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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing the Ujjain-Fatehabad Gauge Conversion Rail project in Ujjain District of Madhya Pradesh, as per sub-section (i) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways, specifically Western Railways (Construction Organisation), issued Notification G.S.R. 24(E) on January 13, 2026, declaring the Central Government's intention to acquire land in Ujjain District, Madhya Pradesh. This action is taken under the powers conferred by sub-section (i) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), for the execution of the Ujjain-Fatehabad Gauge Conversion Rail project. Interested persons may raise objections to this acquisition within thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. Objections must be made in writing to the competent authority, identified as the Land Acquisition Officer & Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), Ujjain District, Ujjain, who will provide an opportunity for a hearing. Any order issued by the competent authority under sub-section (II) of section 20(D) of the Act regarding these objections shall be final. Land plans and other details pertaining to the land covered by this notification are available for inspection at the Office of the Competent Authority. The annexed schedule details the land to be acquired, totaling 1.1023 hectares, across various survey numbers in Chintaman Jawasia village, Ujjain Tehsil, Ujjain District, Madhya Pradesh, for the Western Railway Gauge Conversion Project.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-14012026-269335 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 24] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2026/PAUSHA 23, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [Western Railways (Construction Organisation)] NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 13th January, 2026 G.S.R. 24(E).β€”In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(i) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989(24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred in as the said Act), the Central Government after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land brief description of which has given in the schedule annexed here to is required for execution of Special Railway Project, namely Ujjain-Fatehabad Gauge Conversion Rail project in Ujjain District of Madhya Pradesh here by, 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 a foresaid purpose under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act: Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely, Land Acquisition Officer &Sub - Divisional Officer (Revenue) Ujjain District- Ujjain in writing and shall set out the ground 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 (II) of section 20(D) 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 aforesaid Office of the Competent Authority. SCHEDULE Brief description of land with or without structure to be acquired for the Special Railway Project, namely Western Railway Gauge Conversion Project of Ujjain Fatehabad section in Ujjain District of the State of Madhya Pradesh. +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | S. | Name of | Name of | Name of | Survey | Type of | Nature of | Land to be | | No. | District | Tehsil | Village | Number | Land | Land | Acquired Area in | | | | | | | | | hect. | +=====+===========+==========+===================+=========+===========+============+=======================+ | 1 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 228 | Pvt | Irrigated | 0.4195 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | 2 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 229/1 | Pvt | Diverted | 0.0040 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | 3 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 229/2/2 | Pvt | Diverted | 0.0030 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | 4 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 229/3 | Pvt | Diverted | 0.0010 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | 5 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 260/1/1 | Pvt | Diverted | 0.6034 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | 6 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 213/933 | Govt | Unirrigated| 0.0528 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | 7 | Ujjain | Ujjain | Chintaman Jawasia | 262 | Govt | Unirrigated| 0.0186 | +-----+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------+-----------+------------+-----------------------+ | Total | 1.1023 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ [F. No. E. 504970-02] DHEERAJ KUMAR, Chief Engineer Construction-IV 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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