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Declaration under Section 20E of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 that land in 13 villages of Tehsil Shajanwa, Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh, shall be acquired and vest absolutely in the Central Government for the Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line Railway Project.

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Notification S.O. 4492(E) issued by the Ministry of Railways (North Eastern Railway, Construction Organization), Gorakhpur, dated 12 October 2023, states that pursuant to prior notification S.O. 3455(E) dated 3 August 2023 (Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), published 2 August 2023) issued under sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 (11 of 2008), the Central Government had declared its intention to acquire land for the Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line Railway project (81.17 km) in Tehsil Shajanwa (11.00 km) of Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh; the substance of that notification was published in the newspapers Dainik Jagran and The Times of India on 5 August 2023 under sub-section (4) of Section 20A; the Competent Authority received no objections and submitted its report to the Central Government under Section 20E; the Central Government now declares, under sub-section (1) of Section 20E, that the lands specified in the annexed schedule shall be acquired for the project, vesting absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances upon publication under sub-section (2) of Section 20E; the schedule covers plots across 13 villages of Tehsil Shajanwa, including Ujjikhor, Rahimabad, Keli and Banoda, under the jurisdiction of the Special Land Acquisition Officer (Joint Organization), Gorakhpur as Competent Authority; the notification is signed by Shrish Chandra Srivastava, Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, under file number W/Con/247/SWA-DIT/W-1.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-UP-E-19102023-249450 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4321] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2023/ASVINA 20, 1945 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (North Eastern Railway /Construction Organization) Gorakhpur, the 12th October, 2023 S.O. 4492(E).—Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Railways (North Eastern Railway, Construction Origination), Notification number, S.O. 3455 (E) dated the 3 August, 2023 published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3 Sub-section (ii), dated 02th August, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification) and issued under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 (11 of 2008) (hereinafter 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 Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New line Railway project (81.17 km.) in Tehsil Shajanwa (11.00 km) of Gorakhpur District in the State of Uttar Pradesh. And whereas, the substance of the said notification was published in daily newspapers namely "Dainik Jagran" and "The Times of India" Dated 05th August, 2023 under sub section (4) of section 20A of the said Act; And whereas, the competent Authority has received no objection in this project against the notification. And whereas, in pursuance of sub-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 hereto 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 this notification in the official Gazette, the land specified in the schedule annexed hereto 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 of Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New line Railway project (81.17 km) in 13 village of Tehsil Shajanwa (11.00 km) of Gorakhpur District in the State of Uttar Pradesh under Special Land Acquisition Officer (Joint Organization) Gorakhpur, in the district Gorakhpur in the State of Uttar Pradesh. District Gorakhpur, State Uttar Pradesh [Schedule table columns: Sr.No | District | Tehsil | Village Name | Plot no. | Area proposed for land acquisition (Hec.) | Type of Land (Personal/Gov) | Nature of Land (Agricultural Land/Gov/Lake/Drain/chakroad/new parti etc.) | Ownership Detail. The schedule lists plots across 13 villages of Tehsil Shajanwa, Gorakhpur District, beginning with village Ujjikhor (30 entries, Sr.1-30, e.g. plot 110, 300, 302, 256, 52, 305, 4, 263, 314, 310, 214, 293, 287, 64, 300, 110, 10, 310, 305, 10, 29, 231, 305, 128, 66, 225, 49, 39, 305), continuing through further villages including Keli (entries to at least Sr.34, plots 465, 284, 332, 401, 426, 338, 103) and ending with village Banoda (entries to Sr.41, plots including 607/673, 396, Total Area 3.2716 Hec. for that village block). Land types are predominantly Personal/Agricultural Land with Gov-owned plots for drains, lakes, roads, chak-roads and similar categories. Ownership Detail column lists individual landowners/co-sharers (name/father-or-husband name/village-resident status) for each plot, running to several hundred named individuals across the thirteen villages; full owner-name-level detail available in the source PDF at /tmp/rescue/pdfs/CG-UP-E-19102023-249450.pdf, pages 48-134.] [F. No. W/Con/247/SWA-DIT/W-1] SHRISH CHANDRA SRIVASTAVA, Chief Administrative Officer/Construction 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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