material particulars, without jurisdiction etc. and called upon the first respondent to furnish him with the copies of the proposal issued by the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), no relevant details such as width and length of the land required for acquisition were furnished. After receipt of the preliminary objections, by communication dated 21.11.2003, the first respondent permitted the petitioner to peruse the required particulars from the office of the 2nd respondent, who permitted the petitioner to peruse the combined sketch and the land plan schedule prepared by the Divisional Engineer, Highways, Project I on 22.08.2003. During inspection, the petitioner's counsel perused a letter dated 14.05.2003 in Letter No.210/98/LA/JDO addressed by the Divisional Engineer (Highways) Project I, Chennai-16, to the 2nd respondent, directing the exclusion of the land situated opposite to that of the petitioner's land comprised in S. Nos.345, 346, etc., from acquisition. However, the 2nd respondent conveniently removed such letter from the File and denied perusal of such relevant particulars. Therefore, the petitioner sent a representation on 27.11.2003 and thereafter, filed W.P. No.37419 of 2003 for a direction to furnish copies of the documents. This Court also permitted the petitioner's counsel to peruse the file with a further direction to furnish copies of the documents mentioned therein which also came to be furnished on 17.02.2004. It is further submitted that by G.O. Ms. No.321 (Housing and Urban Development Department), dated 12.08.1988, linking of Velachery Tank and Pallikaranai Marsh which is known as "velachery - Pallikarani Drainage Course' was ordered and the Government, by way of G.O. Ms. No.1 (Housing and Urban Development (UD III (2) Department), dated 09.01.2003, sanctioned huge money for the said project. In the meanwhile, the Executive Engineer (PWD), Lower Palar Basin Division, prepared a Plan showing the details of the land for Velachery - Pallikaranai drainage course in Velachery Village wherein it was specifically mentioned that the portion of land in S. Nos.344, 345 and 346 of Velachery Village are to be acquired for the said drainage course. The PWD also constructed about 13 culverts for the drainage channel and two such culverts are constructed in S. No.345 and 362, however, on account of encroachments and illegal constructions, those constructed culverts could not be connected. In view of non-connectivity, the entire West Velachery area was heavily flooded during rains and hence, temporary trenches were made on the western side of the existing Velachery-Tambaram Road to drain the rain water. Learned Senior Counsel further submitted that when the respondents required the land in question for widening the Road, as per Section 8 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, the Highways Authority has to fix the highway boundary, building line or control line, by issuing a Notification relating to any area in the Division concerned where the construction or development of a highway is undertaken or proposed to be undertaken. According to him, Section 8 of the Act further provides that before publication of the notification under the sub-Section, a draft of the said Notification shall be published
