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Notification under section 7(1) of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 giving notice of intention to acquire specified lands in Deoghar district, Jharkhand for the Chitra East Opencast Project.

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The Ministry of Coal issued Notification S.O. 415(E) dated 1st February 2024 under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957), giving notice of the Central Government's intention to acquire approximately 146.62 hectares (362.1514 acres) of land, and all rights therein, for the Chitra East Opencast Project under the S P Mines Area of Eastern Coalfields Limited, spanning the villages of Murgabani, Kathara, Palma, Chitra, Tarabad, Jamua, Tulsidabor, Damgarha, Bhawanipur, Churikanali and Khoon in Sarath and Palojori Anchals, District Deoghar, State of Jharkhand. This follows an earlier notice of intention to prospect issued as Notification S.O. 2166(E) dated 11th May 2023 under section 4(1) of the same Act. The plan bearing number ECL/SPM/GM/SUR/I-24/LAND/196 dated 9th November 2023 may be inspected at the offices of the Collector, District Deoghar; the Coal Controller, Coal Controller's Organisation, Ministry of Coal, Scope Minar, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi; or the Director Technical (Project and Planning), Eastern Coalfields Limited, Sanctoria. The notification cites section 8 of the Act, which permits interested persons to object to the acquisition within thirty days and be heard by the competent authority. The Coal Controller was appointed as the competent authority under section 3 of the Act vide Notification S.O. 2520 dated 27th May 1983.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02022024-251727 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 391] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024/MAGHA 12, 1945 MINISTRY OF COAL NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st February, 2024 S.O. 415(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Coal number S.O. 2166 (E), dated the 11th May, 2023 issued under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), and published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii), dated the 11th May, 2023, the Central Government gave notice of its intension to prospect for coal in 146.18 hectares (approximately) or 361.0646 acres (approximately) of the lands in the locality specified in the Schedule annexed to that notification; And whereas, the Central Government is satisfied that coal is obtainable in a part of the said lands prescribed in the Schedule appended to this notification; Now, therefore, in the exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 7 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby gives notice of its intention to acquire the lands measuring 146.62 hectares (approximately) or 362.1514 acres (approximately) and all rights in or over the said lands described in the Schedule appended hereto. Note 1: The plan bearing number_ECL/SPM/GM/SUR/I-24/LAND/196, dated 9th November, 2023 of the area covered by this notification may be inspected in the office of the Collector, District Deoghar (Jharkhand) or in the office of the Coal Controller, Coal Controller's Organisation, Ministry of Coal, Scope Minar, 5th Floor, Core-II, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110 092 or in the office the Director Technical (Project and Planning ), Eastern Coalfields Limited, Sanctoria, P.O. Dishergarh, District- Pashchim Burdwan- 713 333, West Bengal. Note 2. Attention is hereby invited to the provisions of section 8 of the said Act which provides as follows :- "8. Objection to acquisition.- (1) Any person interested in any land in respect of which a notification under section 7 has been issued may, within thirty days of the issue of the notification, object to the acquisition of the whole or any part of the land or any rights in or over such land. Explanation.