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Request for Publication of Gazette Notification for the below mentioned Land Schedule under Subsection 1 of section 20A of the Railways Amendment Act 1989 for ROB No 364

Issue Date: 23 March 2026 Published: 25 March 2026
Gazette ID: CG-OR-E-25032026-271263 Download PDF
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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land under Section 20A(1) of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989, for a Special Railway Project.

        

        

        
        
        

            

                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
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The Ministry of Railways (East Coast Railway (Construction)) issued Notification S.O. 1497(E) on March 23, 2026, declaring the Central Government's intention to acquire land for a Special Railway Project. This action is taken under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89). The project involves the "Construction of ROB in lieu of closing of manned of L.C.364 at Km.668/15-17 between Mandasa Rd.(MMS)-Sumadevi(SUDV) on Howrah Visakhapatnam main line under Khurda Road Division" in Srikakulum district, Andhra Pradesh. The land, detailed in the annexed schedule, is required for public purpose. Interested persons may raise objections within thirty days from the notification's publication date to the Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA) & Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), Palasa, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. The competent authority will hear objections, and its order under sub-section (2) of section 20D will be final. The acquired land totals 10.89 acres, comprising 1.67 acres of government land, 1.89 acres of government (BDR Patta) land, and 7.33 acres of private dry land across Sunnadevi and Neelavathi villages in Palasa Mandal of Srikakulam district.

        

        

        
        

            

                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-OR-E-25032026-271263
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1432]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2026/ CHAITRA 2, 1948

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
[East Coast Railway (Construction)]
NOTIFICATION
Bhubaneswar, the 23rd March, 2026
Notice under Section 20A of the Railways Act-,1989
S.O. 1497(E).—In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways
(Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89) (hereinafter referred as the said Act.), the Central Government, after being satisfied
that for the public purpose, the Land, brief description of which is given in the schedule annexed here to is required for
the execution of Special Railway Project, namely, "Construction of ROB in lieu of closing of manned of L.C.364 at
Km.668/15-17 between Mandasa Rd.(MMS)-Sumadevi(SUDV) on Howrah Visakhapatnam main line under Khurda
Road Division." in Srikakulum district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land.

Any person interested in the said land may within a period of (30) thirty days from the date of publication of
the notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition of such land for the aforesaid purpose under
sub-section(1) of section 20D of the said Act.

Every objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely Competent Authority for Land Acquisition
(CALA) & Revenue Divisional Officer(RDO), Palasa for Construction of ROB in lieu of closing of manned of L.C.364
at Km.668/15-17 between Mandasa Rd.(MMS)-Sumadevi(SUDV) on Howrah Visakhapatnam main line under Khurda
Road Division in writing, and shall set out grounds thereof and competent authority shall give the objector an
opportunity of being heard, either in person or through a legal practitioner, and may, after hearing all such objections
and after making such further inquiry, 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 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 land (Annexure-I) attached here with to be acquired with or without structures, for Special
Railway Project, namely "Construction of ROB in lieu of closing of manned of L.C.364 at Km.668/15-17
between Mandasa Rd.(MMS)-Sumadevi(SUDV) on Howrah Visakhapatnam main line under Khurda Road
Division)" in Srikakulum district of Andhra Pradesh state.

