Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Whereas, it appears to the Government of India that it is necessary in public interest that for transportation of petroleum from "GGS-Dahej to GGS-Jolwa-Gandhar" in Gujarat, a pipeline should be laid by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
And whereas, it appears to the Government of India that for the purpose of laying the said pipeline, it is necessary to acquire the right of user in the land described in the schedule annexed here to;
Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipeline (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962), the Government of India hereby declares its intention to acquire the right of user therein;
Any person interested in the said land may, within 21 days from the date on which the copies of the notification, as published in the Gazette of India, are made available to the general public, object in writing to the acquisition of the right of user therein for laying the pipeline under the land to the competent authority, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Shed No.27, C&M Building Complex, Makarpura Road, Vadodara, Gujarat 390009.
— S.O. 501(E): New Delhi, March 13, 2008

Gail-RGTIL to interlink pipelines
Whereas, by notification of Government of India in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas No. S.O.696 dated February 11, 2002, issued under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), Government of India declared its intention to acquire rights of users in lands, specified in the schedule appended to that notification, for the purpose of laying a pipeline under Hazira-Uran Pipeline Project by Gail (India) Ltd for transportation of natural gas;
And whereas, Government of India, after considering the reports submitted by the competent authority under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Act and on being satisfied that the said lands were required for laying the pipeline, decided to acquire the rights of users therein;
And whereas, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Act, Government of India declared acquisition of the rights of users in lands, specified in the schedule appended to that notification, for laying the pipeline, vide notification of Government of India in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas No.S.O.861 (E) dated July 29, 2004;
And whereas, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (4) of Section 6 of the Act, Government of India declared vesting the rights of users in the said lands for laying the pipeline in Gail (India) Ltd, instead of Government of India, free from all encumbrances on the date of publication of that declaration;
And whereas, Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd, which is laying Kakinada-Hyderabad-Uran-Ahmedabad gas pipeline, intends to share with Gail (India) Ltd as mentioned above;
And whereas, Gail (India) Ltd has consented to the sharing of the rights of users in the said land with RGTIL for inter-connecting RGTIL's Kakinada-Hyderabad-Uran-Ahmedabad pipeline with Gail's pipeline network at Gail's Hazira-Uran pipeline's injection facility at Mhaskal village, Kalyan taluka, Thane district, on terms and conditions annexed herewith;
Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred under sub-section (4) of Section 6 of the Act, Government of India directs that the rights of users in the said lands vested earlier in Gail (India) Ltd, would also be used by Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd, from the date of publication of this declaration, on the terms and conditions annexed herewith.
— S.O. 545(E): New Delhi, March 19, 2008