Publication of Notification in the Gazette of India for appointment of hte Competent Authority under Clause 7A of of section 2 and Arbitrator under Sub Section 6 of section 20F of the Railways Act 1989 as amended vide the Railways Amendment Act 2008 for the Special Railway Project namely New Dedicated Freight Corridor Connecting Dankuni in the east to Surat in the West in the State of West Bengal

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-WB-E-11062026-273356 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2892] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026/JYAISTHA 21, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Eastern Railway) NOTIFICATION Kolkata, the 11th June, 2026 S.O. 2990(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (7A) of Section 2 and Sub-Section (6) of Section 20F of the Railways Act, 1989, [as amended vide the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008] the Central Government hereby authorizes the officers mentioned in column (4) of the Table below as Competent Authority to perform the functions as such authority and in column (5) of the Table below as Arbitrator to perform the functions as such authority under the said Act with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette with respect to land acquisition for the Special Railway Project namely, "New Dedicated Freight Corridor connecting Dankuni in the east to Surat in the west." in the State of West Bengal relating to the districts mentioned in column (3) of the said Table for the public purpose. TABLE +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Sl. | Name of the | District | Competent Authority Land | Arbitrator | | No. | Project | | Acquisition | | +=====+===================================+=================+===================================+===================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 1. | New Dedicated | Howrah | Additional District Magistrate | Divisional | | | Freight Corridor | | (Land Acquisition), Howrah | Commissioner, | | | connecting Dankuni | | | Presidency Division, | | | in the east to Surat | | | Kolkata | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 2. | in the west | Hooghly | Additional District Magistrate | Divisional | | | | | (Land Acquisition), Hooghly | Commissioner, | | | | | Additional District Magistrate | Bardhaman Division | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 3. | | Purba | (Land Acquisition), Purba Bardhaman | | | | | Bardhaman | | | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 4. | | Paschim | Additional District Magistrate | | | | | Bardhaman | (Land Acquisition), Paschim | | | | | | Bardhaman | | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ [F. No. KKK/EN/East West Corridor/658 Pt-II] MANOJ KHAN, Chief Administrative Officer/Con