28. Application fee for quarrying lease

(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 rules. 

(2) In the case of application for a quarrying lease for extraction of dimension stones, it shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty thousand rupees. 

(3) The amount of fee shall be remitted to the State Government treasuries to the credit of the Department of Mining and Geology under the relevant receipt head of account and the treasury chalan receipt shall be attached to the application.