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The Central Government declares the acquisition and absolute vesting of private agriculture land in Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, for the expansion of National Highway No. 56 (New NH-31) and the Varanasi Airport runway.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued Notification S.O. 67(E) on January 5, 2026, declaring the acquisition and absolute vesting of private agriculture land in Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh. This land is designated for the building, maintenance, management, and operation of National Highway No. 56 (New NH-31) on the stretch from Km. 268.400 to Km. 271.150, including the proposed expansion of the Varanasi Airport runway and the construction of an underpass. This declaration is made under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 3D of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956). It follows the Central Government's initial intention to acquire, which was notified through S.O. 4133 (E) dated September 11, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary. The substance of the prior notification was publicly advertised in “Dainik Jagaran” and “The Times of India” on September 28, 2025, as per sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act. No objections were received by the competent authority, which subsequently submitted its report to the Central Government. The Schedule annexed to the notification details the acquisition of a total of 1.2434 hectares of private agriculture land across villages Pura Raghunathpur, Basani, and Siswa (Kolsala) in Taluk Pindra, Varanasi District, specifying individual land owners.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-06012026-269134 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 57] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026/PAUSHA 15, 1947 71 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th January, 2026 S.O. 67(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, number S.O. 4133 (E), dated the 11th September, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-section (ii) and issued under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire the land specified in the Schedule annexed to the said notification for building (widening/four-laning, etc), maintenance, management and operation of National Highway No. 56 (New NH-31) on the stretch of land from Km. 268+400 to Km. 271+150 for proposed of runway of Varanasi Airport in the District Varanasi in the State of Uttar Pradesh; And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in “Dainik Jagaran” and “The Times of India", both dated the 28th September 2025; under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act; And whereas objections have been not received the competent authority; And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority has submitted its report to the Central Government; Now, therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the competent authority and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the land specified in the said Schedule should be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; And further, in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3D of the said Act, the central Government hereby declares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the said Schedule shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. SCHEDULE Brief Description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, falling within the stretch of land for Construction of Underpass on NH-56 (New NH-31) from Km. 