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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the building, maintenance, management, and operation of NH 144A in the district of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through Notification S.O. 753(E) dated 12th February, 2026, issued under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), declared its intention to acquire land for public purpose. This land is required for the building (including widening, two-lane with paved shoulder, or four-laning), maintenance, management, and operation of NH 144A, specifically in the stretch from Km. 0.8 to Km. 26.35 (DC office Jammu Wazarat Road Jammu-180001) within the Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir state. Interested persons have twenty-one days from the notification's publication date to object to the acquisition, as per sub-section (1) of section 3C of the said Act. Objections must be made in writing to the Competent Authority, identified as the Deputy Commissioner Jammu, who will provide an opportunity for hearing and make a final order under sub-section (2) of section 3C. Land plans and other acquisition details are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office. An example from the Schedule details land in Village Gurah Brahamana, Taluk Jammu North, Survey/Plot Number 261/36 min, categorized as Private Agriculture land, with an area of 0.0354101 Hectares. The notification is signed by SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director, and references File No. NHIDCL/PMU-AKH/JAMMU-AKHNOOR/LA/2021-22/3A.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14022026-270135 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 715] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2026/MAGHA 23, 1947 1068 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th February, 2026 S.O. 753(E).β€”In exercise of powers conferred by 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, after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land, the brief description of which is given in the Schedule below, is required for building (widening/two lane with paved shoulder/four laning etc.,), maintenance, management and operation of NH 144A in the stretch of land from Km. 0.8 to Km. 26.35 (DC office Jammu Wazarat Road Jammu-180001) in the district of JAMMU in the state of JAMMU & KASHMIR, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Any person interested in the said land may, within twenty-one days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, object to the use of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub-section(1) of section 3C of the said Act. Every such objection shall be made to the Competent Authority, namely, Deputy Commssioner Jammu in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof and the Competent Authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard, either in person or by a legal practitioner, and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry, if any, as the Competent Authority thinks necessary, by order, either allow or disallow the objections. Any order made by the Competent Authority under sub-section (2) of section 3C of the said Act shall be final. The land plans and other details of the land to be acquired under their notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the Competent Authority. SCHEDULE Brief Description of the land to be acquired with or without structures falling NH 144A in the stretch of land from Km. 0.8 to Km. 26.35 in the district of JAMMU in the state of JAMMU & KASHMIR State: JAMMU & KASHMIR District: JAMMU +---------+--------------------+---------------+----------------+-----------------------+------------------+ | Sl. No. | Survey/Plot Number | Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area | Area | | | | | | (in Local Unit) | (in Hectares) | +=========+====================+===============+================+=======================+==================+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +---------+--------------------+---------------+----------------+-----------------------+------------------+ | Taluk: Jammu North | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Village: Gurah Brahamana | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | 261/36 min | Private | Agriculture | 0.0354101 (Hectare ) | 0.0354101 | +---------+--------------------+---------------+----------------+-----------------------+------------------+ | | Total | 0.0354101 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+ [F. No. NHIDCL/PMU-AKH/JAMMU-AKHNOOR/LA/2021-22/3A] SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director 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.

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