This notification, S.O. 3322(E), issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on July 18, 2025, authorizes specific officers as competent authorities under Section 3(a) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956). These authorities are responsible for land acquisition related to the upgrade of a section of National Highway No. 3 to a 2-lane configuration with paved shoulders. The project spans from kilometer 424 to kilometer 443.66 (Leh Bypass) within the Union Territory of Ladakh. The schedule details that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), NH3 Ladakh, is the designated authority for this project, encompassing land acquisition in Leh district, Kharu Taluk/Mandal, and the villages of Changa, Kharu, Hemis, Martselang and Chemdy. The file number associated with this notification is LAC3BRev2024803. The Director, Shaikh Aminkhan, is the contact person.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highways Act, 1956: A law enacted in 1956, providing the framework for the development and maintenance of national highways in India.
Central Government: The governing authority responsible for authorizing officers to perform functions under the National Highways Act.
Leh Bypass: A section of road that is the subject of land acquisition for upgradation, located in Ladakh.
Ladakh: A union territory in India where the Leh Bypass is located and where the land acquisition is taking place.
National Highway No. 3: The specific national highway on which the Leh Bypass is situated.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for the notification regarding land acquisition for the highway project.
New Delhi: Location of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Kharu: A taluk/mandal in Ladakh that includes villages affected by the land acquisition for the Leh Bypass project.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
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No. 3249] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025/ASHADHA 27, 1947
सड़क पररवहन और रािमाग गमत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 18 िुलाई, 2025
का.आ. 3322 (अ).—केन्द्रीय सरकार, राष्ट्रीय रािमागग अजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) की धारा 3 के खंड
(क) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, इस अजधसचू ना के िासकीय रािपत्र में प्रकाजित होने की तारीख से,
केंर िाजसत प्रििे लद्दाख म ें (NH-3) के दक.मी. 424 से दक.मी. 443.66 तक के िो लेन पेव्ड िोल्डर के साथ लेह बाईपास
के जनमागण हते ु उि अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ (4), (5), (6) और (7) म ें क्रमिः उजल्लजखत राज्य, जिलों, तालुकों और गावों स े
सम्बजन्द्धत उि अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ (3) की तत्सस्ट्थानी प्रजवजि में जवजनर्िगि भूजम के सम्बन्द्ध में अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ (2) म ें
उजल्लजखत अजधकाररयों को उि अजधजनयम के अन्द्तगगत सक्षम अजधकाररयों के कृत्सयों का जनष्पािन करन े के जलए एतद्द्वारा
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[फा. स.ं LAC-3(B)Rev/2024(803)]
िेख अमीनखान, जनििे क
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th July, 2025
S.O. 3322(E).—In exercise of powers conferred by clause (a) of section 3 of the National Highways
Act, 1956(48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby authorizes the officers mentioned in column (2) of the
Schedule annexed here to as the competent authorities to perform the functions of such authorities under the said Act
with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, in respect of the stretch of land
specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Schedule relating to state, districts, taluk and villages
mentioned in column (4), (5), (6) and (7) respectively of the said Schedule for upgradation to 2 laning with paved
shoulders from km. 424 to 443.66 (Leh Bypass ) in the union territory of Ladakh.
SCHEDULE
Land acquisition of Leh Bypass on National Highway No. 3 in the Union Terriotory of Ladakh.
Sl. CALA Stretch State District Taluk/Mandal Name of the Village
No. 2 3 4 5 6 7
1
1 SDM, NH3 Ladakh LEH
Kharu 1 Changa
Kharu KM 424 TO LADAKH
KM 443.66 2 Hemis
3 Martselang
4 Chemdy
[F. No. : LAC-3(B)Rev/2024(803)]
SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director
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