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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the Gauge Conversion of Dabhoi - Samalaya Special Railway Project in Vadodara District, Gujarat, under the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (Western Railway) issued Notification G.S.R. 282(E) on 15th April, 2026, declaring the Central Government's intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing the Special Railway Project, namely, Gauge Conversion of Dabhoi - Samalaya (46.45 Km) including Samlaya Railway fly over bridge (8.40 Km) and Lotana bye pass line (7.55 Km) Project. This acquisition is for land located in District Vadodara in the State of Gujarat. The notification is issued in exercise of powers under sub-section (I) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). Any person interested in the said land may raise objections within thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, as per sub-section (I) of section 20D of the said Act. Objections must be made in writing to the competent authorities, identified as Prant Officer Savli, Taluka Seva Sadan office Savli, and Prant Officer Waghodiya, Taluka Seva sadan office Dabhoi, District Vadodara. The competent authority will provide an opportunity for hearing to the objector and their decision under sub-section (II) of section 20D will be final. The schedule annexed to the notification details land to be acquired in Village Gangadia (163960 Sqm), Village Lotna (2008 Sqm), Village Ghantiyad (900 Sqm), and Village Garadhiya (3200 Sqm), all in Taluka Savli, District Vadodara, Gujarat. The land includes both private and government-owned agriculture land, along with government-owned canal and road areas. The notification was signed by Rajesh Srivastava, Chief Project Manager/C-I.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-16042026-271860 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 258] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026/CHAITRA 25, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Western Railway) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 15th April, 2026 G.S.R. 282(E).— 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 2008), the Central Government after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land, the brief description of which has given in the schedule annexed hereto, is required for execution of the Special Railway Project, namely, Gauge Conversion of Dabhoi - Samalaya (46.45 Km) including Samlaya Railway fly over bridge (8.40 Km) and Lotana bye pass line (7.55 Km) Project in District Vadodara in the State of Gujarat, hereby declares its intention to acquired 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(I) of section 20D of the said Act; Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely, Prant Officer Savli, Taluka Seva Sadan office Savli and Prant Officer Waghodiya, Taluka Seva sadan office Dabhoi, District Vadodara, 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 (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 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: Gauge Conversion of Dabhoi - Samlaya including Samlaya Railway fly over bridge and Lotana bye pass line Project in the state of Gujarat. State: GUJARAT District: Vadoadara +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | Sr.No.| New Survey Number | Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area of Land to be Acquire | | | | | | (in Sqm) | +=======+===================+=================+=================+============================+ | Village: Gangadia | Taluka: Savli | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | 1 | 106 | Private | Agriculture | 2414 | | 2 | 91/2 | Private | Agriculture | 1017 | | 3 | 91/1 | Private | Agriculture | 5542 | | 4 | 9 | Private | Agriculture | 2729 | | 5 | 5 | Private | Agriculture | 4252 | | 6 | 79/61 | Private | Agriculture | 4692 | | 7 | 79/66/b | Private | Agriculture | 3642 | | 8 | 79/65/b | Private | Agriculture | 2911 | | 9 | 79/63/b | Private | Agriculture | 4461 | | 10 | 79/60/b | Private | Agriculture | 5086 | | 11 | 79/57/b | Private | Agriculture | 840 | | 12 | 47/3 | Private | Agriculture | 361 | | 13 | 79/59/b | Private | Agriculture | 6385 | | 14 | 79/58/b | Private | Agriculture | 5465 | | 15 | 104 | Private | Agriculture | 1248 | | 16 | 105 | Private | Agriculture | 1262 | | 17 | 99/1 | Private | Agriculture | 1315 | | 18 | 41 | Private | Agriculture | 12 | | 19 | 61 | Private | Agriculture | 73 | | 20 | 55/1 | Private | Non-Agriculture | 575 | | 21 | 91/1/a | Private | Agriculture | 10 | | 22 | 79/3/1 | Private | Agriculture | 2232 | | 23 | 35 | Private | Agriculture | 317 | | 24 | 50 | Private | Agriculture | 3160 | | 25 | 49/1 | Private | Agriculture | 1011 | | 26 | 54 | Private | Agriculture | 2476 | | 27 | 82/9 | Private | Agriculture | 588 | | 28 | 169 | Private | Agriculture | 5059 | | 29 | 168 | Private | Agriculture | 9278 | | 30 | 167 | Private | Agriculture | 3964 | | 31 | 166 | Private | Agriculture | 4187 | | 32 | 162 | Private | Agriculture | 698 | | 33 | 157/2 | Private | Agriculture | 4941 | | 34 | 150 | Private | Agriculture | 670 | | 35 | 139 | Private | Agriculture | 2427 | | 36 | 352 | Private | Agriculture | 2733 | | 37 | 353/A | Private | Agriculture | 753 | | 38 | 274/1 | Private | Agriculture | 619 | | 39 | 274/2 | Private | Agriculture | 737 | | 40 | 349 | Private | Agriculture | 663 | | 41 | 157/1 | Private | Agriculture | 798 | | 42 | 298 | Private | Agriculture | 1785 | | 43 | 383 | Private | Agriculture | 5338 | | 44 | 354/A | Private | Agriculture | 549 | | 45 | 144/1 | Private | Agriculture | 1097 | | 46 | 145/1 | Private | Agriculture | 796 | | 47 | 149/1 | Private | Agriculture | 2160 | | 48 | 281/A | Private | Agriculture | 2263 | | 49 | 281/C | Private | Agriculture | 217 | | 50 | 170 | Private | Agriculture | 932 | | 51 | 165 | Private | Agriculture | 1712 | | 52 | 113 | Private | Agriculture | 749 | | 53 | 114 | Private | Agriculture | 1877 | | 54 | 114/1 | Private | Agriculture | 2529 | | 55 | 114/2 | Private | Agriculture | 3541 | | 56 | 163/1 | Government | Agriculture | 859 | | 57 | 344 | Government | Agriculture | 335 | | 58 | 299 | Government | Agriculture | 12992 | | 59 | Canal | Government | - | 4389 | | 60 | Road | Government | - | 1137 | | 61 | 281/b | Government | - | 1048 | | 62 | 353/b | Government | - | 82 | | 63 | 354/b | Government | - | 481 | | 64 | 36 | Government | - | 9818 | | 65 | Kans | Government | - | 5671 | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | Total Sqm | 163960 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Village: Lotna | Taluka: Savli | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | 1 | 135/1/a | Private | Agriculture | 2008 | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | Total Sqm | 2008 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Village: Ghantiyad | Taluka: Savli | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | 1 | 220 | Private | Agriculture | 900 | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | Total Sqm | 900 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Village: Garadhiya | Taluka: Savli | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | 1 | 55 | Private | Agriculture | 1500 | | 2 | 617 | Private | Agriculture | 100 | | 3 | 59 | Private | Agriculture | 1600 | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------------------+ | Total Sqm | 3200 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ [F. No. E-379287-09] RAJESH SRIVASTAVA, Chief Project Manager/C-I 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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