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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03122025-268208
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5370]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 11, 1947
MINISTRY OF POWER
ORDER
New Delhi, the 1st December, 2025
S.O. 5558(E).— Whereas M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, the applicant with its registered office at
NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex 7, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India, has applied for
authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line included in the
transmission scheme for providing connectivity to M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited for its proposed 350 MW
Wind Project in Kutch, Gujarat.
And whereas, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its
File No. 25-17/14/2024-PG dated 04th March 2024 had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act,
2003 for laying of overhead transmission line included in the transmission scheme for providing connectivity to M/s
NTPC Renewable Energy Limited for its proposed 350 MW Wind Project in Kutch, Gujarat.
M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited had published notice for transmission scheme in local newspapers The
Times Of India (in English) dated 05.12.2024 & Chanchal (in Hindi) dated 04.12.2024 & Gujarat Samachar (In Gujarati)
dated 04.12.2024, and in Weekly Gazette of India dated 18.01.2025 for the general public to make observations/
representations on the proposed transmission route within two months from the date of publication. Subsequently,
M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited has submitted an affidavit dated 12.09.2025 declaring that no observation/
representation was received within two months from the date of Publication in the official Gazette of Government
of India.
And now the applicant has requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity
Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of
telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so established
or maintained for laying of overhead transmission line for M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited. The following
overhead transmission line is covered under this scheme:
• NTPC REL (generation switchyard located in Village Samanda, Taluka Abdasa, District Kutch, Gujarat) –
Bhuj-II PS 220 kV S/c line (on D/c tower)
The overhead transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the
following villages, towns and cities in the state of Gujarat:
+-------+---------------+------------+----------+---------+
| S.No. | Villages | Tehsil | District | State |
+=======+===============+============+==========+=========+
| I | Jadodar, Kotda| Nakhatrana | Kutch | Gujarat |
| II | Samanda | Abadasa | Kutch | Gujarat |
+-------+---------------+------------+----------+---------+
Now, after careful consideration, Ministry of Power, Government of India, under section 164 of the Electricity Act,
2003, confers all the powers to M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited for laying above overhead transmission line,
which telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to placing of telegraph lines and
posts for the purposes of a telegraph established or maintained, by Government or to be established or maintained subject
to following terms and conditions for installing the above mentioned line, namely:
i. The approval is granted for 25 years.
ii. The Applicant shall have to seek the consent of the concerned authorities i.e., local bodies, Railways, National
Highways, State Highways etc. before erection of proposed line.
iii. The Applicant shall have to follow regulations/ codes of the Appropriate Commission regarding transmission,
O&M, open access, etc., framed under the Electricity Act, 2003.
iv. The Applicant shall operate the line after approval of Electrical Inspector / Chief Electrical Inspector of Central
Government.
v. The approval is subject to compliance of the requirement of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 and the
rules made there under by the applicant.
vi. M/s NTPC Renewable Energy Limited shall have to submit the requisite clearances to Central Electricity
Authority after obtaining the same from concerned authorities like Civil Aviation, Defense etc., at the time of
Electrical Inspection.
vii. In case, the route of above overhead lines (or some portion of the route of above overhead line) falls in the
Great Indian Bustard (GIB) area, the applicant has to comply with the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in
the petition No.838 of 2019 regarding Great Indian Bustard (GIB) case, and the directions of the
technical/expert committee constituted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in this regard.
[F. No. 25-16/68/2025-PG]
M.V.N. VARA PRASAD, Under Secy. (PG)