Urgency Clause Invoked for Land Acquisition for Critical Military Infrastructure in Great Nicobar’s Govind Nagar

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 10 November 2025

The Andaman and Nicobar Administration has invoked the urgency provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR Act) to acquire 35.05 hectares of private land in Govind Nagar village, Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar .

A formal notification (F. No. 34-725/2021-Rev) issued on 7 November 2025 states that the land is required for the construction of critical military infrastructure , framing the acquisition as essential to national security and defence .

The order specifically cites Section 40 of the RFCTLARR Act — the clause that allows the government to bypass certain procedural requirements when land is urgently needed for defence or nationa