M. Ramachandran, J.

The petitioners were in possession of 7.60 Ares of land in Re.Sy. No.37 of Block No. 172 of Kollam Village. The property as above is situated adjacent to NH47. Petitioners submit that they had proposed intention for building a shopping complex and though the plan had been submitted to the Corporation in 1993, the project had to be abandoned since they were advised that the Authority had a master plan on their sleeves. The land with a high commercial potential was remaining unproductive.

2. By S.4(1) notification dated 25.5.2000, under Land Acquisition Act a portion of the properties had been earmarked for acquisition and later has been taken over. The petitioner has produced a rough sketch of his holdings as Ext.P1. It shows that entire road frontage had been divested for a public purpose. It is proposed for a bug bay, and the rest of his holding skirts the taken over portion, at its entire length.

3. Petitioners, had no basic objection about such acquisition, but pray that they should have been spared from the probable inconvenience and disuse that are proposed because of such steps. The opportunity to develop the balance of land should not have been t