- It shall not be an objection within the meaning of this section for any person to say that he himself desires to undertake mining operations in the land for the production of coal and that such operations should not be undertaken by the Central Government or any other person. (2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the competent authority in writing, and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person or by a legal practitioner and shall, after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, either make a report in respect of the land which has been notified under sub-section (1) of section 7 or of rights in or over such land, or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land or of rights in or over such land, to the Central Government, containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that Government. (3) For purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be interested in the land who would be entitled to claim an interest in compensation if the land or any rights in or over such land were acquired under this Act." Note 3 : The Coal Controller, Coal Controller's Organisation, Core-II, 5th Floor, Scope Minar, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi- 110 092 has been appointed by the Central Government as the competent authority under section 3 of the said Act vide notification number S.O. 2520, dated the 27th May, 1983 published the Gazette of India, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii), dated the 11th June, 1983. SCHEDULE Chitra East Opencast Project Saharjori Coalfields under S P Mines Area, ECL District- Deoghar, State- Jharkhand [Plan bearing number ECL/SPM/GM/SUR/I-24/LAND/196, dated the 9th November, 2023] All Rights: +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | Sl. | Name of Village | Patwari Circle number/ | Tahsil/Anchal | District | Area in hectares | Remarks | | No. | | Thana number | | | (approximately) | | +=====+=================+========================+===============+==========+==================+=========+ | 1 | Murgabani | 09/0592 | Palojori | Deoghar | 1.09 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 2 | Kathara | 09/0570 | Sarath | Deoghar | 3.13 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 3 | Palma | 09/0571 | Sarath | Deoghar | 67.31 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 4 | Chitra | 09/0598 | Sarath | Deoghar | 5.34 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 5 | Tarabad | 08/0591 | Palojori | Deoghar | 38.98 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 6 | Jamua | 08/0602 | Palojori | Deoghar | 18.14 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 7 | Tulsidabor | 09/0596 | Sarath | Deoghar | 5.04 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 8 | Damgarha | 09/0521 | Sarath | Deoghar | 0.26 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 9 | Bhawanipur | 09/0597 | Sarath | Deoghar | 2.32 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 10 | Churikanali | 08/0595 | Palojori | Deoghar | 4.95 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ | 11 | Khoon | 08/0593 | Palojori | Deoghar | 0.06 | Part | +-----+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+----------+------------------+---------+ Total area: 146.62 hectares Total: 146.62 hectares (approximately) or 361.1514 acres (approximately) 1. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Murgabani, J. L. No. 592, Anchal- Palojori: Plot number: 1. 2. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Kathara, J. L. No. 570, Anchal- Sarath: Plot numbers: 549, 550, 551, 552, 553 and 557. 3. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Palma, J. L. No. 571, Anchal- Sarath: Plot numbers: 1, 2, 3, 11, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 770, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 44/2356, 44/2357, 159/2396, 127/2355 and 159/2397. 4. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Chitra J. L. No. 598, Anchal- Sarath : Plot numbers: 384, 385, 386, 396, 771 and 784. 5. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Tarabad J. L. No. 591, Anchal- Palojori : Plot numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 778, 779, 780, 781, 1047, 1048, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1228, 1229, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1365, 1366, 359/1879, 1176, 1177, 1367 and 1368. 6. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Jamua J. L. No. 602, Anchal- Palojori : Plot numbers: 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 717, 718, 719, 721, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 920, 921, 922, 923, 926 and 836/959. 7. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Tulsidabor J. L. No. 596, Anchal- Sarath : Plot numbers: 41, 215, 264, 286/949, 436/956, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533 and 534. 8. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Damgarha J. L. No. 521, Anchal- Sarath : Plot numbers: 284, 285, 286, 287 and 288. 9. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Bhawanipur J. L. No. 597, Anchal- Sarath : Plot numbers: 155. 10. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Churikanali J. L. No. 521, Anchal- Palojori : Plot numbers: 5, 9, 14, 20, 73, 69/97 and 82. 