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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the Gauge Conversion of Choranda- Motikoral Special Railway Project in Vadodara District, Gujarat, under the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (Western Railways) issued Notification G.S.R. 289(E) on April 17, 2026, in Mumbai, declaring the Central Government's intention to acquire land for public purpose, specifically for the execution of the 'Gauge Conversion of Choranda- Motikoral Gauge Conversion Project' in District Vadodara, Gujarat. This declaration is made in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (I) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). The notification outlines that any person interested in the land may raise objections within thirty days from the publication date to the competent authority, Prant Officer Karjan, Taluka Sevasadan Near NH-48, Taluka Karjan, District Vadodara, as per sub-section (I) of section 20D of the said Act. The competent authority will hear objections and issue a final order under sub-section (II) of section 20(D). The schedule annexed to the notification provides a brief description of private agricultural land, including plot numbers and areas in square meters, to be acquired across villages Bachar, Kala, Saniyad, Samra, Rarod, Ropa, Malod, Sagdol, Alampur, and Motikoral within Karjan Taluka, Vadodara District, Gujarat. The notification is signed by Kanhaiya Jha, Chief Engineer (Const.)-III.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-18042026-271909 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 265] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026/CHAITRA 27, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Western Railways) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 17th April, 2026 G.S.R. 289(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 Choranda- Motikoral Gauge Conversion 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 Karjan, Taluka Sevasadan Near NH-48, Taluka Karjan, 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 falling within, for the Special Railway Project, namely: Choranda- Motikoral Gauge Conversion Projects in District Vadodara in the State of Gujarat. State: Gujarat District: Vadodara Village: Bachar Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 438 | Private | Agriculture | 397 | | 2 | 462 | Private | Agriculture | 19 | | 3 | 465 | Private | Agriculture | 7 | | 4 | 466 | Private | Agriculture | 1 | | 5 | 468 | Private | Agriculture | 3 | | 6 | 469 | Private | Agriculture | 69 | | 7 | 245 | Private | Agriculture | 120 | | 8 | 241 | Private | Agriculture | 24 | | 9 | 68 | Private | Agriculture | 484 | | 10 | 71 | Private | Agriculture | 29 | | 11 | 72 | Private | Agriculture | 16 | | 12 | 57 | Private | Agriculture | 48 | | 13 | 45 | Private | Agriculture | 14 | | 14 | 42 | Private | Agriculture | 88 | | 15 | 60 | Private | Agriculture | 272 | | 16 | 61 | Private | Agriculture | 280 | | 17 | 62 | Private | Agriculture | 399 | | 18 | 65 | Private | Agriculture | 194 | | 19 | 67 | Private | Agriculture | 1221 | | 20 | 222 | Private | Agriculture | 217 | | 21 | 225 | Private | Agriculture | 468 | | 22 | 226 | Private | Agriculture | 504 | | 23 | 238 | Private | Agriculture | 1494 | | 24 | 237 | Private | Agriculture | 435 | | 25 | 235 | Private | Agriculture | 1213 | | 26 | 510 | Private | Agriculture | 425 | | 27 | 509 | Private | Agriculture | 880 | | 28 | 507 | Private | Agriculture | 265 | | 29 | 499 | Private | Agriculture | 346 | | 30 | 500 | Private | Agriculture | 41 | | 31 | 497 | Private | Agriculture | 266 | | 32 | 496 | Private | Agriculture | 239 | | 33 | 471 | Private | Agriculture | 510 | | 34 | 470 | Private | Agriculture | 655 | | 35 | 234 | Private | Agriculture | 204 | | 36 | 63 | Private | Agriculture | 441 | | 37 | 429 | Private | Agriculture | 50 | | 38 | 58 | Private | Agriculture | 73 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Kala Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 142 | Private | Agriculture | 615 | | 2 | 144 | Private | Agriculture | 1099 | | 3 | 163 | Private | Agriculture | 500 | | 4 | 114 | Private | Agriculture | 86 | | 5 | 111 | Private | Agriculture | 90 | | 6 | 112 | Private | Agriculture | 128 | | 7 | 99 | Private | Agriculture | 6 | | 8 | 98 | Private | Agriculture | 31 | | 9 | 97 | Private | Agriculture | 42 | | 10 | 96 | Private | Agriculture | 78 | | 11 | 95 | Private | Agriculture | 244 | | 12 | 89 | Private | Agriculture | 495 | | 13 | 165 | Private | Agriculture | 24 | | 14 | 166 | Private | Agriculture | 227 | | 15 | 109 | Private | Agriculture | 222 | | 16 | 108 | Private | Agriculture | 221 | | 17 | 101 | Private | Agriculture | 262 | | 18 | 85 | Private | Agriculture | 129 | | 19 | 88 | Private | Agriculture | 69 | | 20 | 59 | Private | Agriculture | 17 | | 21 | 254 | Private | Agriculture | 402 | | 22 | 146 | Private | Agriculture | 357 | | 23 | 145 | Private | Agriculture | 404 | | 24 | 148 | Private | Agriculture | 359 | | 25 | 149 | Private | Agriculture | 33 | | 26 | 150 | Private | Agriculture | 1506 | | 27 | 151 | Private | Agriculture | 332 | | 28 | 162 | Private | Agriculture | 254 | | 29 | 164 | Private | Agriculture | 264 | | 30 | 110 | Private | Agriculture | 813 | | 31 | 81 | Private | Agriculture | 95 | | 32 | 260 | Private | Agriculture | 1552 | | 33 | 90 | Private | Agriculture | 5 | | 34 | 91 | Private | Agriculture | 25 | | 35 | 92 | Private | Agriculture | 296 | | 36 | 58 | Private | Agriculture | 547 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Saniyad Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 244 | Private | Agriculture | 146 | | 2 | 243 | Private | Agriculture | 536 | | 3 | 242 | Private | Agriculture | 68 | | 4 | 203 | Private | Agriculture | 46 | | 5 | 202 | Private | Agriculture | 252 | | 6 | 200 | Private | Agriculture | 6 | | 7 | 199 | Private | Agriculture | 450 | | 8 | 196 | Private | Agriculture | 685 | | 9 | 197 | Private | Agriculture | 86 | | 10 | 193 | Private | Agriculture | 14 | | 11 | 158 | Private | Agriculture | 35 | | 12 | 156 | Private | Agriculture | 86 | | 13 | 161 | Private | Agriculture | 73 | | 14 | 108 | Private | Agriculture | 6 | | 15 | 105 | Private | Agriculture | 256 | | 16 | 247 | Private | Agriculture | 37 | | 17 | 268 | Private | Agriculture | 241 | | 18 | 269 | Private | Agriculture | 191 | | 19 | 278 | Private | Agriculture | 107 | | 20 | 282 | Private | Agriculture | 645 | | 21 | 283 | Private | Agriculture | 155 | | 22 | 284 | Private | Agriculture | 91 | | 23 | 116 | Private | Agriculture | 40 | | 24 | 81 b | Private | Agriculture | 16 | | 25 | 245 | Private | Agriculture | 326 | | 26 | 265 | Private | Agriculture | 437 | | 27 | 151 | Private | Agriculture | 479 | | 28 | 109/3 | Private | Agriculture | 280 | | 29 | 91/a/1/2 | Private | Agriculture | 3 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Samra Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 