268.400 to Km. 271.150 for proposed expansion of runway of Varanasi Airport. in the State of Uttar Pradesh. +-------------------+-----------------------------------+ | State: UTTAR PRADESH | District: VARANASI | +===================+===================================+ | Sl. No. | Survey/Plot | Type of Land | Nature of | Area | Name of Land Owner/Interested Person | | | Number | | Land | (in | | | | | | | Hectares) | | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Taluk: Pindra | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Village: Pura Raghunathpur | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | 334 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0028 | Shri Ramdhan S/o Vikrama, Premnath S/o | | | | | | | Raja Ram, Jawahar Lal S/o Jagmohan, Gulab | | | | | | | Chandra and Nilesh Kumar S/o Ramrup, | | | | | | | Ramkishun, Balkishun, and Kaladhar S/o | | | | | | | Rambharos, Suryabali S/o Ramnath, Surendra | | | | | | | Prasad, Narendra Kumar, Mahendra Kumar, | | | | | | | and Yogendra Kumar S/o Jagannarayan, | | | | | | | Lalbahadur and Shyambahadur S/o Rajendra | | | | | | | Prasad, Vijay Bahadur and Kamlesh Kumar | | | | | | | S/o Rajendra Prasad, Smt. Amarawati Devi | | | | | | | W/o Rajendra Prasad, Rajnarayan S/o | | | | | | | Ramganesh, Banwari S/o Narottam, Ramraj | | | | | | | S/o Dhanyee, Shri Ramesh S/o Gopi, | | | | | | | Rupnarayan and Muniraj S/o Birbal, | | | | | | | Dayashankar and Hariram S/o Lalchand, Smt. | | | | | | | Chandrawati W/o Lalchand, Shri Mangla | | | | | | | Prasad and Bachelal S/o Baldev, Shriram S/o | | | | | | | Vinayak, Prabhunarayan S/o Shyamnarayan, | | | | | | | Shri Narayan and Shyambihari S/o Munnilal, | | | | | | | Jeera D/o Prasad, Rajbali and Rajnet S/o | | | | | | | Vishwanath, Tufani and Seva S/o Bachai, | | | | | | | Manilal S/o Ramraj, Lalman S/o Ramnaresh, | | | | | | | Dayashankar and Hariram S/o Late Lalchand, | | | | | | | Chandrabhan and Udaynarayan S/o Late | | | | | | | Bhola, Girija alias Amarawati W/o Late | | | | | | | Bhola, Shailesh Kumar S/o Late Balkishun, | | | | | | | Ramashankar S/o Ramkishun, Smt. Champa | | | | | | | Devi W/o Ramkishun, Rajnarayan Verma, | | | | | | | Nandlal Ram, Banarasi Ram, and | | | | | | | Satyanarayan S/o Ramdhan, Santosh Kumar | | | | | | | Patel, Kamlesh Patel, and Bablu S/o Shri | | | | | | | Ram, Smt. Dharma Devi W/o Shri Ram, Ajit | | | | | | | S/o Suryabali, Smt. Sushila Singh W/o Late | | | | | | | Jawahar alias Jawahir, Shyamlal, Bhairam, | | | | | | | and Siya Ram S/o Late Banwari, Smt. | | | | | | | Rajpatti Devi W/o Late Banwari, Smt. | | | | | | | Durgawati Devi W/o Shri Arvind Kumar | | | | | | | Verma, Shri Chandrashekhar Patel, Jitendra | | | | | | | Patel, Suresh Chandra Patel, Virendra Kumar, | | | | | | | Ravindra Kumar, and Brijlal S/o Late | | | | | | | Mangla, Ramsevak S/o Bachai, Durganarayan | | | | | | | S/o Late Manilal, Smt. Vimala Devi W/o | | | | | | | Manilal, Pravesh Kumar Patel and Sarvesh | | | | | | | Patel S/o Satyanarayan, Smt. Kamalawati | | | | | | | Devi W/o Satyanarayan, Ayush Patel S/o | | | | | | | Ravindra Kumar Patel, Smt. Suman Devi W/o | | | | | | | Ravindra Kumar, Chandrabhan and | | | | | | | Udaybhan S/o Bhola, Shri Arvind Kumar | | | | | | | Verma S/o Ramashankar Verma, Smt. | | | | | | | Durgawati Devi W/o Arvind Kumar Verma, | | | | | | | Smt. Kalawati Devi W/o Udayraj, Surendra | | | | | | | Kumar, Amod Kumar, and Pramod Kumar | | | | | | | S/o Udayraj, Smt. Kalawati Devi W/o | | | | | | | Mahendra Kumar, Ram Pravesh Patel and | | | | | | | Shyamjeet Patel S/o Mahendra Kumar, Smt. | | | | | | | Daulati Devi