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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the building, maintenance, management, and operation of National Highway No. 56 in the Surat district of Gujarat under the National Highways Act, 1956.

Detailed Summary

This notification, S.O. 4077(E), issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on July 24, 2026, declares the Central Government's intention to acquire land under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956). The land is required for the public purpose of building (widening/four-laning), maintenance, management, and operation of National Highway No. 56, specifically a stretch from Km 208+300 to Km 240+300 in the Surat district of Gujarat. Interested persons may object within twenty-one days from the notification's publication date to the Competent Authority, namely the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Branch-1, Surat, in writing, as per sub-section (1) of section 3C of the said Act. The Competent Authority will provide a hearing, and its order under sub-section (2) of section 3C shall be final. Land plans are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office. The Schedule details the acquisition of 14.0898 Hectares of government land, including Railway Line, Road, Padtar/Kharabo, Forest, Marg, Gauchar, Kharabo, PWD Stone Quarry, Kotar, and River types, across villages like Jhankhvav, Nasarpore, Vadi, Balethi, Luharvad, Devgadh, Junvan, Sathvav, Beddha, and Visdaliya, located in Mangrol, Umarpada, and Mandvi Taluks within Surat District, Gujarat.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-25072026-274803 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3907] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2026/SHRAVAN 2, 1948 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th July, 2026 S.O. 4077(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....., in the stretch of land from Km 208+300 to Km 240+300 in the district of SURAT in the State of GUJARAT, 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. Every such objection shall be made to the Competent Authority, namely, Special Land Acquisition Officer, Branch- 1, Surat 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-56 in the stretch of land from Km. 208+300 to Km. 240+300 in the District of Surat in the State of GUJARAT. (Government Land) State: GUJARAT District: SURAT +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------+ | Sl. No. | Survey/Plot | Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area | Area | | | Number | | | (in Local Unit) | (in Hectares) | +=======+===================+===============+====================+====================+================+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------+ Taluk: Mangrol Village: Jhankhvav | 1 | Railway Line | Government | Railway Line | 0.2007 (Hectare | 0.2007 | | 2 | Road | Government | Road | 0.6253 (Hectare | 0.6253 | Taluk: Umarpada Village: Nasarpore | 3 | 452 | Government | Padtar/Kharabo | 0.0002 (Hectare | 0.0002 | | 4 | 459 | Government | Forest | 0.0024 (Hectare | 0.0024 | Village: Vadi | 5 | Marg | Government | Marg | 0.0147 (Hectare | 0.0147 | Taluk: Mandvi Village: Balethi | 6 | 128 | Government | Forest | 0.0101 (Hectare | 0.0101 | | 7 | 137 | Government | GAUCHAR | 0.1329 (Hectare | 0.1329 | | 8 | 5 | Government | Forest | 1.3104 (Hectare | 1.3104 | | 9 | 62 | Government | Forest | 0.0039 (Hectare | 0.0039 | Village: Luharvad | 10 | 167/A | Government | KHARABO | 0.0016 (Hectare | 0.0016 | | 11 | 168/B | Government | Forest | 0.0016 (Hectare | 0.0016 | | 12 | 171/B | Government | Forest | 0.1782 (Hectare) | 0.1782 | Village: Devgadh | 13 | 1 | Government | PWD STONE QUARRY | 0.0016 (Hectare) | 0.0016 | | 14 | 35 | Government | Gauchar | 0.2596 (Hectare) | 0.2596 | Village: Junvan | 15 | KOTAR | Government | KOTAR | 0.3768 (Hectare | 0.3768 | Village: Sathvav | 16 | 60 | Government | Forest | 1.3614 (Hectare | 1.3614 | | 17 | 63 | Government | Forest | 0.0297 (Hectare | 0.0297 | | 18 | 64 | Government | Forest | 1.0798 (Hectare) | 1.0798 | | 19 | 65 | Government | Forest | 0.349 (Hectare | 0.349 | | 20 | 66 | Government | Gauchar | 0.0158 (Hectare | 0.0158 | | 21 | 68 | Government | Gauchar | 0.013 (Hectare | 0.013 | Village: Beddha | 22 | 53 | Government | Forest | 2.8566 (Hectare | 2.8566 | Village: Visdaliya | 23 | 10 | Government | Forest | 0.3338 (Hectare | 0.3338 | | 24 | 11 | Government | Forest | 0.2166 (Hectare | 0.2166 | | 25 | 12 | Government | Forest | 0.2077 (Hectare) | 0.2077 | | 26 | 23 | Government | Forest | 0.3881 (Hectare | 0.3881 | | 27 | 3 | Government | Forest | 1.5281 (Hectare) | 1.5281 | | 28 | 37 | Government | Forest | 0.2374 (Hectare | 0.2374 | | 29 | 39 | Government | Forest | 0.4238 (Hectare | 0.4238 | | 30 | 40 | Government | Forest | 0.83 (Hectare | 0.83 | | 31 | 7 | Government | Forest | 0.7583 (Hectare) | 0.7583 | | 32 | River | Government | River | 0.3407 (Hectare | 0.3407 | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------+ Total 14.0898 [F. No. Bodeli-Vapi-2022/3A1] SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director

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