20E Notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-CG-E-13072026-274437 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3600] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2026/ASHADHA 19, 1948 5224 GI/2026 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (South East Central Railway) Bilaspur, the 7th July, 2026 Notice under Section 20E of the Railway Act, 1989 S.O. 3762(E). Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway), No. S.O. 1768(E), dated 7th April, 2026 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) dated 7th April, 2026, and issued under Sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (herein after referred as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire the land in the schedule annexed to the said notification for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of the Special Railway Project namely “Gondia – Balharshah (Chanda Fort) Doubling (240 Km.)” of South East Central Railway in Desaiganj Taluka of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra State. And whereas, the substance of the said notification has been published in the daily local newspapers, namely, Mahasagar Gadchiroli of dated 14th April 2026, and Dainik Gadchiroli Patrika of dated 14th April 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 Copetent 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 Desaiganj Taluka of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra State under South East Central Railway. Name of District - Gadchiroli Taluka - Desaiganj State - Maharashtra +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | Sr. | Name of | Name of land holder | Survey | Total Area as | Acquisition | | No. | Village | | No. | per 7/12 | Area | | | | | | (in Ha.) | (in Ha.) | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +=====+===========+===================================+===========+===============+===============+ | 1 | Amgaon | Dnyaneshwar Waman Nikam & other 1 | 905/2 | 0.81 | 0.48 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | 2 | Amgaon | Vishwanath Dewaji Dumbe & other 1 | 906/2 | 0.42 | 0.10 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | 3 | Amgaon | Sewantabai J. Shrawan Bodele | 903/2 | 1.60 | 0.38 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | 4 | Amgaon | Sushila J. Khemraj Kachhawa & other 1 | 900 | 1.09 | 0.09 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | 5 | Amgaon | Janabai J. Maroti Donadkar & other 12 | 1077 | 1.21 | 0.13 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | 6 | Amgaon | Bhagwan Shrawan Bodele & other 2 | 1076 | 1.46 | 0.09 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ | | | Total | | | 1.27 | +-----+-----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] +-----+-----------+---------------------------+-----+------+------+ | 1 | Nainpur | Sawaldas Jaikimal Nagdeve | 172 | 2.30 | 0.46 | +-----+-----------+---------------------------+-----+------+------+ | | | Total | | | 0.46 | +-----+-----------+---------------------------+-----+------+------+ +-----+-------+---------------------------------+-------+-------+------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +=====+=======+=================================+=======+=======+======+ | 1 | Wadsa | Dipak Keshavrao Vidhate & other 1 | 181/1 | 11.60 | 0.05 | +-----+-------+---------------------------------+-------+-------+------+ | 2 | Wadsa | Atmaprakash Kisan Nagdeve | 181/2 | 0.36 | 0.06 | +-----+-------+---------------------------------+-------+-------+------+ | 3 | Wadsa | Manohar Kisanji Dange | 180/1 | 5.98 | 0.05 | +-----+-------+---------------------------------+-------+-------+------+ | | | Total | | | 0.16 | +-----+-------+---------------------------------+-------+-------+------+ +-----+-------------+-----------------------------------+----+------+------+ | 1 | Navin Ladaj | Revita Madhukar Kuthe & other 4 | 18 | 1.25 | 0.09 | +-----+-------------+-----------------------------------+----+------+------+ | 2 | Navin Ladaj | Navlaji Raghunath Kolhe and other 1 | 19 | 1.36 | 0.06 | +-----+-------------+-----------------------------------+----+------+------+ | | | Total | | | 0.15 | +-----+-------------+-----------------------------------+----+------+------+ Grand Total: 2.040 Hac. [ F. No. DCE/C/III/G/G-BPQ(CAF)/20E/6] 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. Digitally signed by SARVESH SARVESH KUMAR KUMAR SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA Date: 2026.07.13 22:44:35 +0530