(ii) The High Ways Department, in order to develop the E.C.R Road, Tiruvanmiyur - Mamallapuram – Marakkanam - Pondicherry, proposed to lay down two lane road and in pursuant of which, the respondents being the appropriate authorities, while acquiring lands under Tamilnadu Highways Act 2001, demolished petitioners' residential house, poultry chicken farm house, standing trees and other agricultural utilities and acquired major portion of their lands situate in the above said survey numbers. In the said land acquisition process, the petitioners have lost some larger extent of lands in addition to the above acquired lands mentioned in the above survey numbers and in consequence of which, the respondents have paid a sum of Rs.1,54,149/- to the first petitioner and Rs.55,411/- to the 2nd petitioner as per their calculations. But the said amounts are not the appropriate compensation for the above acquired admitted extent of lands and apart from the above admitted extent, some more extent of lands have been acquired due to deviation from the original proposed acquisition process and the petitioners have not been paid compensation towards the additionally acquired lands by the respondents. Due to the above act of the respondents, since major portion of their lands have been taken away by the Government on both sides of their lands, and road have been laid in between the lands, the petitioners are now unable to ascertain the remaining extent
