32. Payment of royalty by a lessee

(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 lease has been granted at the rates specified in schedule I in respect of the mineral. 

⁰⁴[(1a) xxx]

(2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, enhance or reduce the rate of royalty in respect of any minor mineral with effect from the date, as may be specified in such notification: 

Provided that the rate of royalty shall not be enhanced in respect of any mineral more than once during any period of three years.

⁰⁵[(3) In cases where extraction of minerals is 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 be liable to 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.]

04. Sub rule (1a) inserted by SRO 268/2016 w.e.f. 09.03.2016 and later omitted by SRO 456/2023 w.e.f. 01.04.2023. Prior to omission it read as 

“(1a) In the case of holder of a quarrying lease who opted for payment of royalty under Consolidated Royalty Payment System, he shall pay royalty for one year in advance at the rates specified in schedule III or V, as the case may be.” 

05. Sub rule (3) inserted by SRO 346/2017 w.e.f. 23.06.2017.