Declaration of Competent Authority under Section 2(a) of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 (Act No. 50 of 1962) for M/s. Pipeline infrastructure Limited (PIL) in the State of Karnataka.

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-23032026-271179 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1384] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th March, 2026 S.O. 1449(E).- Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962), (hereinafter called the said Act), the Central Government hereby authorizes the person mentioned in the column (1) of the table given below to perform the functions of the Competent Authority in place of Shri. Naganath Malagi under the said Act for M/s. Pipeline Infrastructure Limited (PIL) in respect of areas mentioned in the column (2) for various operational pipelines transporting Natural Gas mentioned in Column (3) of the said Table: - Table +-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Name and Address of the Person | Area of Jurisdiction | Pipeline(s) | +=================================================================+================================+========================================================================+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Shri. Devendrappa Mallappa Pani (D M Pani), KAS Junior Scale | All Districts of Karnataka | Operational pipelines of M/s. Pipeline Infrastructure Limited (PIL) | | (Retired) Karnataka Competent Authority PIL, COMPRESSOR | | | | STATION 05, JALASANGHI VILLAGE, DHUBULGUNDI MANDAL, HUMNABAD | | | | TALUKA, BIDAR, DISTRICT KARNATAKA STATE-585418, India. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. This notification will be effective from the date of its issue. [F. No. L-14014/41/2016-GP-II] [E-41377] RAMJI LAL MEENA, Under Secry.