for acquisition of his holdings or any enquiry conducted, he is in same place for more than four decades, however, he has not received any notice for acquisition till date, he and his predecessor have no knowledge about the alleged acquisition proceedings. To his shock and surprise, on 27.12.2012, he was served with the impugned notice calling upon him to vacate the premises alleging that the land had been already acquired for extension of National Highways IV. Although, he was not issued with any notice in acquisition proceedings. The impugned order does not speak about the survey number, boundaries and extent of property. It was further silent about how the property had been acquired by the respondent. The said notice has been issued under Section 27(2)(ii) of Tamilnadu Highways Act, 2001 alleging his property had been notified for land acquisition for the purpose of widening of National Highways from two lane to four lane from Akkarai Village to Pooncheri Village. However, the notice is silent about when and where acquisition had been initiated and when the enquiry was conducted by him. The impugned notice has been distributed without any identification of property just like a circular. This notice does not even specify the name of the petitioner / landowner. Without any prior notice and enquiry, the respondents had classified his legal possession over his holdings as "encroachment" and directed him to vacate the premises within 7 days from the date of receipt of the notice.
