The petitioner states that since 1947 onwards, the lands in Survey No.74 of Korattur Village, Ambattur Taluk of the then Chingleput District were utilized for agricultural operations by various persons. He states that the said lands were classified as “Odai Poramboke” in the Revenue records. He states that in the year 1967, beam notices evidencing the enjoyment of the respective landholders were issued by the Revenue Department. He states that between 1987 and 1994 various persons purchased the said lands from the persons who were in enjoyment of the said lands under registered sale deeds registered by the Sub Registrar Office, Thirumangalam, Chennai. He states that invariably the lands were purchased only for the construction of houses and the extent of lands purchased by the said persons varied between 900 and 1200 square feet. He states that subsequent to the purchase of the said plots, most of the persons had constructed their own dwelling houses by spending their life saving amounts and also by borrowing loans from Banks and other financial institutions. He states that it is more than 20 years since most of the persons purchased the said lands and constructed the houses