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The Government of India declares the acquisition of Right of User in specified lands for laying a natural gas pipeline and directs its vesting in GAIL (India) Limited, free from all encumbrances.

Detailed Summary

Notification S.O. 5688(E) issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on 5th December, 2025, declares the acquisition of the Right of User in specific lands for the purpose of laying a pipeline for natural gas transportation. This action is taken under sub-section (1) and sub-section (4) of section 6 of the Petroleum & Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of right of users in land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962). The acquired Right of User is for the Mumbai – Nagpur – Jharsuguda pipeline, specifically the Nagpur - Jabalpur section, and will vest in GAIL (India) Limited. This current declaration follows an earlier Notification S.O. No 1530(E) dated 20.03.2025, published on 28.03.2025, which, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Act, declared the Government's intention to acquire the Right of User. Objections received from the public were considered by the Competent Authority, whose report was submitted to and reviewed by the Government of India. Upon satisfaction that the land is required for the pipeline, the Government decided to proceed with the acquisition. The Right of User in the land, located in the State of Maharashtra, Nagpur District, Kalmeshwar Taluka, Gondkhairi Village, Survey No. 564, covering an area of 00 Hectares, 25 Ares, 43 Sq. meters, shall vest in GAIL (India) Limited on the date of publication of this declaration, free from all encumbrances, instead of vesting in the Government of India.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11122025-268411 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 5500] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 18, 1947 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th December, 2025 S.O. 5688(E).—Whereas by Notification of Government of India, in Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas vide S.O. No 1530(E) dated 20.03.2025; issued under sub - section (1) of section 3 of the Petroleum & Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of right of users in land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962), (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), published in the Gazette of India dated 28.03.2025, the Government of India declared its intention to acquire the right of user in the lands specified in the Schedule appended to that notification for the purpose of laying Pipeline for transportation of natural gas through Mumbai – Nagpur – Jharsuguda (Section:- Nagpur - Jabalpur) pipeline in the State of Maharashtra by GAIL (India) Limited; And whereas copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public; And whereas the objections received from the public to the laying of the pipeline have been considered of by the Competent Authority; And whereas the Competent Authority has, under sub-section (1) of section (6) of the said Act, submitted its report to Government of India; And whereas Government of India after considering the said report and on being satisfied that the said land is required for laying the pipeline, has decided to acquire the Right of User therein; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section (6) of the said Act, the Government of India hereby declares that the Right of User in the said lands specified in the Schedule appended to this notification is hereby acquired for laying the pipeline; And, further, in exercise of powers conferred by sub section (4) of the Section (6) of the said Act, Government of India hereby directs the Right of User in the land for laying the pipeline shall, instead of vesting in Government of India, vest, on the this date of the publication of the declaration, in the GAIL (India) Limited, free from all encumbrances. Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda Natural Gas Pipeline Section - Nagpur - Jabalpur SCHEDULE State : Maharashtra +----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------------+ | District | Taluka | Village | Survey No. | Area | | | | | |------------------| | | | | | Hect. | Are | Sq. mtr. | +----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-------+-----+----------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | | Nagpur | Kalmeshwar| Gondkhairi| 564 | 00 | 25 | 43 | +----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-------+-----+----------+ [F. No. L-14014/4/2024-GP-II (E-48898)] RAMJI LAL MEENA, Under 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. GORAKHA NATH Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA YADAVA Date: 2025.12.11 15:51:05 +05'30'

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