Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday launched the distribution of ‘settlement pattas’ to 3,543 beneficiaries, whose land was acquired for the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) in Cuddalore district about 60 years ago. The beneficiaries were given settlement pattas for the land given to them in lieu of their land acquired for the NLC.
When land was acquired for the NLC in 1959, people therein were relocated to Vijayamanagaram and Pudhukooraipettai near Virudhachalam in Cuddalore district. However, the ‘settlement’ process had not been undertaken for several years until May 2022, when the State government issued a GO to benefit over 3,000 families, an official release said.
Without the ‘settlement pattas’ for over 60 years, these families had no revenue records of their land. With the grant of settlement pattas, the landowners would have absolute power over their land.
