Request for Publication of Gazette Notification for Competent Authority for Land Acquisition for East Coast Railways New Railway Project

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-OR-E-25022026-270470 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 962] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026/PHALGUNA 6, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [East Coast Railway (Construction)] NOTIFICATION Bhubaneswar, the 25th February, 2026 S.O. 1006(E).—In exercise of the powers, conferred by Clause 7 (A) of Section – 2 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) the Central Government hereby authorize the officer mentioned in column (2) of the Table below as the Competent Authority to perform the function of such authority under said Act in respect of area of the Special Railway Project mentioned in column (3) of the Table below in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. TABLE +-------+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S. No.| Competent Authority | Area of the Special Railway Project | +=======+===================================================+====================================================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +-------+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Revenue Divisional officer, Visakhapatnam as | Multitracking between Gopalapatnam-Duvvada via | | | a Special Land Acquisition officer. | Jaggayyapalem upto Thadi (19.08 Km) (2nd line | | | | between Gopalapatnam-Duvvada via | | | District: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. | Jaggayyapalem and 3rd line between Duvvada- | | | | Thadi)" under WAT Division. | +-------+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Revenue Divisional officer, Anakapalli as a | Multitracking between Gopalapatnam-Duvvada via | | | Special Land Acquisition officer. | Jaggayyapalem upto Thadi (19.08 Km) (2nd line | | | | between Gopalapatnam-Duvvada via | | | District: Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh. | Jaggayyapalem and 3rd line between Duvvada- | | | | Thadi)" under WAT Division. | +-------+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. CE/CON/I/VSKP/MULTITRACKING B/W GPT-DVD/CALA] AJAYA KUMAR SAMAL, Chief Engineer (Con-II)