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The Central Government declares the acquisition of land in Thane district, Maharashtra, for the "Western Dedicated Freight Corridor" Special Railway Project, vesting it absolutely in the Central Government.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) issued Notification S.O. 1252(E) on March 10, 2026, declaring the acquisition of land in the Thane district of Maharashtra for the "Western Dedicated Freight Corridor" Special Railway Project. This declaration is made by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). This current notification follows a previous declaration of intention to acquire land, vide Notification S.O. 1119(E), dated March 7, 2025, published in the Gazette of India on March 11, 2025, under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the same Act. The substance of the intention to acquire land was published in daily newspapers, "The Times of India" and "Punya Nagari", on April 2, 2025, as per sub-section (4) of section 20A of the Act. No objections were received from the public within the specified period. Upon receipt of the competent authority's report, the Central Government now declares that the land specified in the annexed Schedule, which includes various survey numbers and land types (such as Agriculture, Nalla Barren, Grass Barren, Railway Barren) in villages like Malodi of Bhiwandi Taluka, will vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances upon publication of this notification, as per sub-section (2) of section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989. Key land owners listed include private individuals, Indian Railway, and High Speed Rail Corporation.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-12032026-270873 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1200] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2026/PHALGUNA 20, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th March, 2026 S.O. 1252(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), vide number S.O. 1119(E), dated the 07th March, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated 11th March, 2025, (hereinafter referred to as the said notification) and issued under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (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 the purpose of execution of Special Railway Project, namely, "Western Dedicated Freight Corridor" in the district of Thane in the State of Maharashtra; And whereas the substance of the said notification was published in daily newspapers, namely, “The Times of India” and “Punya Nagari", dated the 02nd April,2025, under sub-section (4) of section 20A of the said Act; And whereas no objections were received from the public in respect of the said notification within the specified period; And whereas in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the competent authority has submitted its report to the Central Government. Now, therefore, upon receipt of the report of the competent authority, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government, hereby declares that the land specified in the Schedule annexed hereto shall be acquired for the aforesaid purpose, and in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 20(E) of the said Act, the Central Government further declares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the 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 for the Special Railway Project, namely, "Western Dedicated Freight Corridor", in the district of Thane in the State of Maharashtra. Name of district: Thane +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Sr. | Name of | Name of | Old Survey | New Survey | Type of Land | Nature | Name of Land Owners | | No | Taluka | Village | No./ | No./ Hissa No. | | of Land | | | | | | Hissa No. | | | | | +=====+===========+==========+=============+================+================+=========+=================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (9) | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | Bhiwandi | Malodi | 314/2 | 41/2 | Agriculture | Private | Haribhau Parshram Patil | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 2 | | | 314/4 | 41/4 | Agriculture | Private | Aruna Dilip Shah, Dilip Velji Shah | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 3 | | | 413/6 | 39/6 | Nalla Barren | Private | Haribhau Parshram Patil, Surekha Kashinath | | | | | | | | | Patil, Umesh Kashinath Patil, Harshala | | | | | | | | | Prabhakar Dutkar, Rakhi Harishchandra Joshi | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 4 | | | 413/5 | 39/5 | Grass Barren | Private | Vivek Shambhunath Tiwari, Dinesh Chedilal | | | | | | | | | Gupta, Malti Dattatray Madhvi, Sudhir | | | | | | | | | Dattatray Madhvi, Sumati Yashwant Kathe, | | | | | | | | | Nandini Vasudev Kadu, Devyani Gajanan | | | | | | | | | Bhoir, Lata Dattatray Madhvi | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 5 | | | 413/4 | 39/4 | Agriculture | Private | Parshram Chintaman Madhvi, Gokuldas | | | | | | | | | Chintaman Madhvi, Balram Chintaman | | | | | | | | | Madhvi, Radha Krushna Joshi, Nanda | | | | | | | | | Pandharinath Kathe, Usha Santaji | | | |----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | Madhvi, Poonam Santaji Madhvi, Sunny | | | | | | | | | Santaji Madhvi, Gauri Santaji Madhvi, | | | | | | | | | bebibai Anturam Madhvi, Premnath | | | | | | | | | Anturam Madhvi, Nilesh Anturam Madhvi, | | | | | | | | | Pramila Gajanan Patil, Asha Veerkumar | | | | | | | | | Madhvi, Vrushali Vishwas Shinge, Roshni | | | | | | | | | Devendra Kharik, Janhavi Akshay Joshi, | | | | | | | | | Himanshu Veerkumar Madhvi | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 6 | | | 398 | 116 | Grass Barren | Private | Johara Bibi Siddiq, Mustafa Haji Gulamnabi, | | | | | | | | | Aslam Murtuza Fakki, Asad Murtuza | | | | | | | | | Fakki, Birjish Murtuza Fakki, Shahin | | | | | | | | | Nafis Farid, Jamil Khalil Fakki, Kausar | | | | | | | | | Khalil Fakki, Abdul Rehman Fakki, Mahmad | | | | | | | | | Ali Fakki, Fatima Malik Fakki, Israt Malik | | | | | | | | | Fakki, Siddiq Amiruddin Rafika, Malik | | | | | | | | | Tase, Ifthekhar Tarikh Nijamuddin Gorekar, | | | | | | | | | Najir Ahmad Siddiq Ahmad, Abdul Razaq | | | | | | | | | Fakki, Kudsiya Mustaq Ahmad Qureshi, Farhin | | | | | | | | | Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi, Mehraj Mushtaq | | | | | | | | | Ahmad Qureshi, Meena Mushtaq Ahmad | | | | | | | | | Qureshi, Sagar Mushtaq Ahmad Qureshi, | | | | | | | | | Fauzia Adeeb Qureshi, Kamil Adeeb Qureshi, | | | | | | | | | Abu Torab Adeeb Qureshi, Amina Abdul | | | | | | | | | Wahid Kuwari, Asif Nzamuddin Qureshi, | | | | | | | | | Vijay Kashinath Goradkar, Indian Railway, | | | | | | | | | High Speed Rail Corporation | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 7 | | | 403/4 | 38/4 | Railway Barren | Private | Indian Railway | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. 2026/LML-II/12/1/WC/2514] B.K. JAIN, Executive Director (L and A) 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 YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2026.03.12 14:44:01 +05'30'

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