W/o Prabhunarayan, Shivkumar, | | | | | | | Ajay Kumar, Shashikant, Ravishankar, and | | | | | | | Kamlesh Kumar S/o Rajnarayan, and Smt. | | | | | | | Meena Patel W/o Ramesh Kumar Verma | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 2 | 336 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0352 | Sri Ajit S/o Suryabali | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 3 | 336/1741 | Private | Agriculture | 0.006 | Sri Shyam Lal S/o Banwari & Smt Lakshmina | | | | | | | W/o Raghunandan | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 4 | 387 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0468 | Shri Sakal Narayan and Shri Shyamnarayan | | | | | | | S/o Shivnayan, Ajay Kumar Dubey, Vinod | | | | | | | Kumar Dubey, and Omprakash Dubey S/o | | | | | | | Sakalnarayan | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 5 | 858 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0072 | Shri Magru and Shri Ramchander S/o Jangi, | | | | | | | Chhotelal S/o Parshottam, Shri Ajit Kumar | | | | | | | S/o Bakhedu, Smt. Amarawati Devi W/o | | | | | | | Bakhedu, Smt. Sarita Gupta W/o Shri Anil | | | | | | | Kumar Gupta, Smt. Mridulata Tripathi W/o | | | | | | | Umakant Tripathi, Vikas Kumar Patel S/o | | | | | | | Late Mannu, and Smt. Sushila Devi W/o | | | | | | | Shobhnath Patel | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 6 | 894 | Private | Agriculture | 0.001 | Shri Kanhaiya Lal S/o Ramrup, Shri | | | | | | | Shyambihari, Rajbihari, Rajnarayan, and | | | | | | | Vinod Kumar S/o Ramcharittar | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 7 | 912 | Private | Agriculture | 0.1434 | Smt. Shanti Devi W/o Vanshraj | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 8 | 924 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0022 | Shri Santosh Kumar S/o Buddhu, | | | | | | | Kailashnath, Jhullan Ram Patel, and Bhulai | | | | | | | Patel S/o Lutawan alias Juthawan, Smt. | | | | | | | Sunita Devi W/o Ashok Kumar, Satyam | | | | | | | Kumar (Age 8 years), Shivam Kumar (Age 10 | | | | | | | years), Akash Kumar (Age 12 years), and | | | | | | | Suraj Kumar Patel (Age 15 years) S/o Ashok | | | | | | | Kumar, Mother - Smt. Sunita Devi | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 9 | 926 | Private | Agriculture | 0.012 | Shri Kailash Patel, Shri Jhullan Ram Patel, | | | | | | | and Shri Bhulai Patel S/o Late Lutawan alias | | | | | | | Juthawan | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Village: Basani | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 | 398 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0672 | Shri Aditya, Shri Udit, Shri Heera, Shri Moti | | | | | | | S/o Neur, Mangal Prasad adopted son of | | | | | | | Gangaprasad, Narendra Narayan S/o | | | | | | | Gangaprasad, Narendra Narayan S/o | | | | | | | Ramsundar, Sarju S/o Vishwanath, | | | | | | | Phoolchand, Shivchand, Ramchand, | | | | | | | Ramchand, Sanei S/o Shobhnath, Smt. | | | | | | | Sirataji Devi W/o Shobhnath, Vijay Shankar | | | | | | | S/o Gareeb, Beila W/o Gareeb, Pramod | | | | | | | Kumar, Shri Rohit Kumar S/o Harishchandra, | | | | | | | and Smt. Baijanti Devi W/o Harishchandra, | | | | | | | R/o Local. Smt. Chandan Devi W/o Suresh | | | | | | | Narayan Singh, Kunwar Gaurav, Saurabh | | | | | | | Kunwar, Nirvikar S/o Mangla Prasad alias | | | | | | | Ravindra Narayan, and Smt. Malti Devi W/o | | | | | | | Mangla Prasad alias Ravindra Narayan. Smt. | | | | | | | Rajdeyi Devi W/o Sarju, Smt. Amarawati | | | | | | | Devi W/o Phoolchand, Smt. Nirmala | | | | | | | Vishwakarma W/o Shivchandra | | | | | | | Vishwakarma alias Shivchandra | | | | | | | Vishwakama, and Manoj Kumar | | | | | | | Vishwakarma, Sanjay Vishwakarma, Pradeep | | | | | | | Vishwakarma S/o Shivchandra Vishwakarma | | | | | | | alias Shivchandra Vishwakarma | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 11 | 453 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0878 | Shri Ramchandra Pathak S/o Ramsurat, Shri | | | | | | | Rajesh S/o Rammilan, Shri Brijnath Pathak | | | | | | | S/o Deepnarayan Pathak, Smt. Malti Devi | | | | | | | W/o Deepnarayan, Shri Daya Shankar S/o | | | | | | | Bhullan, Jitendra Kumar Pathak S/o | | | | | | | Jaymangal Pathak, Tej Bahadur S/o Ramjag, | | | | | | | Devendra Kumar Pathak, Parmendra Kumar | | | | | | | Pathak S/o Jaymangal Pathak, Raj Bahadur, | | | | | | | Ramkrishna S/o Ramjag, Smt. Lalmni Devi | | | | | | | W/o Jaymangal Pathak, Shri Vijay Bahadur | | | | | | | S/o Ramjag, Radha Devi W/o Rajesh, Smt. | | | | | | | Kamla Devi W/o Chandrika Prasad Pathak, | | | | | | | Smt. Beena Pathak W/o Tej Bahadur | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 12 | 542 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0181 | Shri Rajendra Dubey, Shri Ravindra Kumar | | | | | | | Dubey, Shri Ashok Kumar Dubey, and Shri | | | | | | | Pramod Kumar Dubey S/o Late Jokhan | | | | | | | Dubey | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 13 | 543 | Private | Agriculture | 0.2451 | Shri Shyam Narayan S/o Shivanayak, Shri | | | | | | | Om Prakash Dubey, Shri Vinod Kumar | | | | | | | Dubey, and Shri Ajay Kumar Dubey S/o | | | | | | | Sakal Narayan, Smt. Archana Dubey W/o | | | | | | | Sandeep Kumar Dubey | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 14 | 545 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0388 | Shri Shankar Sharan, Shri Shambhu Sharan | | | | | | | S/o Late Lalmurat, Smt. Pratima Pathak W/o | | | | | | | Shambhu Sharan Pathak | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 15 | 549 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0139 | Shri Shyam Narayan S/o Shivnayan, Shri Om | | | | | | | Prakash Dubey, Vinod Kumar Dubey, Ajay | | | | | | | Kumar Dubey S/o Sakal Narayan, Smt. | | | | | | | Archana Dubey W/o Sandeep Kumar Dubey, | | | | | | | Sankatha, Shri Ram Adhar S/o Ramnayan, | | | | | | | Jokhan, Satya Narayan S/o Ramharakh, Shri | | | | | | | Lalmurat, Shri Naval Kishore S/o | | | | | | | Ramharakh, Shivmurat S/o Rammanohar, | | | | | | | Parasnath, Kailashnath, Shri Jawaharlal S/o | | | | | | | Vishwanath, Avadh Narayan, Ramkishor S/o | | | | | | | Ramswaroop, Shri Laxmi Narayan S/o Girish, | | | | | | | Shyamji, Ramji S/o Sankatha, Jawahar S/o | | | | | | | Vishwanath, Sunil Kumar, Rakesh, Abhay | | | | | | | S/o Nandlal, Marjadi Devi W/o Nandlal, | | | | | | | Chetan Narayan, Daya Shankar S/o Bhullan, | | | | | | | Champa W/o Ramasare, Rampyare, | | | | | | | Ramchandra S/o Ramsurat, Smt. Ramarajji | | | | | | | W/o Ramsurat, Ramkrishna, Jangli, Vijay | | | | | | | Shankar, Tej Bahadur S/o Ramjag, Shri | | | | | | | Harimohan, Ram Mohan, Shri Jagdish S/o | | | | | | | Ramdular, R/o Local & Jawahir, Dhanshyam | | | | | | | S/o Devmurat, Late Amaravati Devi W/o Late | | | | | | | Devmurat, Sanjay Kumar, Anil Kumar S/o | | | | | | | Late Pannalal, Jirawati Devi W/o Late | | | | | | | Pannalal, Hiralal, Motilal, Umash Chandra | | | | | | | S/o Rammurat, Anjani Kumar, Sarvesh | | | | | | | Kumar S/o Chandrika, Smt. Kamla Devi W/o | | | | | | | Chandrika, Brijesh Pathak S/o Mangla | | | | | | | Prasad, Smt. Keshra Devi W/o Mangla | | | | | | | Prasad, Ramchandra S/o Rammurat, Shankar | | | | | | | Sharan, Shambhu Sharan S/o