government..??

Thanks Chandru. I have a bad news for VGP vinodh Town plot owners. Got the news from SIPCOT office in sriperumbudur that all the survey numbers falling under the VGP vinodh town have been included in the acquisition plan. They have pasted a list inside their office informing that these survey numbers are included in six phase of acquisition planned for a year. My number 174 comes in last phase of acquisition where as my plot lies in phase 1. I have copied some of the numbers in a hurry, and I will post those numbers in my next post. What we need now is united action. Since there is no constructed activity in the four phases of VGP vinodh town, SIPCOT had no opposition to grab the land. We should fight it in the court. At least we can unit together and represent a letter to the collector or higher authorities. At lease we should get decent compensation. I heard that they are planning to get Rs 150 per sq ft near the roadside and Rs 100 for all other plots inside. I request the moderator to facilitate for this or else, we all will lose our land for sure. Members should mention there contact details in their post.

Ramanathan Iyer
Chennai
09384612789

[Hello, I thought of selling my plot in VGP Vinoth Town IV A. After going thro' the Forum I have a doubt reg the same.Now that I need to sell it how can I do it? Do I look out for buyers which might be highly improbable or shd I directly go to the concerned Authorities(who are they?) and ask for the compensation? or will the VGP give the compensation or buy back the same?
Please give reply.
Thanks.............Uma Rao.

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(14-01-2009 02:54 PM)chandru031 Wrote:  Hi All,

I have been absent from this site for almost 3-4 months now and could not catch up with recent developments. I live in Mumbai and visited Chennai last Sunday. I am not sure whether any of the forum members have visited the site of Vinodh town, till date? I paid a visit to the site last Sunday ( clicked some snaps also, which I will shortly post on flickr or picassa and paste the link in this forum for everyone to view).

The following are the information I elucidated from nearby villages:-

1) The plots are not yet taken over by SIPCOT, though they have been hearing that SIPCOT will do so, for a long time.
2) People around are advising that plots in Vinodh Town are currently being sold for around Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.25 lakhs per ground, due to the fear of SIPCOT takeover.
3) SIPCOT, if it takes over, is expected to pay around Rs.200/- per sq.ft or around Rs.2.4 lakhs per ground
4) Plots on the other side of the main road are being sold at around Rs.7.5 lakhs per ground

There is not a single house in sight in and around the area, though there are several industries (small scale) in and around. There is hectic activity in the vicinity & traffic on this road is growing day-by-day.

For those interested in visiting the site. Following are the directions:-

From Chennai side - This place is very near to Vallakottai and is close to a place called Therasapuram (Vallam Urratchi). There seem to be many town buses from Koyambedu to Vallakottai. If by private transport, you can reach this place by coming on the Chennai - Bangalore highway, cross Rajiv Gandhi memorial (beautiful place!) and continue for about 3/4 kms (ask for Oragaddum Road), take a left turn (towards Oragaddum), travel for around 3 kms, reach Pondur village and ask for Therasapuram School. Vinodh Town is a stone's throw from here and comes on the right side. There is a faded board to announce Vinodh Town! On the left side of the road, you will find a board of 'Jemi Housing's Aurobindo Nagar'.

From Tambaram side - Cross Vandalur Railway gate, Come to Oragaddam and go towards Sriperumbudur. Cross Vallakottai and ask for Therasapuram. It's a stone's throw 'before' Therasapuram. Saw a bus no: 583 shuttling between Tambaram - Sriperumbudur.

It took me around 45 minutes by car to reach this place from Tambaram and almost the same time to reach Vadapalani from this place.

One more piece of advice or suggestion as you might take it - Please apply for an encumberance certificate of your plot (available for 20 years), through TN govt's e-registration services. The link is http://www.tnreginet.net/igregn/webAppln/index.asp. You can apply for this through the web. The only requirement is you should have some contact in Tamilnadu to receive the physical copy of the encumberance certificate. Please do this at the earliest to secure your plot and to avoid nasty surprises, later!

All the best to all plot owners and keep posting!!

may i knw whether the aurobindho nagar is going to be undertaken by government..??