158 | Private | Agriculture | 4099 | | 2 | 136 | Private | Agriculture | 594 | | 3 | 142 | Private | Agriculture | 1259 | | 4 | 144 | Private | Agriculture | 50 | | 5 | 145 | Private | Agriculture | 2072 | | 6 | 166 | Private | Agriculture | 428 | | 7 | 167 | Private | Agriculture | 632 | | 8 | 162 | Private | Agriculture | 62 | | 9 | 156 | Private | Agriculture | 823 | | 10 | 154 | Private | Agriculture | 465 | | 11 | 153 | Private | Agriculture | 194 | | 12 | 150 | Private | Agriculture | 800 | | 13 | 127 | Private | Agriculture | 721 | | 14 | 148 | Private | Agriculture | 1011 | | 15 | 135 | Private | Agriculture | 959 | | 16 | 137 | Private | Agriculture | 407 | | 17 | 165 | Private | Agriculture | 1597 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Rarod Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 963 | Private | Agriculture | 1019 | | 2 | 962 | Private | Agriculture | 701 | | 3 | 979 | Private | Agriculture | 337 | | 4 | 978 | Private | Agriculture | 382 | | 5 | 996 | Private | Agriculture | 80 | | 6 | 1037 | Private | Agriculture | 19 | | 7 | 1042 | Private | Agriculture | 48 | | 8 | 291 | Private | Agriculture | 6 | | 9 | 292 | Private | Agriculture | 613 | | 10 | 964 | Private | Agriculture | 75 | | 11 | 966 | Private | Agriculture | 72 | | 12 | 977 | Private | Agriculture | 223 | | 13 | 1048 | Private | Agriculture | 27 | | 14 | 1049 | Private | Agriculture | 90 | | 15 | 289 | Private | Agriculture | 67 | | 16 | 980 | Private | Agriculture | 200 | | 17 | 982 | Private | Agriculture | 375 | | 18 | 984 | Private | Agriculture | 123 | | 19 | 995 | Private | Agriculture | 1077 | | 20 | 994 | Private | Agriculture | 676 | | 21 | 993 | Private | Agriculture | 22 | | 22 | 1001 | Private | Agriculture | 31 | | 23 | 1022 | Private | Agriculture | 536 | | 24 | 1023 | Private | Agriculture | 557 | | 25 | 1034 | Private | Agriculture | 84 | | 26 | 1035 | Private | Agriculture | 416 | | 27 | 1038 | Private | Agriculture | 446 | | 28 | 1039.001 | Private | Agriculture | 129 | | 29 | 1041.001 | Private | Agriculture | 84 | | 30 | 1059 | Private | Agriculture | 419 | | 31 | 1043 | Private | Agriculture | 647 | | 32 | 1044 | Private | Agriculture | 368 | | 33 | 1055 | Private | Agriculture | 168 | | 34 | 1053 | Private | Agriculture | 70 | | 35 | 1052 | Private | Agriculture | 444 | | 36 | 1051 | Private | Agriculture | 8 | | 37 | 1050 | Private | Agriculture | 602 | | 38 | 290 | Private | Agriculture | 536 | | 39 | 992 | Private | Agriculture | 83 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Ropa Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 142 | Private | Agriculture | 51 | | 2 | 141 | Private | Agriculture | 234 | | 3 | 114 | Private | Agriculture | 51 | | 4 | 113 | Private | Agriculture | 52 | | 5 | 85 | Private | Agriculture | 5 | | 6 | 90 | Private | Agriculture | 180 | | 7 | 91 | Private | Agriculture | 10 | | 8 | 96 | Private | Agriculture | 114 | | 9 | 102 | Private | Agriculture | 13 | | 10 | 101 | Private | Agriculture | 21 | | 11 | 100 | Private | Agriculture | 247 | | 12 | 98 | Private | Agriculture | 157 | | 13 | 105 | Private | Agriculture | 28 | | 14 | 106 | Private | Agriculture | 529 | | 15 | 127 | Private | Agriculture | 139 | | 16 | 126 | Private | Agriculture | 140 | | 17 | 124 | Private | Agriculture | 109 | | 18 | 121 | Private | Agriculture | 23 | | 19 | 120 | Private | Agriculture | 144 | | 20 | 133 | Private | Agriculture | 20 | | 21 | 134 | Private | Agriculture | 64 | | 22 | 140 | Private | Agriculture | 1016 | | 23 | 139 | Private | Agriculture | 27 | | 24 | 138 | Private | Agriculture | 31 | | 25 | 127.001 | Private | Agriculture | 28 | | 26 | 123 | Private | Agriculture | 201 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Malod Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 47 | Private | Agriculture | 2732 | | 2 | 46 | Private | Agriculture | 472 | | 3 | 45 | Private | Agriculture | 749 | | 4 | 42 | Private | Agriculture | 712 | | 5 | 41 | Private | Agriculture | 293 | | 6 | 23 | Private | Agriculture | 640 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Sagdol Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 322 | Private | Agriculture | 534 | | 2 | 490 | Private | Agriculture | 790 | | 3 | 489 | Private | Agriculture | 618 | | 4 | 488 | Private | Agriculture | 997 | | 5 | 487 | Private | Agriculture | 745 | | 6 | 466 | Private | Agriculture | 234 | | 7 | 465 | Private | Agriculture | 386 | | 8 | 464 | Private | Agriculture | 126 | | 9 | 430 | Private | Agriculture | 1820 | | 10 | 431 | Private | Agriculture | 652 | | 11 | 330 | Private | Agriculture | 811 | | 12 | 331 | Private | Agriculture | 599 | | 13 | 341 | Private | Agriculture | 112 | | 14 | 342 | Private | Agriculture | 336 | | 15 | 344 | Private | Agriculture | 561 | | 16 | 345 | Private | Agriculture | 476 | | 17 | 346 | Private | Agriculture | 303 | | 18 | 347 | Private | Agriculture | 293 | | 19 | 348 | Private | Agriculture | 238 | | 20 | 349 | Private | Agriculture | 229 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Alampur Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 229 | Private | Agriculture | 81 | | 2 | 220 | Private | Agriculture | 10 | | 3 | 115 | Private | Agriculture | 37 | | 4 | 117 | Private | Agriculture | 357 | | 5 | 77 | Private | Agriculture | 418 | | 6 | 73 | Private | Agriculture | 204 | | 7 | 230 | Private | Agriculture | 71 | | 8 | 231 | Private | Agriculture | 148 | | 9 | 232 | Private | Agriculture | 55 | | 10 | 233 | Private | Agriculture | 489 | | 11 | 234 | Private | Agriculture | 906 | | 12 | 235 | Private | Agriculture | 1032 | | 13 | 110 | Private | Agriculture | 903 | | 14 | 109 | Private | Agriculture | 738 | | 15 | 78 | Private | Agriculture | 685 | | 16 | 79 | Private | Agriculture | 112 | | 17 | 64 | Private | Agriculture | 48 | | 18 | 227 | Private | Agriculture | 41 | | 19 | 218 | Private | Agriculture | 129 | | 20 | 217 | Private | Agriculture | 66 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ Village: Motikoral Taluka: Karjan +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ | S.No | Plot No. | Ownership | Land Type | Area (Sq.M.) | +======+============+===========+=============+==============+ | 1 | 483 | Private | Agriculture | 607 | | 2 | 428 | Private | Agriculture | 330 | | 3 | 427 | Private | Agriculture | 845 | | 4 | 426 | Private | Agriculture | 615 | | 5 | 421 | Private | Agriculture | 683 | | 6 | 420 | Private | Agriculture | 448 | | 7 | 399 | Private | Agriculture | 575 | | 8 | 398 | Private | Agriculture | 453 | | 9 | 484 | Private | Agriculture | 187 | | 10 | 485 | Private | Agriculture | 279 | | 11 | 499 | Private | Agriculture | 2340 | | 12 | 502 | Private | Agriculture | 461 | | 13 | 565 | Private | Agriculture | 3374 | +------+------------+-----------+-------------+--------------+ [F. No. E-444209-04] KANHAIYA JHA, Chief Engineer (Const.)-III

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