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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3437]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2025/SHRAVANA 7, 1947
MINISTRY OF COAL
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th July, 2025
S.O. 3520(E).—Whereas on the publication of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Coal, number S.O. 4706, dated the 26th September, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 28th October, 2024, issued under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Coal
Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the
land and the all rights in or over the land described in the Schedule appended to the said notification (hereinafter
referred to as the said land) vested absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances under sub-
section (1) of section 10 of the said Act;
And whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the M/s. Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited,
Registered Office and Head Office Core-7, NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 (A
joint venture of NTPC Limited and Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited) (hereinafter referred to as the Government
Company) is willing to comply with such terms and conditions as the Central Government thinks fit to impose in this
behalf.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the said Act, the Central
Government hereby directs that land measuring 350.68 hectares (approximately) or 866.16 acres (approximately) with
all rights in or over the said land so vested shall with effect from the 28th October, 2024 instead of continuing to so
vest in the Central Government, shall vest in the Government company, subject to the following terms and conditions,
namely:-
(i) the Government company shall reimburse to the Central Government all payments in respect of
compensation, interest, damages, etc., and the like, as determined under the provisions of the said Act and other
relevant laws;
(ii) a Tribunal shall be constituted under section 14 of the said Act, for the purpose of determining the amounts
payable to the Central Government by the Government company under condition (i), and all expenditure
incurred in connection with any such Tribunal and persons appointed to assist the Tribunal shall be borne by the
Government company and similarly, all expenditure incurred in respect of all legal proceedings like appeals,
etc., for or in connection with the rights, in or over the said lands, so vested, shall also be borne by the
Government company;
(iii) the Government company shall indemnify the Central Government and its officials against any other
expenditure that may be necessary in connection with any proceedings by or against the Central Government or
its officials regarding the rights in or over the said land so vested;
(iv) the Government company shall have no power to transfer the said land and rights to any other persons
without the prior approval of the Central Government; and
(v) the Government Company shall abide by such directions and conditions as may be given or imposed by the
Central Government for particular areas of the said land, as and when necessary.
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BHABANI PRASAD PATI, Jt. Secy.
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