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Declaration by the Central Government, under sub-sections (1) and (4) of section 6 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of Users in Land) Act, 1962, acquiring the Right of User in specified land in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh for a natural gas pipeline, and vesting that right in ONGC Limited.

Detailed Summary

Notification S.O. 1711(E) dated 12th April 2024, issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, recites that an earlier notification S.O. No. 3569 dated 13.06.2023 (published 09.08.2023, made available to the public until 30.08.2023) had, under section 3(1) of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of Users in Land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962), declared intention to acquire the Right of User in land for laying a pipeline for transportation of natural gas from Well No. NPGAA to NSP#4 in Andhra Pradesh by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), and that the Competent Authority submitted its report under section 6(1). The Central Government, in exercise of section 6(1), now declares the Right of User in the Schedule land acquired for laying the pipeline, and, in exercise of section 6(4), directs that the Right of User shall vest, from the date of publication, in ONGC Limited (rather than the Central Government), free from all encumbrances; ONGC Limited is stated to be exclusively liable for compensation under section 10 of the Act, with no suit or legal proceeding to lie against the Central Government. The Schedule, titled "ROU PIPELINE FROM NPGAA to NSP#4/ROU/2023-2024," lists affected survey numbers in Narasapuram mandal across the villages of Sitharamapuram, Lakshmaneswaram and Rusthumbada in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, with a grand total right-of-user area of 4 hectares, 18 ares. The notification is issued under file No. Expl-12027(11)/28/2023-EXPL-PNG (E-47082) and signed by Amit Bansal, Deputy Secretary.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-15042024-253708 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1626] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024/CHAITRA 26, 1946 2552 GI/2024 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th April, 2024 S.O. 1711(E).—Whereas by notification of Government of India in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas S.O.No.3569 Dt.13.06.2023 issued under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of Users in Land) Acts, 1962 (50 of 1962) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), published in the Gazette of India dated 09.08.2023 the Central Government declared its intention to acquire the Right of User in the Land specified in the Schedule appended to that notification for the purpose of laying pipeline for transportation of natural gas through Well No. NPGAA to NSP#4 in the State of Andhra Pradesh by ONGC Limited. And whereas copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public up to 30.08.2023. And whereas the Competent Authority has, under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the said Act submitted report to Central Government: And whereas the Central Government, after considering the said report and on being satisfied that the said land is required for laying the pipelines, has decided to acquire the Right of User there in: Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1) of the Section 6 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the Right of User in the land specified in the Schedule appended to this notification is hereby acquired for laying the pipeline. And, further in exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (4) of Section 6 of said Act, the Central Government hereby directs that the Right of User in the said land for laying the pipeline shall, instead of vesting in the Central Government, vest on the date of publication of the declaration, in the ONGC Limited, free from all encumbrances. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., shall be exclusively liable for any compensation in terms of Section 10 of the P&MP Act, 1962 and no suit, claim or legal proceeding would lie against the Central Government on any matter relating to the pipeline. SCHEDULE ROU PIPELINE FROM "NPGAA to NSP#4/ROU/2023-2024" +-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Name of the | Name of the | District: | State Andhra Pradesh | | Mandal | Village | West Godavari +-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | Survey Number | Hectare | Are | Sq.mtr. | +===================+====================+============================+===========+===========+===========+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | 298/1 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 | | | | 300/1&2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | | | | 301/3&4 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | | | | 302/9,10&12 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 | | NARASAPURAM | SITHARAMAPURAM | 311/2 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | | | | 311/6 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | | | | 312/4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0 | +-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | 1/1 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 | | NARASAPURAM | LAKSHMANESWARAM | 9/1 | 0 | 0.35 | 0 | | | | 10/1 | 0 | 0.27 | 0 | +-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | 417 | 0 | 0.10 | 0 | | NARASAPURAM | RUSTHUMBADA | 418 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | | | | 436 | 0 | 0.16 | 0 | | | | 438/3 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | | | | 440 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | | | | 441 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | +-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | GRAND TOTAL | | | 4 | 18 | 0 | +-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ [F. No. Expl-12027(11)/28/2023-EXPL-PNG) (E-47082)] AMIT BANSAL, Dy. 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.

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