issued notice under the Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 1978 in Form 3(1) on 25.03.2001, for which, the petitioner sent objections, after considering which, the respondents dropped the land acquisition proceedings. Thereafter, the landless Adi Dravidar people have been provided with house-sites by the respondents in S.No.35/2A1 and the pathway has also been provided for their houses and also for burial ground. Subsequently, the respondents again decided to acquire the lands and issued notice to the petitioner on 31.12.2003 in Form-I Notice, for which, again the petitioner submitted her objections on 19.01.2004 and that the lands have been provided to Adi Dravidar Community. Without considering the objections of the petitioner, the first respondent issued Notification under Section 4(1) of the said Act on 19.02.2004, which was published in the District Gazette on 21.02.2004. The present Writ Petition is filed challenging the subsequent land acquisition proceedings on the ground that the Collector has not applied his mind while passing the order, which is contrary to law and there is also violation of Section 4(3)(b) of the said Act. It is further submitted by the petitioner that initially, the proposal for acquisition of the petitioner's lands was made as early as in 2001, which was thereafter dropped and thereafter another proceedings have been initiated, which resulted in acquisition of the lands of the petitioner, apart from others' lands. It is further averred by the petitioner that she is in possession of the lands and she may be dispossessed at any point of time. It is further submitted by the petitioner that the impugned Notification under Section 4(1) of the said Act, dated 19.02.2004, has got to be quashed, which has also been published in the Thanjavur District Gazette on 21.02.2004. 3. The respondents have filed counter affidavit stating that the lands were required for providing house-sites to Adi Dravidar people/harijan welfare and proposal for land acquisition to provide house-sites to them, was made in 2001 in Avikkottai Village. The land owners have objected to the land acquisition proceedings on the ground that already, a colony existed and the land owner in R.S.No.57/2 did not object even though he/she had been affected. But however, the proposal initiated was dropped earlier. A fresh Notification was issued thereafter and that there is no pathway to the burial ground either from the colony or the near-by Adi Dravidar Street. Again the Government decided to acquire the lands for Adi Dravidar/Harijan Welfare and the Notification was issued on 31.12.2003 and after considering the objections of the petitioner, on 19.02.2004, the request of the petitioner was rejected by issuing Notification under Section 4(1) of the said Act. The proposal had been accepted and the same has also been published in page 9 of the Thanjavur District Gazette on 21.02.2004. The Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 1978 provides for provision of pathway to Adi Dravidar Colony, and also the pathway to burial ground. According to the respondents, the earlier proposal was not withdrawn. It was only deferred and detailed
