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The Central Government declares the acquisition and vesting of specified land in the Central Government for the 'Gondia-Balharshah (Chandafort) Doubling' special railway project under Section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989.

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The Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway), via Notification S.O. 4435(E) dated 7th August, 2026, and published on August 10, 2026, declares the acquisition of land and its absolute vesting in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances, for the "Gondia-Balharshah (Chandafort) Doubling (240 kilometers)" special railway project. This declaration is made by the Central Government in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) and (2) of Section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), following the receipt of a report from the Competent Authority. The Central Government had previously declared its intention to acquire these lands under Section 20A(1) of the said Act through notifications S.O. 2171(E) dated 30th April 2026, covering Taluka Arjuni Morgaon, and S.O. 2623(E) dated 25th May 2026, covering Taluka Sadak Arjuni, both within Gondia District, Maharashtra. The substance of these prior notifications was published in local newspapers on 11th June 2026 and 12th June 2026, as per Section 20A(4). Objections were received, heard by the Competent Authority, and orders were passed under Section 20D. The total land acquired, as detailed in the annexed Schedule across various villages in Arjuni Morgaon and Sadak Arjuni Talukas of Gondia District, Maharashtra, amounts to 1.7561 Hectares, comprising 0.1817 Hectares from Arjuni Morgaon and 1.5744 Hectares from Sadak Arjuni.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-CG-E-11082026-275375 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4257] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026/SHRAVAN 19, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (South East Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Bilaspur, the 7th August, 2026 Notice under Section 20E of the Railway Act, 1989 S.O. 4435(E).— Whereas, the Central Government had declared its intention to acquire the lands specified in the schedules annexed to the notifications issued under sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred to as 'the said Act') specifically, the notification of the Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway), Government of India, No. S.O. 2171(E) dated 30th April 2026, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii)) on 30th April 2026, covering areas in Taluka Arjuni Morgaon of Gondia District, Maharashtra; and the notification of the Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway), Government of India, No. S.O. 2623(E) dated 25th May 2026, published on 25th May 2026, covering areas in Taluka Sadak Arjuni of Gondia District, Maharashtra-for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management, and operation of the special railway project, namely, the "Gondia-Balharshah (Chandafort) Doubling (240 kilometers)." And whereas, the substance of the said notification has been published in the daily local newspapers, namely, Hindi Dainik Kashish of dated 11th June 2026, and Bhandara Patrika (Marathi Dainik) of dated 12th June 2026 under sub-section (4) of section 20A of the said Act; And whereas, objections were received; Competent Authority has heard the objections and orders have been passed in terms of section 20D of the said Act, And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Competent Authority has submitted its report to the Central Government. Now therefore, upon receipt of the report of the Competent Authority and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the land specified in the Schedule annexed hereto shall be acquired for the aforesaid purpose. And further, in the pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that on publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the Schedule annexed hereto shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances. SCHEDULE Brief description of the land, to be acquired, with or without structures for the Special Railway Project namely "Gondia - Balharshah (Chanda Fort) Doubling (240 Km.)" in Arjuni Morgaon and Sadak Arjuni Taluka of Gondia District, Maharashtra State under South East Central Railway. Name of District - Gondia Taluka - Arjuni Morgaon State - Maharashtra +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | Sr. | Name of Village | Name of land holder | Survey | Total Area | Acquisition | | No. | | | No. | as per 7/12 | Area | | | | | | (in Ha.) | (in Ha.) | +=====+=========================+===================================+============+=====================+================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Sukli | Jageshwar Narayan Ande & others | 82 | 0.20 | 0.0535 | | | | | | Total | 0.0535 | +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Arjuni | Mukul Jaiprakash Paliwal & others | 263 | 0.52 | 0.0299 | | | | | | Total | 0.0299 | +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Wadegaon/Rly. | Shrikrishna Sitaram Waghdhare & | 59 | 0.30 | 0.0563 | | | | others | | Total | 0.0563 | +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Tavshi Khurd | Laxmikant Narayan Madavi | 16 | 0.11 | 0.0420 | | | | | | Total | 0.0420 | +-----+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ Total : 0.1817 Hac. Name of District - Gondia Taluka - Sadak Arjuni State - Maharashtra +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | Sr. | Name of Village| Name of land holder | Survey | Total Area as | Acquisition | | No. | | | No. | per 7/12 | Area | | | | | | (in Ha.) | (in