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The Central Government, exercising powers under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956, declares its intention to acquire land for the building, maintenance, management, and operation of National Highway No. 29 in the Varanasi-Gazipur Section in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through Notification S.O. 234(E) dated January 15, 2026, has declared the Central Government's intention to acquire land. This action is taken in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), for the public purpose of building (including widening/four-laning), maintenance, management, and operation of National Highway No. 29. The specific stretch of land targeted is from Km. 30+000 to Km. 88+400 (Varanasi-Gazipur Section) in the Varanasi and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh. The Schedule details the acquisition of 0.056 hectares of private agricultural land (Survey/Plot Number 14) in Arsadpur village, Ghazipur sadar taluk, Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. Any person interested in these lands may object within twenty-one days from the date of publication of this notification, as per sub-section (1) of section 3C of the said Act. Objections must be made in writing to the Competent Authority/Additional District Magistrate (Finance & Revenue), Gazipur, who will provide an opportunity for a hearing. Any order made by the Competent Authority under sub-section (2) of section 3C shall be final, and land plans are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16012026-269382 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 212] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026/PAUSHA 25, 1947 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th January, 2026 S.O. 234(E).-),- 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/Four laning, etc.) maintenance, management and operation of National Highway No 29 in the stretch of land from Km. 30+000 to Km. 88+400 (Varanasi-Gazipur Section) in the district of Varanasi in the State of Uttar Pradesh, here by declares its intention to acquire such land; Any person interested in the said lands 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/ Additional District Magistrate (Finance & Revenue) Gazipur 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 disallowed the objections. Any order made by the competent authority under sub section (2) of the section 3C of the said Act shall be final. The land plans and other details of the land covered under this notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the Competent Authority. SCHEDULE Brief description of the additional land to be acquired with or without structure failing within the stretch of land from Km 30.000 to km 88.400 (Varanasi-Gazipur Section) of the National Highway No. 29 in the Gazipur District, state of Uttar Pradesh. State: UTTAR PRADESH District: GHAZIPUR +-------+--------------------+---------------+----------------+---------------------+------------------+ | Sl. No. | Survey/Plot Number | Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area (in Local Unit) | Area (in Hectares) | +=======+====================+===============+================+=====================+==================+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +-------+--------------------+---------------+----------------+---------------------+------------------+ Taluk: Ghazipur sadar Village: Arsadpur | 1 | 14 | Private | Agriculture | 0.056 (Hectare | 0.056 | +-------+--------------------+---------------+----------------+---------------------+------------------+ | | Total | 0.056 | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+------------------+ [F. No. NHAI/11013/2014-LA-NH-29/Notif./PIU-Varanasi/3A] SAIKH 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. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2026.01.16 16:20:28 +0530

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