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The Central Government declares the acquisition of specified lands for a Special Railway Project under Section 20E(1) and vests these lands absolutely in the Central Government under Section 20E(2) of The Railway Act, 1989.

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The Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway) issued Notification S.O. 4420(E) on 26th September, 2025, declaring the acquisition of land specified in the annexed schedule. This declaration is made by the Central Government in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20E of The Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), following the submission of a report by the Competent Authority. This action follows a previous notification, S.O. 3257, dated 19 July 2025, published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), which declared the intention to acquire land under sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the said Act. The land is being acquired for the 'Special Railway Project' involving the Up-gradation of the existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement across various sections over SEC Railway, including Jharsugda-Raigarh, Raigarh-Champa, Champa-Bilaspur, Tilda-Bilaspur, Tilda-Durg, Mundikota-Nagpur, Bilaspur-Pendra Road-Anuppur & Raipur-Lakholi, to meet a 3000MT loading target in the states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. The substance of the Section 20A notification was published in daily newspapers on 30.07.2025, and no objections were received or were disposed of by the Competent Authority under Section 20D of the Act. Upon publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the acquired land, located in District Champa-Janjgir, State Chhattisgarh, specifically in villages Sivni (total 0.312 Hec to be acquired) and Akaltara (total 0.206 Hec to be acquired), shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances, as per sub-section (2) of Section 20E of the Act.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-CG-E-04102025-266665 XXXOIDEXXX EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4300] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025/ASVINA 4, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (South East Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Bilaspur, the 26th September, 2025 NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 20 E of THE RAILWAY ACT 1989 S.O. 4420(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India, In the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) number 3257, dated the 19 July 2025, published in the Gazzette of India (Extra-Ordinary) Part-II section 3 sub section (ii), hereinafter referred to as the said notification) under subsection (1) of 20A of the railway act,1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the central Government declared its intention to acquire the land specified in the schedule annexed to the said notification for execution of Special Railway Project, namely for Up-gradation of existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement between Jharsugda-Raigarh, Raigarh-Champa, Champa-Bilaspur, Tilda-Bilaspur, Tilda-Durg, Mundikota-Nagpur, Bilaspur-Pendra Road-Anuppur & Raipur-Lakholi sections over SEC Railway to meet 3000MT loading target in the state of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra over SEC railway. And, whereas the substance of the said notification 20 A was published as per section 20A sub section (4) in the daily Newspapers Times of India(English), Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi), Navbharat (Hindi), Edition on 30.07.2025 and whereas, No objections were received within the set time period and disposed of by the Competent Authority under section 20D of the said Act; and, whereas, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 20E of the said act, the Competent Authority has submitted his report to the central Government. Now, therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the Competent Authority, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of the section 20E of the said act 1989, the central Government hereby declares that the lands specified in the schedule annexed hereto shall be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; and, further, in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that on publication of this notification in the official Gazette, the land specified in the schedule annexed hereto shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all Encumbrances. District- Champa-Janjgir State- Chhattisgarh +----+---------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+ | S. | SDM | Name of | Name of | Patwari | Nature of ownership | Nature | Land | Total area | Area to | | No.| (Rev.)/ | Tehsil | Village | halka | | of | khasra | (in Hec) | be | | | Competent | | No. | No. | | land | no. | | acquired | | | Authority | | | | | | | | (in Hec) | +----+---------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+ | (1)| (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | +----+---------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+ | | | | | | Narottam Pita Nand Baba | Krishi | 2231/1 | 0.101 | 0.101 | | | | | | | Shivprasad, Shanti Bai| Krishi | 2231/4 | 0.117 | 0.020 | | | | | | | Pita Laharam | | | | | | 1 | SDM (Rev) | Champa | Sivni | P.H.No. | Mangalchand Pita Nand | Krishi | 2231/5 | 0.101 | 0.014 | | | Champa | | | 02 | Baba | | | | | | | (Distt. - | | | | Shivprasad, Shanti Bai| Krishi | 2231/6 | 0.291 | 0.034 | | | Janjgir- | | | | Pita Laharam | | | | | | | Champa), | | | | Dileep Kumar Pita Nand| Krishi | 2231/7 | 0.101 | 0.101 | | | Chhatisgarh | | | | Baba | | | | | | | | | | | Netram Pita Dhanau | Krishi | 2230/7 | 0.210 | 0.042 | | | | | | | Dewangan | | | | | | | | | | | Total | | | 0.921 | 0.312 | +----+---------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+ | 2. | SDM (Rev) | Akaltara | Akaltara | P.H. No. | Chandrashekhar, Rohit | Niji | 202 | 1.841 | 0.137 | | | Akaltara | | | 14 | Kumar, Prem Narayan, | Bhumi | (Shamil | | | | | (Distt. - | | | | Umashankar | | Kh.No | | | | | Janjgir- | | | | Pita Kripashankar | | 205, | | | | | Champa), | | | | | | 207) | | | | | Chhatisgarh | | | | Chandrashekhar, Rohit | Niji | 206 | 0.73 6 | 0.069 | | | | | | | Kumar, Prem Narayan, | Bhumi | | | | | | | | | | Umashankar | | | | | | | | | | | Pita Kripashankar | | | | | | | | | | | Total | | | 2.577 | 0.206 | +----+---------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+ [F. No. CPM/Ele. /BSP/2x25KV OHE/Land Acquisition/20 E/1132] ALOK TIWARI, Chief Admin. Officer (Const.)

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