Ha.) | +=====+================+===================================+============+=====================+================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Pandhri | Hemanbai Shankarrao Bopche & others | 400 | 0.38 | 0.0729 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 2 | Pandhri | Surajlal Pisaram Ambule & others | 401 | 0.66 | 0.1155 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 3 | Pandhri | Kastura Dasaram Gautam & others | 402 | 0.67 | 0.0738 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 4 | Pandhri | Leela Damodar Bisen | 403 | 0.21 | 0.0453 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 5 | Pandhri | Yashoda Surajlal Ambule | 404 | 0.21 | 0.1162 | | | | Sirvanta Hemraj Yele | 405/1 | 0.30 | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 6 | Pandhri | Arun Namdev Khobre | 405/1अ | 0.20 | 0.0371 | | | | Rajkumar Chaitram Ambule & others | 405/2 | 0.24 | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 7 | Pandhri | Sirvanta Hemraj Yele | 408 | 0.10 | 0.0202 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 8 | Pandhri | Mansaram Sonu Bhoyar & others | 379 | 0.08 | 0.0081 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 9 | Pandhri | Digambar Chandulal Ambule & others | 41 | 0.95 | 0.0363 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 10 | Pandhri | Arjun Fakira Bisen | 40/1 | 0.27 | 0.0186 | | | | Tikeshkumar Tekram Meshram & | 40/2 | 0.41 | | | | | others | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 11 | Pandhri | Jasan Dhanlal Yele & others | 38 | 0.72 | 0.0200 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 12 | Pandhri | Mukta Jethabhai Thakre | 37 | 0.50 | 0.0194 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 13 | Pandhri | 1. Santosh Motiram Meshram (Area | 39/1 | 1.00 | 0.0429 | | | | 0.40) | | | | | | | 2. Lokchand Atmaram Ambule (Area | | | | | | | 0.60) | | | | | | | Jethabhai Parmanand Thakre | 39/2 | 0.20 | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | | | | | Total | 0.6263 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Shivantola | Pyarelal Pritamsao Turhate & others | 84 | 0.05 | 0.00136 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 2 | Shivantola | Chunnilal Bakaram Kore & others | 88/1 | 0.12 | 0.0139 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 3 | Shivantola | Hiralal Rongalu Raut & others | 78 | 1.04 | 0.0220 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 4 | Shivantola | Madhorao Bakaram Kore | 77 | 0.55 | 0.0520 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 5 | Shivantola | Shashibala Kailashchand Turhate & | 76 | 0.57 | 0.0178 | | | | others | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 6 | Shivantola | Pushpabai Madhu Bahekar & others | 75 | 0.84 | 0.0275 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 7 | Shivantola | Manikram Maroti Bhendarkar & | 74/1 | 0.50 | 0.0386 | | | | others | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 8 | Shivantola | Radhubai V. Motiram Bhendarkar & | 73 | 0.93 | 0.0424 | | | | others | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 9 | Shivantola | Ganesh Dulichand Patle & others | 71 | 0.73 | 0.1462 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 10 | Shivantola | Tejram Brijlal Tembhere & others | 69 | 0.77 | 0.0124 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 11 | Shivantola | Surajlal Raghuji Tembhare | 94 | 0.11 | 0.0061 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 12 | Shivantola | Indal Raghuji Tembhare | 95 | 0.11 | 0.0056 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 13 | Shivantola | RadhubaiV. Motiram Bhendarkar & | 72 | 1.04 | 0.0313 | | | | others | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 14 | Shivantola | Yograj Gopinath Meshram & others | 70/1 | 0.30 | 0.0475 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | | | | | Total | 0.4647 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 1 | Raka | Meera Naresh Donode & others | 412 | 0.86 | 0.0423 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 2 | Raka | Vaman Rama Donode | 411 | 0.36 | 0.0209 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 3 | Raka | Gopal Bhiwa Hemane & others | 410 | 0.62 | 0.0048 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 4 | Raka | Shantabai Kisan Bramhankar & | 409 | 0.24 | 0.0031 | | | | others | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 5 | Raka | Ganpat Tukaram Hemane & others | 408 | 0.19 | 0.0125 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 6 | Raka | Tejram Raghu Bagde & others | 314 | 0.18 | 0.0107 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | | | | | Total | 0.0943 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +=====+================+===================================+============+=====================+================+ | 1 | Sondad | Rameshwardas Jamanadas Lohiya | 50 | 0.0835 | 0.0806 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 2 | Sondad | Smt. Narayanidevi Banshidharji | 87 | 0.0777 | 0.068 | | | | Sharma | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 3 | Sondad | Dipakkumar Rameshwardas Lohiya | 88 | 0.0660 | 0.0603 | | | | Vinodkumar Lakshmichandji Agrwal | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 4 | Sondad | Vinodkumar Aatmaram Modi | 92 | 0.1716 | 0.1191 | | | | Jayprakash Aatmaram Modi | | | | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | 5 | Sondad | Pandharinath Krishnaji Bansod | 208 | 0.1027 | 0.0611 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ | | | | | Total | 0.3891 | +-----+----------------+-----------------------------------+------------+---------------------+----------------+ Total : 1.5744 Hac. Grand Total (0.1817+1.5744) = 1.7561 Hac. [F. No. DCE/C/III/G/G-BPQ(CAF)/20E/7] MUDIT BHATNAGAR, Chief Administrative Officer (Const.) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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