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The Central Government declares the acquisition and absolute vesting of specified lands in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, for the '3rd & 4th Line between Duvvada (DVD) – Simhachalam North (SCMN) (20.543 Km)' Special Railway Project under Section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989.

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The Ministry of Railways (East Coast Railway (Construction)) issued Notification S.O. 4883(E) on October 24, 2025, under Section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). This notification declares the acquisition and absolute vesting of lands specified in the annexed schedule for the "3rd & 4th Line between Duvvada (DVD) – Simhachalam North (SCMN) (20.543 Km)" Special Railway Project in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. This action follows the Central Government's earlier intention to acquire land, which was declared via Notification S.O. 5445 (E) dated December 16, 2024, published under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the said Act. The substance of the earlier notification was published in local newspapers, including "The New Indian Express" (English, Visakhapatnam Edition) on February 6, 2025. No objections were received from the public within the specified period, and the Competent Authority submitted its report to the Central Government. Upon publication of this current notification in the Official Gazette, the lands, which include private and government plots in Gopalapatnam village totaling 28245.02 Square Yards (23616 Square Meters), shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances, as per sub-section (2) of section 20E of the Act.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-OR-E-30102025-267262 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4737] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025/KARTIKA 2, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [East Coast Railway (Construction)] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th October, 2025 Notice Under Section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989 S.O. 4883(E).—Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Railways (East Coast Railway, Construction Organisation), Notification number, S.O. 5445 (E), dated the 16th December, 2024 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3 Sub-section (ii), dated the the 16th December, 2024 (herein after referred to as the said notification) and issued under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (herein after referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declares its intention to acquire the land specified in the schedule annexed to the said notification for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of Special Railway Project, namely, “3rd & 4th Line between Duvvada (DVD) – Simhachalam North (SCMN) (20.543 Km)” in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. And whereas, the substance of the said notification was published in daily local newspapers namely "Andhra jyothi" in Telugu (Visakhapatnam Edition) dated 06th February, 2025, and "The New Indian Express" in English (Visakhapatnam Edition) dated 06th February, 2025 under sub- section (4) of section 20A of the said Act; And whereas, no objections were received from the public in respect of the said notification within the specified period; And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Competent Authority has submitted its report to the Central Government. Now therefore, upon receipt of the report of the Competent Authority, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the lands specified in the schedule annexed here to shall be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; And further, in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that on publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the schedule annexed here to shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances. SCHEDULE Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structures, falling within the Special Railway Project, namely “3rd & 4th Line between Duvvada (DVD) – Simhachalam North (SCMN) (20.543 Km)” in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Name of District: - Visakhapatnam Name of Mandal: - Gopalapatnam Annexure-I +------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. | Name of the | Survey | Sub division | Type | Nature of | Area in | Area | Name of the proposed | | No. | Village | No. | No. | of Land | land | Square Yards | in Square Meters | Registered Holders | +------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | +------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | Gopalapatnam | 141 | 1G2 | Private | Inam Wet | 215.28 | 180 | S.Satyanarayana Raju S/o S.Atchutharama Raju | | 2 | Gopalapatnam | 141 | 10B2 | Private | Inam Wet | 241.31 | 202 | Pericharala Venkata Subba Lakshmi W/o Haranadharaju | | 3 | Gopalapatnam | 141 | 12B | Private | Inam Wet | 180.52 | 151 | Sana Venkata rao S/o Sivaram | | 4 | Gopalapatnam | 141 | 13 | Private | Inam Wet | 1286.18 | 1075 | Pericharala Venkata Subba Lakshmi W/o Haranadha Raju | | 5 | Gopalapatnam | 141 | 14 | Private | Inam Wet | 3048.85 | 2549 | Sayyapuraju Seetharam Raju S/o Satyanarayana Raju | | 6 | Gopalapatnam | 141 | 16B | Private | Inam Wet | 556.41 | 465 | Sayyapuraju Seetharam Raju S/o Satyanarayana Raju | | 7 | Gopalapatnam | 142 | 2 | Govt | Poramboke | 1307.68 | 1093 | Vagu | | 8 | Gopalapatnam | 143 | 1B | Private | Inam Wet | 3838.23 | 3209 | Sayyapuraju Seetharam Raju S/o Satyanarayana Raju | | 9 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 3B | Private | Wet | 177.65 | 149 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 10 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 4A | Private | Wet | 480.44 | 402 | M/s S.L.C. Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 11 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 4B1 | Private | Wet | 415.81 | 348 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 12 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 5A | Private | Wet | 206.87 | 173 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 13 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 5B | Private | Wet | 201.72 | 169 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 14 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 5C1 | Private | Wet | 344.03 | 288 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 15 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 5D1 | Private | Wet | 10.52 | 9 | Sayyapuraju Seetharam Raju S/o Satyanarayana Raju | | 16 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 6A2 | Private | Wet | 442.10 | 370 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 17 | Gopalapatnam | 145 | 6B1 | Private | Wet | 431.37 | 361 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 18 | Gopalapatnam | 146 | 1A | Private | Inam Wet | 1501.00 | 1255 | Sayyapuraju Seetharam Raju S/o Satyanarayana Raju | | 19 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 4B | Private | Wet | 166.31 | 139 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 20 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 5B | Private | Wet | 164.04 | 137 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt,Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 21 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 6B | Private | Wet | 139.21 | 116 | M/s S.L.C. Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 22 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 7B | Private | Wet | 395.93 | 331 | M/s S.L.C. Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 23 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 8B | Private | Wet | 715.73 | 598 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 24 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 9A | Private | Wet | 318.32 | 266 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 25 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 11A | Private | Wet | 364.68 | 305 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 26 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 12A | Private | Wet | 24.06 | 20 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 27 | Gopalapatnam | 148 | 13A | Private | Wet | 851.98 | 712 | M/s S.L.C.Green Infra Pvt, Ltd. Penumatcha Subbaraju S/o (late) Narasimharaju | | 28 | Gopalapatnam | 152 | 3B | Private | Wet | 196.19 | 164 | Boddeti Suryanarayana | | 29 | Gopalapatnam | 152 | 4B | Private | Wet | 306.09 | 256 | Boddeti Someswararao | | 30 | Gopalapatnam | 152 | 5 | Private | Wet | 812.37 | 679 | Silaparasetti Apparao | | 31 | Gopalapatnam | 152 | 6 | Private | Wet | 841.85 | 704 | Dadi Veeru Naidu | | 32 | Gopalapatnam | 152 | 7A | Private | Wet | 297.83 | 249 | Dadi Annapurna | | 33 | Gopalapatnam | 152 | 8A | Private | Wet | 273.37 | 229 | Silaparasetti Apparao | | 34 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 8B | Private | Inam Wet | 178.61 | 149 | Pentakota Venkatarao | | 35 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 18B | Private | Inam Wet | 460.67 | 385 | Pentakota Venkatarao | | 36 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 18C | Private | Inam Wet | 241.19 | 202 | Pentakota Sasikal, Malla Gowriswari | | 37 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 18D | Private | Inam Wet | 253.36 | 212 | Dadi Hemalatha | | 39 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 18E | Private | Inam Wet | 985.60 | 824 | Boddeti Jogarao, Boddeti Ramakrishan | | 40 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19A1 | Private | Inam Wet | 924.35 | 773 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layout | | 41 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19B1 | Private | Inam Wet | 732.56 | 613 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layout | | 42 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19C1 | Private | Inam Wet | 638.75 | 534 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layout | | 43 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19D1 | Private | Inam Wet | 7.85 | 7 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layouts | | 44 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19G1 | Private | Inam Wet | 42.83 | 36 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layout | | 45 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19M1 | Private | Inam Wet | 418.87 | 350 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layouts | | 46 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19N | Private | Inam Wet | 867.24 | 725 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layouts | | 47 | Gopalapatnam | 154 | 19O1 | Private | Inam Wet | 1045.01 | 874 | A.V. Siva Reddy S/o Ranga Reddy & Others Layout | | 48 | Gopalapatnam | 155 | 2 | Govt | Poramboke | 694.20 | 580 | Vagu | +------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Total | | | | | 28245.02 | 23616 | | +------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. CE/CON/JDB at VSKP/DVD-SCMN 3rd & 4th LINE/GOPALAPATNAM/20E] AJAYA 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: 2025.10.30 16:20:12 +05'30'

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