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The Central Government declares the acquisition of specific land in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, for the building, maintenance, management, and operation of NH44, vesting it absolutely in the Central Government.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through Notification S.O. 4724(E) dated 25th August, 2026, declares the acquisition of land specified in an annexed Schedule. This declaration is made under sub-section (1) of section 3D of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), following an earlier intention to acquire land for the building (widening/four-laning, etc.), maintenance, management, and operation of NH44 in the stretch from Km. 94 to Km. 180 in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The initial intention was declared by notifications S.O. 5814 dated 16th December, 2025, and S.O. 2815(E) dated 2nd June, 2026, published in the Gazette of India. The substance of these notifications was also published in "The Hindu" and "The Daily Thanthi" on 6th January, 2026, and 7th June, 2026, under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act. No objections were received under Section 3-C, and the Competent Authority submitted its report to the Central Government. Upon publication of this notification, the land, totaling 1.4575 Hectares across villages like Vellar (Mettur Taluk) and Sekkarapatti (Kadayampatty Taluk), shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. The notification is signed by SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27082026-275812 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4539] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026/BHADRA 3, 1948 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th August, 2026 S.O. 4724(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 5814 Dated:16/12/2025, 2815(E) Dated:02/06/2026, 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 NH44 in the stretch of land from Km. 94 to Km. 180 in the district of SALEM in the state of TAMIL NADU And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in “The Hindu” dated 06/01/2026, "The Daily Thanthi" dated 06/01/2026, “The Hindu" dated 07/06/2026, "The Daily Thanthi" dated 07/06/2026; under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act; And whereas the Competent Authority has not received any objections filed under Section 3-C, And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority has submitted her 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 NH44 in the stretch of land from Km. 94 to Km. 180 in the district of SALEM in the state of TAMIL NADU +-------------------+-----------------+ | State: TAMIL NADU | District: SALEM | +-----+------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------------------------+ | Sl. | Survey/Plot| Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area | Name of Land Owner/Interested| | No. | Number | | | (in | Person | | | | | | Hectares)| | +-----+------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +-----+------------+---------------+-----------------+---------+----------------------------+ Taluk: Mettur +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Village: Vellar +-----+------------+---------------------------+-----------------+---------+------------------+ | 1 | 425 | Government (Poramboke | Non Agriculture | 0.665 | Government Land | | | | Local Fund Road) | | | 425 | +-----+------------+---------------------------+-----------------+---------+------------------+ | 2 | 428 | Government (Poramboke | Non Agriculture | 0.58 | Government Land | | | | Local Fund Road) | | | 428 | +-----+------------+---------------------------+-----------------+---------+------------------+ Taluk: Kadayampatty +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Village: Sekkarapatti +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 3 | 5/1A1A | Private (Dry) | Commercial | 0.037 | Arumugam S/o.Perumal | | | | | | | 5/10 | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 4 | 9/10 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0039 | Selvi W/o.Madhu | | | | | | | 9/10A | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 5 | 9/11 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0049 | Mageshwari W/o.Mathaiyan | | | | | | | 9/11A | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 6 | 9/12 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0073 | Saroja W/o.Madhu | | | | | | | 9/12A | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 7 | 9/13 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.026 | Selvaraj S/o.Mani | | | | | | | 9/13A2 | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 8 | 9/19 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0178 | Rajendran S/o.Ramagounder | | | | | | | 9/19A2 | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 9 | 9/20 | Private | Dry | 0.0038 | 1. Beekabhai S/o. Kannasingh, 2.