11. Plot numbers to be acquired in Mouza- Khoon J. L. No. 593, Anchal- Palojori : Plot number: 253/761. Boundary Description: The boundary of the block passes through the above said 11 mouzas of Sarath and Palojori Anchal of Deoghar District. Block-'A' - A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6-A7-A8-A9-A10-A11-A12-A1: (i) Line starts at point Al in Kathara mauza, traverses to point A2 in Palma mauza. (ii) Line starts from point A2, traverses through point A3, A4, A5 in Palma mouza to point A6 in Murgabani Mouza. (iii) Line starts from point A6, Line traverses through point A7 in Murgabani mouza to point A8 in Palma Mouza. (iv) Line starts from point A8, traverses through A9, A10, A11 in Palma mouza to point A12 in Kathara Mouza. (v) Line starts from point A12, traverses to point Al in Kathara Mouza. Block-'B' - B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-B6-B7-B8-B9-B10-B11-B12-B1: Line starts at point B1 in Khoon Mouza, traverses through point B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11 in the same mouza to point B1. Block-'C' - C1-C2-C3-C4-C5-C1: Line starts at point C1 in Damgarha Mouza, traverses through point C2, C3, C4, C5 in the same mouza to point C1. Block-'D' - D1-D2-D3-D4-D5-D6-D7-D8-D9-D10-D11-D12-D13-D14-D15-D16-D17-D1: Line starts at point D1 in Chitra Mouza, traverses through point D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12, D13, D14, D15, D16, D17 in the same mouza to point D1. Block-'E' - E1-E2-E3-E4-E5-E6-E7-E8-E9-E10-E11-E12-E13-E14-E1: Line starts at point El in Bhawanipur Mouza, traverses through point E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9, E10, E11, E12, E13, E14 in the same mouza to point E1. Block-'F' - F1-F2-F3-F4-F5-F6-F7-F8-F9-F10-F11-F12-F13-F1: Line starts at point F1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, F13 in the same mouza to point F1. Block-'G' - G1-G2-G3-G4-G5-G6-G7-G8-G9-G10-G11-G12-G13-G14-G15-G16-G17-G18-G1: Line starts at point G1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7, G8, G9, G10, G11, G12, G13, G14, G15, G16, G17, G18 in the same mouza to point G1. Block-'H' - H1-H2-H3-H4-H1: Line starts at point H1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point H2, H3, H4 in the same mouza to point H1. Block-'I' - I1-I2-I3-I4-I5-I6-I1: Line starts at point I1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point I2, I3, I4, I5, I6 in the same mouza to point I1. Block-'J' - J1-J2-J3-J4-J5-J6-J7-J8-J9-J10-J1: Line starts at point J1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7, J8, J9, J10 in the same mouza to point J1. Block-'K' - K1-K2-K3-K4-K5-K6-K7-K8-K9-K10-K1: Line starts at point K1 in Chitra Mouza, traverses through point K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K8, K9, K10 in the same mouza to point K1. Block-'L' - L1-L2-L3-L4-L5-L1: Line starts at point L1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point L2, L3, L4, L5 in the same mouza to point L1. Block-'M' - M1-M2-M3-M4-M1: Line starts at point M1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point M2, M3, M4 in the same mouza to point M1. Block-'N' - N1-N2-N3-N4-N5-N1: Line starts at point N1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point N2, N3, N4, N5 in the same mouza to point N1. Block-'O' - O1-O2-O3-O4-O5-O6-O7-O8-O9-O10-O11-O12-O13-O14-O15-O16-O17-O18-O19-O20-O21-O22-O23-O24-O25-O26-O1: (i) Line starts at point O1 in Jamua Mouza, traverses through point O2, O3, O4, O5, O6, O7, O8, O9, O10, O11 in the same mouza to point O12 in Tarabad Mouza. (ii) And traverses through point O13, O14, O15, O16, O17, O18, O19, O20 in the same mouza to point O21 in Jamua Mouza. (iii) And traverses through point O22, O23, O24, O25, O26 in the same mouza to point O1 in Jamua Mouza. (iv) Block-'P' - P1-P2-P3-P4-P1: Line starts at P1 in Churikanali Mouza, traverses through point P2, P3, P4 to point P1 in Churikanali Mouza. Block-'Q' - Q1-Q2-Q3-Q4-Q1: Line starts at Q1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point Q2, Q3, Q4 to point Q1 in Tulsidabor Mouza. Block-'R' - R1-R2-R3-R4-R5-R6-R1: Line starts at R1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 to point R1 in Tulsidabor Mouza. Block-'S' - S1-S2-S3-S4-S1: Line starts at S1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point S2, S3, S4 to point S1 in Tulsidabor Mouza. Block-'T' - T1-T2-T3-T4-T1: Line starts at T1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point T2, T3, T4 to point T1 in Tulsidabor Mouza. Block-'U' - U1-U2-U3-U4-U1: Line starts at U1 in Tulsidabor Mouza, traverses through point U2, U3, U4 to point U1 in Tulsidabor Mouza. [F. No. 43015/02/2023-LAIR] BHABANI PRASAD PATI, Jt. Secy. 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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