the State. Later, the Government brought a new policy, namely, Orissa Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 2006 and the petitioners have been approved as displaced families and sanctioned with the benefit under the said policy as applicable to other displaced families of submerged area of Deo Irrigation Project. The petitioners have accepted the resettlement benefit approved as per the scheme at that time. An amount of Rs.94,365/as R & R assistance has been approved in favour of petitioner-Biresh Chandra Naik along with ex-gratia of Rs. 4,00,000/-. An amount of Rs.94,365/- has already been paid to him. He is not submitting his bank account details to receive the rest amount. Similar is the case of Swaroop Chandra Naik and Dambrudhar Naik. But, in the case of Kanika Naik, wife of late Kailash Naik, she was approved with the R.R. assistance of Rs.81,900/and ex-gratia Rs.4,00,000/-. She has already received the entire amount. Dambrudhar Naik has also received the part of R & R assistance approved and ex-gratia approved of Rs.2,00,000/-. As per the provisions of the policy, the displaced families after receipt of R.R. assistance, should have shifted from the submerged area, but they did not do so and illegally continued in possession over the land. They were liable to be evicted after payment of the benefits, but they are not yet evicted. For that reason, the project got slowed. Later on, they have been considered for extra financial benefits in shape of ex-gratia assistance of Rs.2 lakh per family. A second ex-gratia assistance of Rs.2,00,000/- has also been approved. So, the opposite parties submit that the allegations made by the petitioners that their case has not been considered in its proper perspective is misconceived and liable to be rejected. It is further submitted by the opposite parties that the land of the