| | | | | | | Raw singh S/o. Kannasingh, 3. | | | | | | | Kinosingh S/o. Kannasingh, 4. | | | | | | | Subbusingh S/o. Kannasingh, 5. | | | | | | | Pramabhai S/o. Kannasingh, 6. | | | | | | | Dhanramasingh S/o. Kannasingh, | | | | | | | 7. Anjana W/o. Gowdappa, 8. | | | | | | | Maharajan S/o. Sundaram chetti, | | | | | | | 9. Selvam S/o. Madhaiyan, 10. | | | | | | | Thangadurai S/o. Chinnannan, 11.| | | | | | | Mohamadvasin S/o. Noorjahan 12. | | | | | | | Selvakumar S/o. Sowndhirarajan, | | | | | | | 13. Narasimman S/o. Kariya | | | | | | | gounder | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 10 | 9/29 | Private | Dry | 0.0394 | 1. Palaniappan S/o. Siddha | | | | | | | Naicken, 2. Ramasamy S/o. | | | | | | | Perumal Gounder, 3. M. | | | | | | | Rangasamy S/o. Muthusamy | | | | | | | gounder, 4. P. Rangasamy S/o. | | | | | | | Perumal gounder, 5. D. Saroja | | | | | | | W/o. Dharmasamy, 6. P. | | | | | | | Vaiyapuri S/o. Suruttaiyan @ | | | | | | | Palaniappan, 7. K. Annamalai S/o.| | | | | | | Kuppusamy gounder, 8. | | | | | | | Rangasamy S/o. Muthusamy, 9. | | | | | | | Chinnaponnu W/o. Govindaraj, | | | | | | | 10. Pappal W/o. Lakshmanan, 11. | | | | | | | Malar W/o. Thangam, 12. Saroja | | | | | | | W/o. Dharmasamy, 13. Vaiyapuri | | | | | | | S/o. Palaniappan, 14. Annamalai | | | | | | | S/o. Kuppa gounder, 15. | | | | | | | Karuppannan S/o. Perumal | | | | | | | gounder, 16. Subramani S/o. | | | | | | | Kanda gounder, 17. Iknose S/o. | | | | | | | Sebastin, 18. Arumugam S/o. | | | | | | | Palaniappa gounder, 19. Santhi | | | | | | | W/o. Annamalai, 20. Ranga | | | | | | | chettiyar S/o. Kandhan chettiyar,| | | | | | | 21. Rajammal W/o. Rangan | | | | | | | chettiyar, 22. Alamelu W/o. | | | | | | | Vaiyapuri, 23. Sakthivel S/o. | | | | | | | Manickam, 24. Saravanan S/o. | | | | | | | Manickam chettiyar, 25. Kala | | | | | | | W/o. Alagesan, 26. Chinnathayee | | | | | | | W/o. Perumal, 27. Alamelu W/o. | | | | | | | Vaiyapuri, 28. Malar W/o. | | | | | | | Thangam, 29. Sakthivel S/o. | | | | | | | Manickam chettiyar, 30. | | | | | | | Saravanan S/o. Manickam | | | | | | | chettiyar, 31. Selvi W/o. | | | | | | | Chinnannan, 32. Ranganathan S/o.| | | | | | | Perumal gounder, 33. Muthusamy | | | | | | | S/o. Karuppanna gounder, 34. | | | | | | | Rangasamy S/o. Muthusamy | | | | | | | gounder, 35. Murugan, S/o. | | | | | | | Venkatachalam, 36. Manickam | | | | | | | S/o. Kuppan, 37. Gabirel S/o. | | | | | | | Savarimuthu, 38. Govindaraj S/o.| | | | | | | Manickam, 39. Mariyammal W/o. | | | | | | | Vanaraj, 40, Chandra W/o. | | | | | | | Kanagan, 41. Selvaraj S/o. | | | | | | | Karungannan, 42. Govindaraj S/o.| | | | | | | Manickam, 43. Punitha W/o. | | | | | | | Balamurugan, 44. Dhanalakshmi | | | | | | | W/o. Palanisamy, 45. Palanisamy | | | | | | | S/o. Muthusamy, 46. Jeyabharathi| | | | | | | W/o. Madhaiyan, 47. Malar W/o. | | | | | | | Govindaraj, 48. Govindammal | | | | | | | W/o. Madhaiyan, 49. Thangadurai | | | | | | | S/o. Chinnannan, 50. Palaniammal| | | | | | | W/o. Govindaraj, 51. Karthi S/o.| | | | | | | Anbalagan, 52. Vijiyalakshmi | | | | | | | W/o. Venkatesh | | | | | | | 9/30 | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 11 | 9/2A2C1A1 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0575 | 1. Beekabhai S/o. Kannasingh, 2.| | | | | | | Rawsingh S/o. Kannasingh, 3. | | | | | | | Kinosingh S/o. Kannasingh, 4. | | | | | | | Subbusingh S/o. Kannasingh, 5. | | | | | | | Piramabhai S/o. Kannasingh, | | | | | | | 6.Dhanramasingh S/o. | | | | | | | Kannasingh, 7. Venkatesan S/o. | | | | | | | Loganathan D | | | | | | | 9/32 | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 12 | 9/8 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0053 | Saravanan S/o.Manickam | | | | | | | 9/8A | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 13 | 9/9 | Private (Dry) | Residential | 0.0096 | Venkatesan S/o.Mariyappan Asari | | | | | | | 9/9A | +-----+-----------+---------------+--------------+---------+---------------------------------+ Total 1.4575 [F. No. 861/3D] 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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