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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the building, maintenance, management, and operation of NH-244 in the Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir, as per sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through Notification S.O. 1540(E) dated 24th March, 2026, issued in exercise of powers under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), declares the Central Government's intention to acquire land for the public purpose of building, maintaining, managing, and operating NH-244. Specifically, the land is required for a two-lane with paved shoulder stretch from Km 0.000 to Km 1.871 of the Kishtwar link road in the Kishtwar district of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Interested persons have twenty-one days from the notification's publication in the Official Gazette to object to the use of such land, 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, Kishtwar, who will provide an opportunity for a hearing. The Competent Authority's order, issued under sub-section (2) of section 3C, will be final. Land plans and details are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office. The Schedule details specific private 'Shamlat Deh' land in Village Poochal, Taluk Kishtwar, District Kishtwar, totaling 0.5943821 Hectares, with specific survey/plot numbers like 2772/583 min.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-25032026-271267 No. 1475] EXTRAORDINARY PART IIโ€”Section 3โ€”Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026/CHAITRA 3, 1948 2151 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th March, 2026 S.O. 1540(E).โ€” 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 (two lane with paved shoulder etc.,), maintenance, management and operation of NH-244 in the stretch of land from Km 0.000 to Km 1.871 Kishtwar link road in the district of Kishtwar in the UT 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. very such objection shall be made to the Competent Authority, namely, Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar 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-244 in the stretch of land from Km 0.000 to Km 1.871 Kishtwar link road in the district of Kishtwar in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir. State: JAMMU & KASHMIR District: KISHTWAR +--------+---------------------+--------------+---------------+--------------------------+-----------------+ | 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: Kishtwar Village: Poochal +--------+---------------------+--------------+---------------+--------------------------+-----------------+ | 1 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.338924 (Hectare | 0.338924 | | 2 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.127729 (Hectare | 0.127729 | | 3 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.0255459 (Hectare | 0.0255459 | | 4 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.0255458 (Hectare | 0.0255458 | | 5 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.0255458 (Hectare | 0.0255458 | | 6 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.0255458 (Hectare | 0.0255458 | | 7 | 2772/583 min | Private | Shamlat Deh | 0.0255458 (Hectare | 0.0255458 | +--------+---------------------+--------------+---------------+--------------------------+-----------------+ | Total | | | | | 0.5943821 | +--------+---------------------+--------------+---------------+--------------------------+-----------------+ [F. No. NHIDCL/PMU-Kishtwar/DPR/Khellani-Chatroo/Kishtwar/LA/2020-21/3A] 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.

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