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The Central Government declares the acquisition of land specified in the Schedule for the Greenfield Highway (Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata) project and its absolute vesting in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances, under sub-section (1) and (2) of section 3D of the National Highway Act, 1956.

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This notification, S.O. 5991(E) dated December 24, 2025, issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, declares the acquisition of land for the Greenfield Highway (Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata) project. This declaration is made under sub-section (1) of section 3D of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), following the submission of a report by the Competent Authority. The Central Government had previously declared its intention to acquire land for building, maintenance, management, and operation of this highway stretch from Km. 101 to Km. 110.5 in the Rohtas district of Bihar, via notification No. 170 dated January 9, 2025, under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the same Act. The substance of the previous notification was published in "Times of India" and "Dainik Jagran" on January 18, 2025, as per sub-section (3) of section 3A. Objections filed under Section 3-C were considered and settled. Upon publication of this current notification, the specified land, totaling 0.3623 hectares across various private and government agricultural plots in Taluk Tilauthu, Village Saraiya-279, Rohtas district, Bihar, shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances, as per sub-section (2) of section 3D. The notification is signed by Shaikh Aminkhan, Director.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-26122025-268813 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 5792] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2025/PAUSHA 3, 1947 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th December, 2025 S.O. 5991(E).— Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 170 Dated:09/01/2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) issued under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intension to acquire the land specified in the Schedule annexed to the said notification for building (widening/four-laning, etc.), maintenance, management and operation of Greenfield Highway(Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata) in the stretch of land from Km. 101 to Km. 110.5 in the district of ROHTAS in the state of BIHAR And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in"Times of India" and "Dainik Jagran" both dated 18.01.2025 ; under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act; And whereas the Competent Authority has received objections filed under Section 3-C, considered and settled the same appropriately; And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority has submitted its report to the Central Government; Now, therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the competent authority and in exercise of the powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the land specified in the said Schedule should be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; And further, in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the said Schedule shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. SCHEDULE Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, falling within the Greenfield Highway(Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata) in the stretch of land from Km. 101 to Km. 110.5 in the district of ROHTAS in the state of BIHAR State: BIHAR District: ROHTAS +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | Sl. No.| Survey/Plot Number | Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area | Name of Land | | | | | | (in Hectares) | Owner/Interested Person | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ Taluk: Tilauthu Village: Saraiya-279 +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 1 | 55 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0938 | Dulari Devi W/o | | | | | | | Ramchandra Choudhary, | | | | | | | Vijendra Choudhry S/o | | | | | | | Ramchandra Choudhary, | | | | | | | Munna Choudhary, Tunna | | | | | | | Choudhary S/o Ramchandra | | | | | | | Choudhry, Sikandar Singh | | | | | | | S/o Ramjanam Singh, | | | | | | | Jadunandan Singh S/o Late | | | | | | | Mathura Singh, Nagendra | | | | | | | Singh S/o Ramjanam Singh, | | | | | | | Shama Praveen W/o Sayed | | | | | | | Kamar Raja | | | | | | | 55 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 2 | 56 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0376 | Dulari Devi W/o | | | | | | | Ramchandra Choudhary | | | | | | | 56 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 3 | 57 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0405 | Dulari Devi W/o | | | | | | | Ramchandra Choudhary, | | | | | | | Vijendra Choudhry, Dinesh | | | | | | | Choudhary, Munna | | | | | | | Choudhary S/o Ramchandra | | | | | | | Choudhary. | | | | | | | 57 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 4 | 58 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0121 | Krishna Prasad, Ajay Prasad, | | | | | | | Rakesh Ranjan, Ritesh | | | | | | | Ranjan, Kumar Abhishek, | | | | | | | Pintu Kumar Gupta. | | | | | | | 58 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 5 | 59 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0423 | Abid Hussain Choudhary S/o | | | | | | | Chhakauri Choudhary, | | | | | | | Kanhaiya Singh S/o Jaga | | | | | | | Singh, Dulhin Dulari Devi | | | | | | | W/o Ramchandra Choudhary, | | | | | | | Vijendra Choudhary, Dinesh | | | | | | | Choudhary, Munna | | | | | | | Choudhary S/o Ramchandra | | | | | | | Choudhary. | | | | | | | 59 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 6 | 62 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0342 | Kashim Husain Choudhary | | | | | | | S/o Kamar Ali Choudhary, | | | | | | | Sukhdeiya Devi W/o | | | | | | | Rambriksh Singh, Rajhariya | | | | | | | Devi W/o Bhuneshwar Singh, | | | | | | | Saiyed Kumail Imam, | | | | | | | Kambar Imam S/o Shahnaj | | | | | | | Fatma. | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 7 | 63 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0121 | Sayra Wiwi W/o Sauqat Ali. | | | | | | | 63 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 8 | 64 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0202 | Musmat Hajra Wiwi W/o | | | | | | | Ekram Choudhary, Nikhat | | | | | | | Fatma W/o Afroj Imam. | | | | | | | 64 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 9 | 65 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0166 | Musmat Hajra Wiwi W/o | | | | | | | Ekram Choudhary, Suresh | | | | | | | Singh S/o Ram Lagan Singh, | | | | | | | Vinesh Kumar S/o Late | | | | | | | Ramparikha Singh, | | | | | | | Amardeem Kumar Singh S/o | | | | | | | Suresh Singh, Manorma Devi | | | | | | | W/o Saket Yadav, Rina Devi | | | | | | | W/o Niket Yadav. | | | | | | | 65 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 10 | 84 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0033 | Aliyar Yadav S/o Sukar | | | | | | | Yadav | | | | | | | 84 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 11 | 85 | Government | Agriculture | 0.0202 | Annawaad Bihar Sarkar | | | | | | | 85 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 12 | 86 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0292 | Rampati Yadav S/o Sukar | | | | | | | Yadav | | | | | | | 86 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | 13 | 89 | Private | Agriculture | 0.0002 | Musmat Lakhpatiya Devi | | | | | | | W/o Rampati Yadav | | | | | | | 89 | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ | Total | | | | 0.3623 | | +--------+---------------------+---------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------------------------+ [F. No. 11119/LA/Bharatmala/var-kol/PIU-Gaya/2022/3D] SHAIKH 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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