law: The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
  Chapter III
  
  Prevention of Unauthorised Occupation of Highway Land and Their Removal
  23. Highway land to
  
  be deemed as property of Central Government.-
  1.  All
  
  lands forming parts of a Highway which vest in the Central Government or which
  
  do not already vest in the Central Government but have been acquired for the
  
  purpose of Highway shall, for the purposes of this Act, and other Central Acts,
  
  be deemed to be the property of the Central Government as owner thereof.
  2.  The
  
  Highway Administration shall cause to be maintained a record in the prescribed
  
  manner in which the particulars of the lands, relating to the Highway, of which
  
  the Central Government is the owner shall be entered and the entries of the
  
  particulars of such lands in any record maintained for such purpose before the
  
  commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the entry of the particulars of
  
  such lands made in the first said record and accordingly the Central Government
  
  shall be deemed to be the owner of the lands regarding which the entries have
  
  been made in such records maintained before the commencement of this Act.
  3.  Any
  
  person claiming against the ownership of the Central Government referred to in
  
  sub-section (2) shall make written complaint to the Highway Administration and
  
  prove his claim before it and the Highway Administration, after considering the
  
  evidence produced by such person, may correct such records or reject the claim.