GMADA Public Notice
Acquisition of land for setting up Eco-city 3 Project In New Chandigarh.
Overview
The Office of the Commissioner, Rupnagar Division, Rupnagar issued a communication regarding the acquisition of land for: Eco City-3 Project, New Chandigarh The letter was addressed to the: Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Development Department, PUDA Bhawan, S.A.S. Nagar It concerns approval of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme prepared for families affected by the Eco City-3 land acquisition.
What Has Been Approved?
The document states that approval sought by the Land Acquisition Collector was granted in accordance with the provisions of: Section 18 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The communication says that the approval was issued after approval of the competent authority. This means the R&R Scheme for the Eco City-3 acquisition had progressed beyond its preparation and review stages to the Section 18 approval stage.
Project
The project is identified as: Eco City-3, New Chandigarh The executive summary explains that GMADA planned Eco City-3 as part of the planned development of New Chandigarh.
Villages Covered
According to the executive summary supplied with the document, land was proposed to be acquired from nine villages:
- Hoshiarpur
- Takipur
- Kartarpur
- Kansala
- Majra
- Rasulpur
- Rajgarh
- Dhode Majra
- Salamatpur
These villages are stated to fall within: Tehsil Kharar / Sub-Tehsil Majri
Total Land Area
The executive summary states that the total land involved is: 713.3750 acres This figure relates to the Eco City-3 acquisition described in this R&R document.
What Is a Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme?
Under the RFCTLARR Act, land acquisition is not limited to payment of compensation for land. Where applicable, the authorities must also identify affected families and prepare measures dealing with:
- Rehabilitation;
- Resettlement;
- displacement;
- livelihood impact;
- houses or structures affected;
- eligible benefits and entitlements; and
- other consequences of acquisition.
The document states that the Eco City-3 R&R Scheme was prepared under: Section 16 of the RFCTLARR Act, 2013.
How Was the R&R Scheme Prepared?
The executive summary mentions the process followed while preparing the scheme.
Census Survey
It states that a Census Survey was carried out covering land and houses and taking into account the final alignment and overall land survey. The supplied document records this survey as having taken place in: November 2014 That date should be reproduced as stated in the source unless a separate official record establishes otherwise. The document identifies the principal impact as: loss of land
Consultation With Landowners
The executive summary also refers to:
- consultation with landowners;
- village-level discussions;
- individual-level discussions; and
- public hearings.
It states that important issues affecting the villages and individual landowners were considered while preparing the R&R Scheme.
What Does Section 18 Mean?
Sections 16 to 18 of the RFCTLARR Act deal with preparation, review and approval of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme. Broadly: Section 16 – preparation of the R&R Scheme Section 17 – review of the draft R&R Scheme Section 18 – approval of the R&R Scheme This document relates to the Section 18 approval stage.
Does This Mean the Acquisition Was Complete?
No. Approval of the R&R Scheme does not by itself mean that:
- the acquisition award had been announced;
- compensation had been finally determined;
- compensation had been paid;
- possession of all land had been taken;
- infrastructure development had started; or
- plots had been allotted.
Those are separate stages requiring separate official records.
Is This a Section 19 Declaration?
No. This document concerns: Section 18 approval of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme It should not be confused with a: Section 19 declaration of acquisition A Section 19 declaration is a separate and later statutory document.
Why Is This Document Important?
The approval of the R&R Scheme is important because it records that the rehabilitation and resettlement arrangements for affected families had passed through the statutory approval process. It also provides important project-level information, including:
- the nine affected villages;
- the stated land area of 713.3750 acres; and
- the fact that an R&R Scheme had been prepared for Eco City-3.
What Should Affected Landowners Check?
Affected landowners should examine:
- whether their village and Khasra numbers fall within the notified acquisition;
- exact land area affected;
- their entry in the Census Survey;
- ownership/share in revenue records;
- structures and other assets recorded;
- eligibility under the R&R Scheme;
- livelihood-related entitlements;
- final approved R&R benefits;
- later Section 19 declaration;
- compensation proceedings; and
- subsequent award or possession records.
New Chandigarh and the location questions that remain
New Chandigarh is a planned development area in the Greater Mohali region. The page identifies Eco-city 3 with New Chandigarh, but the supplied information does not locate the parcels within that area or establish the applicable tehsil or district.
The page information names no affected villages and provides no parcel identifiers. It therefore cannot establish whether a particular village, khasra number, or property is covered, or distinguish the land from areas associated with other projects in the region.
Keep separate notices separate
A separate August 2026 tracked notice names the Commercial City Center of Master Plan New Chandigarh and the villages Sangla, Bansepur, Tedda, and ChadMajra. The supplied information does not connect those villages or that notice to Eco-city 3, or establish any overlap with the land covered here.
Those village names are not evidence that the places are included in this Eco-city 3 notice. The supplied information gives no more precise geographic reference for the Eco-city 3 parcels. Parcel-level location needs to be established from a record that explicitly identifies the land.
How the tracked Eco-city 3 notices fit together
Tracked records mention Eco-city 3 at different points in time. Their titles do not establish that they concern the same parcels or form one continuous acquisition file:
- A January 2025 tracked notice concerns acquisition for Eco-city 3 in New Chandigarh.
- This page concerns a February 2025 notice titled as an acquisition notice for the project.
- August and September 2025 tracked notices refer to acquisition for Eco-city 3 alongside Low/High Density Projects in New Chandigarh. Their titles include personal-hearing notices under section 21 of the RFCTLARR Act, 2013.
- A January 2026 tracked notice concerns submission of consents for land-pooling cash compensation for Eco-city 3.
This sequence shows Eco-city 3 appearing in tracked acquisition-related records over time. It does not establish a single legal progression for the land in this notice, which parcels were covered by the later hearings, or whether those hearings followed from the February notice.
The January 2026 title indicates a consent-related step for land-pooling cash compensation, not an award or payment. The supplied information does not establish the current status of the land covered here or whether a declaration, award, compensation offer, or possession step followed.
What the project context does and does not establish
Later tracked notices refer to Eco-city 3 alongside Low/High Density Projects in New Chandigarh. This places the project name in a wider set of tracked development and acquisition-related notices, but their titles do not show how project boundaries relate or which land is included.
The supplied information does not describe Eco-city 3's layout, density provisions, infrastructure works, or boundaries. It therefore does not establish how the project is designed or what specific development purpose the land in this notice serves.
For residents and property owners, the key questions are which land the notice identifies and what action it records. The project label and the later hearing and compensation-related titles do not answer those questions. The available information does not establish a particular acquisition outcome or show that all property associated with a named village is affected.
The separate Commercial City Center reference in Master Plan New Chandigarh is another tracked notice. The supplied information does not establish that it is part of Eco-city 3, shares its land, or changes Eco-city 3's status.
Practical Details
- Notice Date: February 24, 2025
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