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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing, maintaining, managing, and operating the Special Railway Project, namely, the Wadsa - Gadchiroli new line (49.50 Km), in the District of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway), through Notification S.O. 243(E) dated 7th January, 2026, issued from Bilaspur and published on January 16, 2026, has declared the Central Government's intention to acquire land. This action is taken in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), read with the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 (11 of 2008). The land is required for the public purpose of execution, maintenance, management, and operation of the Special Railway Project, specifically the Wadsa - Gadchiroli new line, which is 49.50 Km long and located in the District of Gadchiroli in the State of Maharashtra. Any person interested in the said land may raise objections within thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the Railways Act. Objections must be made in writing to the Competent Authority, identified as the Sub Divisional Officer and Land Acquisition Officer, Desaiganj, District Gadchiroli, for land situated in Desaiganj Tahsil. The Competent Authority shall provide an opportunity for hearing, either in person or through a legal practitioner, and its order on the objections, made under sub-section (2) of section 20D, shall be final. Land plans and other details are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office. The schedule details land to be acquired in Desaiganj Taluka, including Wadsa village (total acquisition area 0.0934 H.R.) and Nainpur village (total acquisition area 0.2055 H.R.). The notification was signed by VIJAY KUMAR SAHU, Chief Administrative Officer (Con).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-CG-E-17012026-269410 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 220] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026/PAUSHA 26, 1947 344 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (South East Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Bilaspur, the 7th January, 2026 S.O. 243(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) and Railways (Amendment) Act 2008 (11 of 2008) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government after being satisfied that for the public purpose the land the brief description of which is given in the schedule annexed hereto is required for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of the Special Railway Project. Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structures, falling within the Special Railway Project namely, Wadsa - Gadchiroli new line (49.50 Km) in the District of Gadchiroli in the State of Maharashtra, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Any person interested in the said land may within a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub- section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. Every such objection shall be made to the Competent Authority namely, Sub Divisional Officer and Land Acquisition Officer, Desaiganj, District Gadchiroli for land situated in Desaiganj Tahsil of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof, and the Competent Authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person or by legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry, if any, as the Competent Authority thinks necessary, by order, either allow or disallow the objections. Any order made by the Competent Authority under sub-section (2) of section 20D of the said act shall be final. The land plans and other details of the land covered under this notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the Competent Authority. SCHEDULE Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structures, falling within the Special Railway Project namely, Wadsa - Gadchiroli new line (49.50Km) in the District of Gadchiroli in the State of Maharashtra Wadsa - Gadchiroli New Line +---------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | Sl. No. | Name of District | Name of Taluka | Name of Village| Name of Account holder & Address | Survey Number | Total area as per 7/12 (Ha) | Acquisition Area in (H.R.) | Balance Area in (H.R.)| +=========+==================+================+================+====================================================+================+===========================+==========================+=====================+ | 1 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Anis Ahemad Mohd. Shafi Sheikh and other 2 | 179/2/1 | 0.0331 | 0.0059 | 0.0272 | | 2 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Indrajeet Yashwant Pilare | 179/2/2 | 0.0153 | 0.0047 | 0.0106 | | 3 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Eknath Chintaman Pilare and Kiran Yogeshwar Dhore | 179/2/3 | 0.0162 | 0.0045 | 0.0117 | | 4 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Mohhmad Hanif Haji Sattar Jyada and Hamid Imtiyaj | 179/2/4 | 0.0162 | 0.0047 | 0.0115 | | | | | | Ansari | | | | | | 5 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Dhanpal Mukharuji Urkude | 179/2/5 | 0.0158 | 0.0049 | 0.0109 | | 6 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Satish Govindrao Veladi | 179/2/6 | 0.0155 | 0.0045 | 0.0110 | | 7 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Sarita Narhari Hadge | 179/2/7 | 0.0153 | 0.0041 | 0.0112 | | 8 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Mohd. Eqbal ab. Sattar Motiwala | 179/2/8 | 0.0150 | 0.0051 | 0.0099 | | 9 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Prakash Kanhyalal Udasi | 179/2/10 | 0.0159 | 0.0063 | 0.0096 | | 10 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Alok Radheshyamji Waghmare | 179/2/11 | 0.0339 | 0.0062 | 0.0277 | | 11 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Yousuf Ali Ebrahim Khan | 180/2/1 | 0.0347 | 0.0010 | 0.0337 | | 12 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Chandradip Ramaji Tawade and Nilkanth Ganpatrao | 182/2 | 0.446 | 0.0214 | 0.4246 | | | | | | Popte | | | | | | 13 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Babita Vinodkumar Kukreja | 183/35 | 0.0274 | 0.0102 | 0.0172 | | 14 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Wadsa | Rajesh Ganeshmal Kukreja | 183/36 | 0.0280 | 0.0099 | 0.0181 | +---------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | | | | Total | | | 0.7283 | 0.0934 | 0.6349 | +---------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Chandan Rekhlal Chaudhari | 168/169/655/1 | 0.015 | 0.0087 | 0.0063 | | 2 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Ramlal Sajandas Wadhawani | 168/169/655/2 | 0.015 | 0.0091 | 0.0059 | | 3 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Rakesh Sajandas Wadhawani | 168/169/655/3 | 0.015 | 0.0092 | 0.0058 | | 4 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Vikky Shankardas Khanani | 168/169/655/4 | 0.015 | 0.01 | 0.005 | | 5 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Priya Kishan Nagdeve | 168/169/655/5 | 0.015 | 0.0103 | 0.0047 | | 6 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Priya Kishan Nagdeve | 168/169/655/6 | 0.0151 | 0.0096 | 0.0055 | | 7 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Nainpur Mosk Madrsa A. Arebiya and Kabrasthan | 167/1 | 0.1500 | 0.0356 | 0.1144 | | | | | | Trust | | | | | | 8 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Rekha Gurmukhdas Nagdeve and Gurumukhdas Lilaram | 167/2/1 | 0.0474 | 0.0142 | 0.0332 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 9 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Rekha Gurmukhdas Nagdeve and Gurumukhdas Lilaram | 167/2/2 | 0.0455 | 0.0158 | 0.0297 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 10 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Rekha Gurmukhdas Nagdeve and Gurumukhdas Lilaram | 167/2/3 | 0.0384 | 0.0168 | 0.0216 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 11 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Kishan Lilaram Nagdeve and Atmprakash Kishan | 167/3/1 | 0.0379 | 0.0137 | 0.0242 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 12 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Kishan Lilaram Nagdeve and Atmprakash Kishan | 167/3/2 | 0.039 | 0.0123 | 0.0263 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 13 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Kishan Lilaram Nagdeve and Atmprakash Kishan | 167/3/3 | 0.0368 | 0.0108 | 0.026 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 14 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Kishan Lilaram Nagdeve and Atmprakash Kishan | 167/3/4 | 0.0358 | 0.0098 | 0.026 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 15 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Kishan Lilaram Nagdeve and Atmprakash Kishan | 167/3/5 | 0.0347 | 0.0085 | 0.0262 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | | 16 | Gadchiroli | Desaiganj | Nainpur | Kishan Lilaram Nagdeve and Atmprakash Kishan | 167/3/6 | 0.0617 | 0.0111 | 0.0506 | | | | | | Nagdeve | | | | | +---------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | | | | Total | | | 0.6169 | 0.2055 | 0.4114 | +---------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+ [F. No. CAO/C/BSP/Wadsa-Gadchiroli/Gadchiroli/Desaiganj/20A/04] VIJAY KUMAR SAHU, Chief Administrative Officer (Con) 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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