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The Ministry of Power, Government of India, confers powers to M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, for laying an overhead transmission line for the evacuation of power from a 100 MW Floating Solar PV Plant at Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

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Notification S.O. 4535(E), issued by the Ministry of Power on 30th September, 2025, grants M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003. This authorization is for the laying of an overhead transmission line as part of a scheme to connect and evacuate power from a 100 MW Floating Solar PV Plant located at Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Prior approval for this overhead line was granted by the Ministry of Power via letter No. 25-17/34/2025-PG dated 11.04.2025, under Section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003. SECI had published notices in The Times of India (English) on 24.04.2025 and the Weekly Gazette of India on 10.05.2025 for public observations, subsequently submitting an affidavit dated 02.09.2025 confirming no observations were received. The conferred powers are equivalent to those a telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, for placing telegraph lines and posts. The specific line covered is the Getalsud Dam Site- 132/33kV IRBA Substation (JUSNL) 132kV Double Circuit Transmission Line, passing through villages like Getalsud, Buki, Banadag, Pailada, and Hesatu in Angara Tehsil/Taluka, Ranchi District, Jharkhand. The approval is valid for 25 years and is subject to several conditions, including obtaining consent from concerned authorities (local bodies, Railways, National Highways, State Highways), adherence to Appropriate Commission regulations/codes under the Electricity Act, 2003, operation after approval from the Electrical Inspector / Chief Electrical Inspector, compliance with the Electricity Act, 2003, submission of clearances (Civil Aviation, Defense) to the Central Electricity Authority, and compliance with Hon'ble Supreme Court orders in petition No.838 of 2019 regarding the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) case if the route falls within a GIB area.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-06102025-266715 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4407] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025/ASVINA 14, 1947 [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF POWER ORDER New Delhi, the 30th September, 2025 S.O. 4535(E).— Whereas M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (A Government of India Enterprise) having its registered address at 6th Floor, Plate-B, NBCC Office Block Tower-2, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi- 110023, India has applied for authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line under the transmission scheme “transmission system for providing connectivity to M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited for Evacuation of Power from 100 MW Floating Solar PV Plant at Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, Jharkhand)". And whereas, Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its letter No. No. 25-17/34/2025-PG dated 11.04.2025 had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the overhead line covered under the transmission scheme “transmission system for providing connectivity to M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited for Evacuation of Power from 100 MW Floating Solar PV Plant at Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, Jharkhand". M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited had published notice for transmission scheme in local newspapers Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi) dated 23.04.2025, The Times of India (in English) dated 24.04.2025, Ranchi Express (in Hindi) dated 24.04.2025 and in Weekly Gazette of India dated 10.05.2025 for the general public to make observations/representations on the proposed transmission route within 2 Months from the date of publication. Subsequently, M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited has submitted an affidavit dated 02.09.2025 declaring that no observation/representation was received within 2 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 electric lines under the transmission scheme “transmission system for providing connectivity to M/s Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited for Evacuation of Power from 100 MW Floating Solar PV Plant at Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, Jharkhand". The following overhead line is covered under this scheme: 1. Getalsud Dam Site- 132/33kV IRBA Substation (JUSNL) 132kV Double Circuit Transmission Line The transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the following villages, towns and cities of Jharkhand: +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+ | Sl. | Name of Villages | Tehsil / Taluka | District | | No | | | | +=====+=======================================================+==================+==========+ | 1. | Getalsud, Buki, Banadag, Pailada (Nagraberadegadegi), | Angara | Ranchi | | | Hesatu | | | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+------------------+----------+ 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 Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited for laying above overhead line, which telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the 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 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 Solar Energy Corporation of India 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. 25-16/59/2025-PG] M.V.N. VARA PRASAD, Under Secy. (PG) 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. SARVESH KUMAR Digitally signed by SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA 22:44:11+0530

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