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CHAPTER II : GRANT OF QUARRYING PERMITS IN RESPECT OF LANDS IN WHICH MINERALS OR MINERAL RIGHT BELONG TO GOVERNMENT

3. Grant of quarrying permit

(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...

4. Application for quarrying permit

(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 ...

5. Application fee

(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...

6. Acknowledgement of application

(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 ...

06[7. Payment of Royalty

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...

8. Letter of intent to an applicant for a quarrying permit

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...

9. Disposal of application for the grant of quarrying permit

(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...

10. Conditions on which quarrying permit shall be granted

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...

18[11. Movement permits and its register

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...

19[12. Renewal of quarrying permit

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 ...

20[13. Financial guarantee

(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...

# 14. Quarrying Permit for Ordinary earth

(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...

15. Removal of overburden by a quarrying permit holder

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...

16. Cancellation of quarrying permit

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...

17. Compensation for damage

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 ...

18. Classification of granite and other crystalline rocks

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 ...

19. Preferential right in granting of quarrying Permits

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 ...