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 proposed to be mined each year as per the approved mining plan. The permit holder shall not be eligible for refund of advance royalty remitted even if the quantity of mineral mined or transported is less than the annual quantity of mineral proposed to be mined as per the approved mining plan; 
        ⁰⁷[Provided that in cases where extraction of minerals are from Revenue Puramboke lands or from lands possessed by other Government Departments or Local Self Governments, the person who extracts minerals from such lands shall pay compensation or value of minerals, as the case may be, to the department concerned for the quantity of such extraction, as fixed by such departments from time to time.]]

06. Rule 7 substituted by SRO 456/2023 w.e.f. 01.04.2023. Prior to substitution it read as

7. Payment of Royalty.—Every applicant for a quarrying permit shall pay royalty in advance to Government at the rates specified in Schedule I or IV, as the case may be. In the case of payment of royalty under Consolidated Royalty Payment System (CRP System) for granite (building stones) and laterite (building stones) the competent authority may permit an applicant to opt for making payment under this system. 

07.  Proviso inserted by SRO 346/2017 w.e.f. 23.06.2017.