ORDER :

Assailing the notification issued for the acquisition of the lands of the petitioners for the purpose of formation of National Highways – 45 as having lapsed in view of the Declaration having not been issued within the period of one year from the date of notification, the present writ petitions have been filed.

2. It is the case of the petitioners that the notification issued u/s 3-A (1) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (for short ‘the Act’) dated 12.10.2018, for the acquisition of the lands was challenged, by filing W.P. No.14729/2019, which was published in the Cuddalore Edition of ‘Dina Thanthi’ on 25.10.2018, in which this Court, vide order dated 22.5.2019 in WMP No.14725/2019 granted an order of interim stay of all further proceedings for a period of four weeks. Ultimately, vide order dated 30.7.2019, this Court dismissed the said writ petition.

3. It is the further case of the petitioners that summons dated 27.9.2019 was issued by the 3rd respondent directing the petitioners to appear for enquiry on 9.10.2019, to which a copy of the letter dated 18.9.2019 containing the technical opinion of the National Highways Authority was annexed so as to enable the petitioners to