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 and quantity of the minor mineral for which the permit is required;
(c) description such as location, survey number etc. of the lands from which the minor mineral is to be extracted;
(d) purpose for which the minor mineral is to be used.
(2) Every such application shall be accompanied by,—
(a) a copy of the survey map of the area, attested by the Village Officer concerned or any other competent officer of the department of Land Revenue having jurisdiction over the area in respect of which permit is applied for or Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records concerned. The area in which extraction is applied for in each survey number shall be demarcated and coloured red in the map;
(b) a certificate of demarcation of the boundaries of areas applied for, issued by an officer of the department of Land Revenue not below the rank of Village Officer who has jurisdiction over the relevant area;
(c) a certificate from the Village Officer concerned to the effect that the land in respect of which quarrying permit is applied for, is not assigned for any special purpose by the department of Land Revenue;
03[(d) the possession and enjoyment certificate issued by the Village Officer concerned in respect of the land from where the minerals are proposed to be extracted. In case the applied area for quarrying permit is not under the possession and enjoyment of the applicant, then a notarized consent letter from the owner of such land shall be submitted to the effect that he has no objection in extraction of minor mineral by the applicant in the event of grant of quarrying permit by the Department of Mining and Geology. In the event of issuance of letter of intent by the Department of Mining and Geology for the grant of quarrying permit, the owner of the land and applicant shall enter into a lease agreement for sufficient period permitting the applicant to occupy the land for mining operations for which application has been submitted. The said lease agreement shall be registered as per the Registration Act 1904;]
04[(e) No Objection Certificate, in the case of revenue poramboke lands or lands owned by Local Self Government or forest lands, from the District Collector or Secretary of the Local Self Government Institution or Divisional Forest Officer, as the case may be, to the effect that they have no objection for the extraction of minor mineral by the applicant subject to the provisions contained in these rules;]
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(g) Bank guarantee from any Nationalized or Scheduled Bank at the rate of 300 (Rupees three hundred only) per cubic metre for the purpose of reclamation of pits that will be formed after quarrying in the area permitted, in respect of application for extraction of ordinary clay and ordinary sand.
03. Clause (d) substituted by SRO 456/2023 w.e.f. 01.04.2023. Prior to substitution it read as
“(d) the possession and enjoyment certificate issued by the Village Officer concerned in respect of the land from which the minerals are proposed to be extracted. In the case of revenue poramboke lands or lands owned by Local Self Government or in the case of forest lands, a No Objection Certificate from the District Collector or Secretary of the Local Self Government Institution or Divisional Forest Officer concerned, as the case may be, to the effect that the department concerned has no objection for the extraction of minor mineral by the applicant subject to the provisions contained in these rules.”
04. Clause (d) substituted by SRO 456/2023 w.e.f. 01.04.2023. Prior to substitution it read as
“(e) notarised consent letter from the owner of the land from which minor mineral is to be extracted to the effect that he has no objection to the extraction of the minor mineral by the applicant, if the land is not in the possession of the applicant;”
05. Clause (f) omitted by SRO 70/2018 w.e.f. 03.02.2018. Prior to omission it read as
“(f) No Objection Certificate from the District Collector concerned, based on the recommendation of the District Expert Committee constituted by the Government in this regard, in the case of application for extraction of ordinary clay or ordinary sand;”
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