Name of the District:-Srikakulam
ANNEXURE-1
LAND SCHEDULE
Name of the Project:- Construction of ROB No.364
Name of the District:-SRIKAKULAM, Name of the Division:-Khurda Rd., Name of the Mandal:-PALASA
+-----+----------+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| SL. | MANDAL   | NAME OF   | SURVEY  | Total     | ACQUIRED  | CLASSIFICATION    | TYPE OF LAND           |
| NO. |          | VILLAGE   | NO.     | Land in   | AREA IN   | OF LAND           |                        |
|     |          |           |         | ACRES     | ACRES     |                   |                        |
+=====+==========+===========+=========+===========+===========+===================+========================+
| 1   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-6   | 0.09      | 0.01      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 2   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-7   | 0.11      | 0.13      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 3   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-10  | 0.35      | 0.04      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 4   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-9   | 0.06      | 0.06      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 5   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-8   | 0.18      | 0.15      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 6   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-4   | 0.19      | 0.01      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 7   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 252-22  | 0.87      | 0.06      | CANAL             | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 8   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 253-1   | 0.57      | 0.52      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 9   | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 253-2   | 0.32      | 0.25      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 10  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 253-3   | 0.07      | 0.06      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 11  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 253-4   | 0.04      | 0.03      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 12  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 253-5   | 0.17      | 0.11      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 13  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 251-21  | 0.26      | 0.20      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 14  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 255-1   | 0.08      | 0.07      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 15  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 255-2   | 0.08      | 0.06      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 16  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 255-3   | 0.11      | 0.10      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 17  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 256     | 2.41      | 0.36      | RAILWAY ROAD      | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 18  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 217     | 2.36      | 0.14      | RAILWAY ROAD      | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 19  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 216     | 2.89      | 0.14      | RAILWAY ROAD      | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 20  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 213     | 5.10      | 0.77      | RAILWAY ROAD      | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 21  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 211-2   | 0.40      | 0.36      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 22  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 211-3   | 0.40      | 0.23      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 23  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 211-4   | 0.24      | 0.22      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 24  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 211-5   | 0.21      | 0.06      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 25  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 211-7   | 3.26      | 0.08      | CANAL             | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 26  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 211-8   | 1.76      | 0.36      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 27  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 209     | 14.60     | 2.23      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 28  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-10  | 0.47      | 0.16      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 29  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-12  | 0.60      | 0.27      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 30  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-11  | 0.54      | 0.01      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 31  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-13  | 0.64      | 0.38      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 32  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-14  | 0.95      | 0.30      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 33  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-15  | 0.20      | 0.17      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 34  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 219-7   | 1.73      | 0.24      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 35  | PALASA   | SUNNADEVI | 220     | 0.42      | 0.12      | GORJI             | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
| 36  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-3A    | 0.96      | 0.56      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 37  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-3B    | 0.85      | 0.32      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 38  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-6     | 0.99      | 0.30      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 39  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-9     | 0.54      | 0.39      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 40  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-10    | 0.42      | 0.12      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 41  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-15    | 0.17      | 0.13      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 42  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 7-14    | 0.25      | 0.07      | DRY               | GOVERNMENT LAND        |
|     |          |           |         |           |           |                   | (B.D.R. PATTA)         |
| 43  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 8-1     | 0.48      | 0.49      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
| 44  | PALASA   | NEELAVATHI| 8-2     | 0.87      | 0.05      | RYTHWARI DRY      | PRIVATE LAND           |
+-----+----------+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------+
| TOTAL|          |           |         | 48.26     | 10.89     |                   |                        |
+-----+----------+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+------------------------+

ABSTRACT
ACUIRED LAND
+---------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+
| VILLAGE NAME  | GOVERNMENT LAND  | GOVT. (BDR Patta)     | DRY   | WET   | TOTAL                 |
|               |                  |                       |       |       | ACQUIRED              |
|               |                  |                       |       |       | LAND                  |
|               |                  |                       |       |       | EXTENT                |
+===============+==================+=======================+=======+=======+=======================+
| SUNNADEVI     | 1.67             | 0                     | 6.79  | 0     | 8.46                  |
| NEELAVATHI    | 0                | 1.89                  | 0.54  | 0     | 2.43                  |
+---------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+
| TOTAL         | 1.67             | 1.89                  | 7.33  | 0     | 10.89                 |
+---------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+
[F. No. CAO/C/RSP/BBS/2026/ROB-364/20A/]
AJAY KUMAR SAMAL, Chief Engineer(Con-II)

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. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA
Date: 2026.03.25 12:02:08 +05'30'

                

                
                
                
            

            
        


        
        

        
        
        

            

                

                    
                        
                    
                

                

                    
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