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Declares intention to acquire land in Palghar, Maharashtra for the Virar-Dahanu railway line quadrupling project under the Railway Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Central Government, exercising powers under Section 20A of the Railway Act, 1989 and the Railway (Amendment) Act, 2008, issues a notification declaring its intention to acquire land for a public purpose. This land is required for the execution of the Special Railway Project, specifically the quadrupling of the Virar-Dahanu corridor on Western Railway, which is part of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) III. The land is located in Palghar Taluka, Palghar District, Maharashtra, and detailed in the attached schedule. Persons interested in the land can raise objections to the acquisition within 30 days of the notification's publication to the Sub Divisional Officer, Palghar, who is designated as the competent authority. The competent authority will hear objections and pass a final order. Land plans are available for inspection at the Sub Divisional Officer's office.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-09012025-260086 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 141] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025/PAUSHA 18, 1946 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Western Railway) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, 9th December 2024 Notification under Section 20 A of the Railway Act, 1989 S.O. 143(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railway (Amendment) Act, 2008 (11of 2008) and the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act). The Central Government, after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land, the brief description of which has been given in the schedule annexed hereto, is required for execution of the Special Railway Project, namely, Quadrupling of Virar-Dahanu corridor on Western Railway, of MUTP III projects in District Palghar in the State of Maharashtra, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land; Any person interested in the said land may, within a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition and use of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act; Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely Sub Divisional Officer, Palghar, District Palghar, Maharashtra, in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof, and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard, either in person or by legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry, if any, as the competent authority thinks necessary, by order, either allow or disallow the objections; Any order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of section 20D of the said Act shall be final; The land plans and other details of the land covered under this notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the competent authority. SCHEDULE Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, for the Special Railway Project, namely, Quadrupling of Virar-Dahanu corridor on Western Railway, of MUTP III projects in Palghar, Taluka, District Palghar in the State of Maharashtra. +-----+---------+--------+----------------+-----------+-----------------------+ | Sr. No. | District | Taluka | Village | Survey No. | Land Acquired in | | | | | | | Hectare | +=====+=========+========+================+===========+=======================+ | 1 | Palghar | Palghar| Katkar Pada | Pada | 0.27.09 | | | | | (Boisar) | | | +-----+---------+--------+----------------+-----------+-----------------------+ [E Office File No. E-25840-20] PAWAN KUMAR SINGH, Chief Engineer (Construction)- I

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