Gazette Tracker
Gazette Tracker

Core Purpose

The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the public purpose of constructing the 3rd Railway Line between Varanasi-Shivpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (Northern Railways (Construction Organization)), through Notification S.O. 3961(E) dated 27th August, 2025, issued from New Delhi, declares the Central Government's intention to acquire land. This action is taken in exercise of powers conferred by Section 20A (1) of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), as amended by the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008. The land is required for the public purpose of executing, maintaining, managing, and operating the Special Railway Project: "Construction of 3rd Railway Line between Varanasi-Shivpur (5.83) in Lucknow division of Northern Railway." The specific land parcels are located in village Phulwariya and Indrapur of Tehsil Sadar, District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Schedule details land in Indrapur totaling 1.9713 hectares across 10 survey/khasra numbers and land in Phulwariya totaling 0.3640 hectares across 3 survey/khasra numbers, making a total of 2.3353 hectares. Any person interested in the said land may object within 30 days from the notification's publication date, as per sub-section (I) of Section 20D of the Railways Act, 1989. Objections must be made in writing to the competent authority, the Special Land Acquisition Officer, District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, stating grounds and interest. The competent authority will provide a hearing opportunity, and its order under sub-section (II) of Section 20D of the Railways Act, 1989, shall be final. Land plans and details are available for inspection at the competent authority's office.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-29082025-265794 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025/BHADRA 7, 1947 No. 3856] MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [Northern Railways (Construction Organization)] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th August, 2025 S.O. 3961(E).β€”The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 20A (1) of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), as amended by the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008, hereby declares its intention to acquire the land specified in the Schedule annexed hereto for the public purpose, namely for the execution, maintenance, management, and operation of the Special Railway Project, "Construction of 3rd Railway Line between Varanasi-Shivpur (5.83) in Lucknow division of Northern Railway" in village Phulwariya & Indrapur of Tehsil Sadar in district Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh state required for the Special Railway Project, ". Any person interested in the said land may, within 30 days from the date of publication of this notification, object to the acquisition of the land for the purposes mentioned above, as provided under sub-section (I) of Section 20D of the Railways Act, 1989. Every objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely the Special Land Acquisition Officer, District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, in writing, and shall state the grounds of objection and the interest of the objector in the land. 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 inquiry, if any, as it thinks necessary, by order, either allow or disallow the objections. Any order made by the competent authority under sub-section (II) of Section 20D of the Railways Act, 1989 shall be final. The land plans and other details of the land covered under this notification are available in the office of the competent authority for inspection by the interested persons. SCHEDULE A brief description of the land in village Phulwariya & Inderpur of Tehsil Sadar in district Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh state required for the Special Railway Project, "Construction of 3rd Railway Line between Varanasi-Shivpur (5.83) in Lucknow division of Northern Railway." +--------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+ | Sr. No. | Name of District | Name of | Name of Village | Survey/Khasra No. | Area (in Hectares) | | | | Tehsil | | | | +--------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+ | 1 | Varanasi | Sadar | Indrapur | | | | 1 | | | | 433 | 0.0095 | | 2 | | | | 429 | 0.1164 | | 3 | | | | 414 | 0.0622 | | 4 | | | | 398 | 0.0082 | | 5 | | | | 431 | 0.1050 | | 6 | | | | 430 | 0.5810 | | 7 | | | | 349 | 0.3770 | | 8 | | | | 396 | 0.7050 | | 9 | | | | 432 | 0.0030 | | 10 | | | | 397 | 0.0040 | | | | | TOTAL | | 1.9713 | +--------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+ +--------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+ | Sr. No. | Name of District | Name of Tehsil | Name of Village | Survey/Khasra No. | Area (in Hectares) | +--------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+ | 1 | Varanasi | Sadar | Phulwariya | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 0.1609 | | 2 | | | | 173 | 0.0011 | | 3 | | | | 207 | 0.2020 | | | | | TOTAL | | 0.3640 | +--------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------------+ [F. No. 190-W/Land/Varanasi-Shivpur] SHYAM SINGH, Chief Administrative Officer/Construction-II 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.

Never miss important gazettes

Create a free account to save gazettes, add notes, and get email alerts for keywords you care about.

Sign Up Free