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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-27122025-268857
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5819]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2025/PAUSHA 5, 1947
MINISTRY OF POWER
ORDER
New Delhi, the 24th December, 2025
S.O. 6018(E). Whereas M/s Avaada Energy Private Limited, the applicant with its registered office
at C-11, Sector 65, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida – 201301, Uttar Pradesh, has applied for authorization under Section
164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line included in the Transmission system for
providing connectivity of 200 MW (App No. 2200000200) to M/s Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL) for their
Solar Power Project in Kachchh, Gujarat.
And whereas, Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its File No. 25-17/50/2025-PG dated 15.05.2025
had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission line
included in the Transmission system for providing connectivity of 200 MW (App No. 2200000200) to M/s Avaada
Energy Private Limited (AEPL) for their Solar Power Project in Kachchh, Gujarat.
M/s Avaada Energy Private Limited had published notice for transmission scheme in local newspapers The
Indian Express (in English) dated 08.08.2025, Young Leader (in Hindi) dated 08.08.2025 and Sandesh (in Gujarati)
dated 08.08.2025 and in Weekly Gazette of India dated 06.07.2025 for the general public to make observations/
representations on the proposed transmission route within two months from the date of publication. Subsequently, M/s
Avaada Energy Private Limited has submitted an affidavit dated 14.11.2025 declaring that no observation/
representation was received within two months from the date of Publication in the official Gazette of Government
of India.
And now the applicant has requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity
Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of
telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so established
or maintained for laying of overhead transmission line for M/s Avaada Energy Private Limited. The following overhead
transmission line is covered under this scheme:
• AEPL Solar Project (located at Village Adhoi, Taluka Bhachau, District Kachchh, Gujarat) – AIPL Solar Power
Plant Pooling Station (located at Village Rampar, Taluka Bhachau, District Kachchh, Gujarat) 33 kV T/C line
on M/C tower.
The overhead transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the
following villages, towns and cities of Gujarat.
+----------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
| Villages | Tehsil | District | State |
+----------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
| Adhoi, Rampar, Halra | Bhachau | Kachchh | Gujarat |
+----------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
Now, after careful consideration, Ministry of Power, Government of India, under section 164 of the Electricity Act,
2003, confers all the powers to M/s Avaada Energy Private Limited for laying above overhead transmission line, which
telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, with respect to placing of telegraph lines and posts
for the purposes of a telegraph established or maintained, by Government or to be established or maintained subject to
following terms and conditions for installing the above mentioned line, namely:
i. The approval is granted for 25 years.
ii. The Applicant shall have to seek the consent of the concerned authorities i.e., local bodies, Railways, National
Highways, State Highways etc. before erection of proposed line.
iii. The Applicant shall have to follow regulations/ codes of the Appropriate Commission regarding transmission,
O&M, open access, etc., framed under the Electricity Act, 2003.
iv. The Applicant shall operate the line after approval of Electrical Inspector / Chief Electrical Inspector of Central
Government.
v. The approval is subject to compliance of the requirement of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 and the
rules made there under by the applicant.
vi. M/s Avaada Energy Private Limited shall have to submit the requisite clearances to Central Electricity
Authority after obtaining the same from concerned authorities like Civil Aviation, Defense etc., at the time of
Electrical Inspection.
vii. In case, the route of above overhead lines (or some portion of the route of above overhead line) falls in the
Great Indian Bustard (GIB) area, the applicant has to comply with the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in
the petition No.838 of 2019 regarding Great Indian Bustard (GIB) case, and the directions of the
technical/expert committee constituted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in this regard.
[F. No. 25-16/77/2025-POWER GRID(MoP)]
M.V.N. VARA PRASAD, Under Secy. (PG)
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