JUDGMENT :

T. RAVINDRAN, J.

Prayer: First Appeal has been filed under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act against the judgment and decree dated 27.06.2011 passed in L.A.O.P. No. 270 of 2008 on the file of the Additional District Court, (FTC-II), Poonamallee and batch.

1. Considering the scope of the issues involved in the abovesaid batch appeals lying in a narrow compass, it is unnecessary to dwell into the facts of the case in detail.

2. It is not in dispute that the subject matter of the batch appeals had been acquired for the development of Outer Ring Road. In this connection, after publishing Section 4(1) notification of the Land Acquisition Act and after complying with the other requirements under the Act, it is found that the Land Acquisition Officer had taken note of the various sale transactions, which had taken place during the period of three years immediately preceding the date of notification under Section 4(1) and of them, most of the sale transactions pertaining to house sites and sold as such, however the Land Acquisition Officer is found to have relied on only on