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The Ministry of Power, Government of India, confers powers under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, upon M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited for laying an overhead transmission line for its 300 MW Solar Power Project in Bikaner, Rajasthan.

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The Ministry of Power, Government of India, issued Order S.O. 1913(E) on April 13, 2026, conferring powers under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited. This authorization enables the company to lay an overhead transmission line for its 300 MW Solar Power Project in Bikaner, Rajasthan, granting it powers similar to those of a telegraph authority under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. This follows prior approval granted by the Ministry of Power vide letter No. 25-17/95/2025-PG dated October 17, 2025, under Section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003. M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited published public notices on October 28, 2025, in The Indian Express and on November 15, 2025, in the Weekly Gazette of India, receiving three observations/representations which were subsequently addressed. An affidavit dated February 18, 2026, confirmed this, and an undertaking dated January 14, 2026, affirmed that the proposed transmission line route is outside the Revised Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Priority Area of Rajasthan and Gujarat, as per the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India's judgment dated December 19, 2025, in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 838 of 2019. The specific line covered is the Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited Solar Power Project - Bikaner-IV (ISTS) Pooling station 220kV S/c line on D/c & M/c towers, passing through villages like Napasar, Kelan, Rajasar Bhatiyan, Motigarh, and Ambaran in Chhatargarh Tehsil, Bikaner District, Rajasthan. The approval is valid for 25 years, subject to conditions including obtaining consent from concerned authorities (Railways, National Highways, State Highways, etc.), compliance with Electricity Act, 2003 regulations, approval from the Electrical Inspector/Chief Electrical Inspector of the Central Government, and submission of clearances from bodies like Civil Aviation and Defense to the Central Electricity Authority. Compliance with Supreme Court directions regarding the GIB area is also mandated if any portion of the route falls within it.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16042026-271843 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1844] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026/CHAITRA 25, 1948 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF POWER ORDER New Delhi, the 13th April, 2026 S.O. 1913(E).- Whereas M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited, the applicant with its registered office at 1101A-1107, 11th Floor, BPTP Park Centra, Jal Vayu Vihar, Sector-30, Gurugram, Haryana, India – 122018, has applied for authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line included in the transmission scheme for providing connectivity to M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited for its 300 MW Solar Power Project in Bikaner, Rajasthan. And whereas, Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its letter No. 25-17/95/2025-PG dated 17th October 2025 had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line included in the transmission scheme for providing connectivity to M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited for its 300 MW Solar Power Project in Bikaner, Rajasthan. M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited had published notice for transmission scheme in local newspapers, The Indian Express (in English) dated 28th October 2025 Dainik Yugpaksha (in Hindi) dated 28th October 2025 and in Weekly Gazette of India dated 15th November 2025 for the general public to make observations/ representations on the proposed transmission route within two months from the date of publication. Subsequently, M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited has submitted an affidavit dated 18th February 2026 declaring that three (03) nos. of observations / representations were received within two months from the date of Publication in the official Gazette of Government of India and the same have been answered by M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited and that no further representations were received. M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited has submitted an Undertaking dated 14.01.2026 stating that the route of the proposed overhead transmission line(s) is located outside the Revised Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Priority Area of Rajasthan and Gujarat, as referred to in the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India dated 19.12.2025 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 838 of 2019; the applicant has further undertaken to comply with all directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court as contained in the said judgment as well as with any subsequent directions issued by the competent authorities in pursuance of the above order by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, and has also stated that the transmission line alignment has been optimized, in such a way that they share maximum common stretch to the extent possible. And now the applicant has requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so established or maintained for laying of overhead transmission line for M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited. The following overhead transmission line is covered under this scheme:- • Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited Solar Power Project - Bikaner-IV (ISTS) Pooling station 220kV S/c line on D/c & M/c towers. The overhead transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the following villages, towns and cities of State of Rajasthan: +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+----------+-----------+ | Villages | Tehsil | District | State | +=============================================================+=============+==========+===========+ | Napasar (Napasariya), Kelan, Rajasar Bhatiyan, Motigarh, Ambaran | Chhatargarh | Bikaner | Rajasthan | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+----------+-----------+ Now, after careful consideration, Ministry of Power, Government of India, under section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, confers all the powers to M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited for above overhead transmission line, which telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to placing of telegraph lines and posts for the purposes of a telegraph established or maintained, by Government or to be established or maintained subject to following terms and conditions for installing the above mentioned line, namely: i. The approval is granted for 25 years. ii. The Applicant shall have to seek the consent of the concerned authorities i.e., local bodies, Railways, National Highways, State Highways etc. before erection of proposed line. iii. The Applicant shall have to follow regulations/ codes of the Appropriate Commission regarding transmission, O&M, open access, etc., framed under the Electricity Act, 2003. iv. The Applicant shall operate the line after approval of Electrical Inspector / Chief Electrical Inspector of Central Government. v. The approval is subject to compliance of the requirement of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 and the rules made there under by the applicant. vi. M/s Sunsure Solarpark Fourteen Private Limited shall have to submit the requisite clearances to Central Electricity Authority after obtaining the same from concerned authorities like Civil Aviation, Defense etc., at the time of Electrical Inspection. vii. In case, the route of above overhead lines (or some portion of the route of above overhead line) falls in the Revised Great Indian Bustard (GIB) area, the applicant has to comply with the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in its order dated 19.12.2025 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 838 of 2019 and any other directions given by competent authorities in pursuance of the above order by Hon'ble Supreme Court. [F. No. 25-16/27/2026-POWER GRID(MoP)] M.V.N. VARA PRASAD, Under Secy. (PG)

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