The Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015

(1) These Rules may be called the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015. (2) They shall come into force at once.

(1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,—  (i) “Act” means the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Act 67 of 1957);  (ii) “Approved Mining Plan” means a mi...

(1) On application made to it the competent authority under these rules may grant a quarrying permit to any Indian National to extract any minor mineral, 01[other than the minerals specified in ite...

(1) An application for a quarrying permit shall be made in Form A and shall contain the following particulars, namely :- (a) name, address, profession and nationality of the applicant;  (b) name ...

(1) Every application for a quarrying permit shall be accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees for all minor minerals. (2) The amount of fee shall be remitted in any of the State Government tre...

(1) Where an application for the grant or renewal of quarrying permit is delivered personally, its receipt shall be acknowledged forthwith, in Form C.  (2) In all other cases, the receipt of such ...

Every applicant for a quarrying permit shall pay royalty in advance to Government at the rate specified in schedule1.The applicant shall pay royalty in advance for the entire quantity of mineral pr...

On receipt of an application for a quarrying permit with all requisite contents and particulars thereof prescribed in these rules but without having the statutory licences required to be obtained f...

(1) On receipt of the application for grant of quarrying permit for undertaking quarrying operations, the competent authority shall make site inspection and take decision regarding the precise area...

Every quarrying permit, except for ordinary earth, under rule 9 shall be granted subject to the following conditions, namely:—  (a) the depth of the pit below surface shall not exceed 6 metres exc...

The permit holder shall be granted movement permit in Form M of the Kerala Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation) Rules, 2015 for removal of minor minerals from the are...

In cases where the permitted quantity of mineral could not be extracted from the precise area under permit within the permitted period, such quarrying permit may be renewed once for the extraction ...

(1) Before applying for movement permit under a quarrying permit for the first time, every quarrying permit holder of granite (building stone) or laterite (building stone) shall furnish a financial...

(1) A quarrying permit under these rules shall be obtained for extraction 21[and transportation] of ordinary earth used for filling or levelling purposes in construction of embankments, roads, rail...

A person who has obtained quarrying permit under these rules for extraction of minerals other than ordinary earth may extract overburden from the area under the permit without obtaining a quarrying...

If the Government or competent authority under these rules has reason to believe that a permit was obtained by way of submission of any false documents or in contravention of provisions of any othe...

The permit holder shall pay reasonable compensation as may be assessed by any lawful authority in accordance with the law in force on the subject for all damage, injury or disturbance which may be ...

The different varieties of granite and other crystalline rocks are classified as - (i) Dimension stones which include all types of granites, dolerite, charnockite, leptynite and other crystalline ...

Where two or more persons have applied for a quarrying permit in respect of the same land, the applicant whose application was received earlier shall have a preferential right for the grant of the ...

01[20. XXX, 21. XXX, 22. XXX] 01. Rule 20, 21 & 22 omitted by SRO 391/2020 w.e.f. 12.06.2020. Prior to omission it read as  “20. Grant of quarrying permit.—On application made to him in form ‘A...

01[23. XXX, 24. XXX] 01. Rule 23 & 24 omitted by SRO 391/2020 w.e.f. 12.06.2020. Prior to omission it read as “23. Chapter II to apply to quarrying leases in respect of lands in which minerals ...

The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the grant of quarrying leases in respect of lands in which the minor minerals vest exclusively in the Government.

Quarrying leases under this chapter shall be granted only to Indian Nationals:  Provided that a quarrying lease may be granted by the Government to a person who is not an Indian National with the ...

(1) An application for grant or renewal of a quarrying lease shall be made to the competent authority in Form ‘B’;  (2) Every such application shall be accompanied by,—  01[(a) Copy of PAN card, ...

(1) Every application for grant of quarrying lease shall be accompanied by a fee of 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand only) for all minor minerals except for dimension stones as specified under these rul...

The procedure for receipt and acknowledgement of application for grant or renewal of quarrying lease is as provided for in rule 6.

(1) Every application for the renewal of a quarrying lease shall be made at least three months before the date on which the lease is due to expire. (2) Documents to be attached to and the fee presc...

(1) Where two or more persons have applied for quarrying lease in respect of the same land the applicant whose application was received earlier shall have preferential right for the grant of the le...

(1) The holder of a quarrying lease which is granted on or after the commencement of these rules shall pay royalty in respect of any mineral removed by him from the land in respect of which the lea...

06[(1) On receipt of an application for quarrying lease with all requisite contents and particulars thereof prescribed in these rules but without having the statutory licences required to be obtain...

Where an application for the grant or renewal of a quarrying lease is refused under rule 33 or the applicant refuses to accept the lease on account of any conditions imposed under these rules or an...

Except in case of a quarrying lease for sand or Kankar the length of an area held under a quarrying lease shall not exceed four times its breadth.

The boundaries of the area covered by a quarrying lease shall run vertically downwards below the surface towards the centre of the earth.

(1) The area under the quarrying lease shall be a contiguous unit and shall not be less than one hectare:  Provided that in the case of renewal of quarrying lease the restrictions in minimum area ...

(1) On receipt of communication regarding the precise area under rule 55, the applicant shall make arrangements for the survey and demarcation by erection of boundary pillars of the said area by th...

(1) The minimum period for which a lease may be granted shall be five years.  (2) The maximum period for which a lease may be granted shall be 09[fifteen] years.  (3) In the case of renewal of a ...