Lalmurat, Smt. | | | | | | | Kalawati Devi W/o Late Lalmurat, Sanjay | | | | | | | Kumar, Anil Kumar S/o Late Pannalal, Laxmi | | | | | | | Narayan S/o Girish Chandra, Ajit Dubey, | | | | | | | Pawan Dubey S/o Mahendra Kumar, Smt. | | | | | | | Asha Devi W/o Mahendra Kumar, Smt. | | | | | | | Lalmni Devi W/o Jaymangal Pathak, | | | | | | | Parmendra Pathak, Jitendra Pathak, Devendra | | | | | | | Kumar Pathak S/o Jaymangal Pathak, Rajesh | | | | | | | Kumar Pathak S/o Rammilan, Smt. Malti | | | | | | | Devi W/o Deepnarayan Pathak, Vrijnath | | | | | | | Pathak S/o Deepnarayan Pathak, Smt. Pratima | | | | | | | Pathak W/o Shambhu Sharan Pathak, Sunil | | | | | | | Kumar Dubey, Rakesh Kumar Dubey, Abhay | | | | | | | Kumar Dubey S/o Nandlal Dubey, | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 16 | 555 | Private | Agriculture | 0.019 | Shri Sanjay Kumar, Shri Anil Kumar S/o Late | | | | | | | Pannalal, Parasnath, Kailashnath, Jawaharlal | | | | | | | S/o Vishwanath, Sunil Kumar, Rakesh | | | | | | | Kumar, Abhay Kumar S/o Nandlal, Smt. | | | | | | | Asha Dubey W/o Mahendra Kumar, Pawan | | | | | | | Dubey and Ajit Dubey S/o Mahendra Kumar, | | | | | | | Anil Kumar, Sanjay Kumar S/o Late Pannalal | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 17 | 556 | Private | Agriculture | 0.041 | Sri Ramapati S/o Ramchandar, Sri Ramesh | | | | | | | Kumar Dubey S/o Vanshnarayan | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Village: Siswa (Kolsala) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18 | 118 | Private | Agriculture | 0.4441 | Shri Badri, Shri Lalata S/o Shri Chandika, | | | | | | | Smt Kamla Devi W/o Badri Prasad, Shri | | | | | | | Birendra Kumar, Sitosh Kumar S/o Ramraj, | | | | | | | R/s Lokal, Shri Surendra Vikram, Shri | | | | | | | Virendra Vikram S/o Madan Gopal Singh, | | | | | | | Smt Rukmani Devi W/o Madan Gopal Singh, | | | | | | | R/o Narni, Post Sarai Bharti, Pargana Rasra, | | | | | | | District Ballia. Shri Raghvendra Kumar | | | | | | | Upadhyay S/o Virendra Kumar Upadhyay, | | | | | | | R/o Local. Shri Ramlakhan Lal, Shri | | | | | | | Kanhaiya Lal Gond S/o Late Chandrika Ram | | | | | | | Gond, Smt Asha Devi W/o Rameshchand | | | | | | | Ojha, Shri Manish Kumar Ojha, Mithilesh | | | | | | | Kumar Ojha S/o Rameshchand Ojha, R/o | | | | | | | Village Gadesar, Post Katariya, Tehsil | | | | | | | Muhammadabad, District Ghazipur. Smt | | | | | | | Shail Kumari W/o Ashok Kumar Upadhyay, | | | | | | | Smt Asha Devi W/o Rajeev Kumar | | | | | | | Upadhyay, Shrimati Sheela W/o Manoj | | | | | | | Kumar Upadhyay, Ajit Kumar, Amit Kumar | | | | | | | S/o Vijay Prakash, Smt Sushma Devi W/o | | | | | | | Vijay Prakash, R/o Local. Smt Nilam Pandey | | | | | | | W/o Pankaj Kumar Pandey, R/o Village | | | | | | | Mahgaon Pura, Tehsil Pindra, District | | | | | | | Varanasi. Smt Kamla Devi W/o Late Badri | | | | | | | Upadhyay, Ashok Kumar Upadhyay, Rajeev | | | | | | | Kumar Upadhyay, Manoj Kumar Upadhyay | | | | | | | S/o Shri Badri Upadhyay R/o Local. Shri | | | | | | | Avneesh, Udayshankar S/o Subedar, and Shri | | | | | | | Mithilesh Prasad Mishra S/o Chhote Lal. | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 19 | 119 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0118 | Sri Mithilesh Prasad Mishra S/o Chotelal | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Total | | | | 1.2434 | | +---------+-------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+ [F. No. NHAI/13011/01/2011/NH-56,LA-Notif/BOT-PIU-Varanasi/3D] SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director

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