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6. Admittedly, the said order of the Division Bench has become final. Based on the above directions of this Court, an Expert Committee was constituted by the National Highways Authority of India consisting of Dr.G.R.Swaminathan, Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Mr.A.Rengasamy, District Environmental Engineer (i/c), Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Tiruchirappali and Mr.K.Govindaraj, (Former National Expert Committee Member of Infrastructure & Miscellaneous Project, MOEF, Government of India, New Delhi, SEVAI, Non-Governmental Organization, Tiruchirappalli. The said Committee was co-ordinated by Mr.V.Dakshnamoorthi, District Revenue Offier, Tiruchirappalli, Mr.Moorthi, Chief Engineer, PWD, WRO, Tiruchirappalli and a Member Convenor Mr.M.Thanamani, The Project Director, National Highway Authority of India, Karur.

15. Based on the above report of the Committee, the District Revenue Officer, Tiruchirappalli, by order dated 05.08.2010, rejected all the objections of the farmers and decided to go ahead with the project, as per the alignment proposed by the Experts Committee. Aggrieved over the same and for a consequential direction not to lay the road across the three tanks, these three Writ Petitions have been filed.

16. We have heard the learned respective counsel appearing for the petitioners, Mr.P.Wilson, learned Additional Advocate General appearing for the National Highways as well as the State Government, Mr.K.K.Senthilvelan, ASGI for the Union of India and other learned counsel for private respondents. We have also perused the records carefully.

6.The District Collector, The State of Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirappalli District, Tiruchirappalli.

7.The District Revenue Officer cum Competent Authority, National Highways (Land Acquisition), Collectorate, Tiruchirappalli I.

8.The Project Director, Officer of the Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, (NH-67), 10, Kamadhenu Nagar, Karur 639 001.

9.The Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, (Water Resource Organization), Subramaniapuram, Tiruchirappalli 620 020.