REGISTERED NO. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 36] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1963/PHALGUNA 10,1884
MINISTRY OF MINES AND FUEL
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 1st March, 1963.
S. O. 577.—In pursuance of clause 4 of the Colliery Control Order, 1945, as continued in force by section 16 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Mines and Fuel No. S. O. 3197 dated the 20th October, 1962, the Central Government hereby fixes the following prices at which coal or coke may be sold by colliery owners :—
TABLE I. Collieries situated within the States of West Bengal and Bihar.
TABLE I (a). Non-coking coal of Selected Grade A, Selected Grade B and Grade I.
Price per ton of 2240 pounds Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Grade of coal
Run-of-mine, Dust Coal and
Slack coal
Run-of-mine, Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Selected Grade A - Selected Grade B . Grade I
Rs. nP. 25.59 24.09 22.96
Rs. nP. 24.14 22.66 21.56
Rs. nP. 24.53 23.02 21.91
Rs. nP. 25.19 23.71 22.60
TABLE I (b).~Non-coking Coal of "Grade II, Grade IIIA and Grade 111B
Price per ton of 2240 pounds Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Grade of coal
Steam Coal,
Run-of-mine, Dust Coal and Slack
Steam Coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Rubble and Smithy nuts
Coal
Run-of-mine, Dust Coal and Slack coal
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Grade II
Not exceeding Not exceeding Not exceeding Not exceeding
21.47
20-40
20.08
21.13
Not exceeding
Not exceeding
Grade IIIA
Not exceeding
(103)
J64 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART i i-TABLB I (c). Coking Coal of Grade A to Grade H
Price per ton of 2240 pounds Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms Grade of coal — — — — . —
Run-of-min", Steam coalj Run-of-minc, Steam coal,
Dust coal Rubble and Dust coal Rubble and and Slack coal Smithy nuta and Slack coal Smithy nuts
Rs. nP. Rs. nP. Rs. nP. Rs. nP.
A
27-68 28*72 27-24 28-27
B
2 6 67 27-72 26-25 27-28
C
25-68 26-72 25*27 26-30
D
24*17 25-22 2 3 79 24-82
B
23-67 24-72 23-30 24-33
F
22*92 23-97 22-56 23-59
G
22-42 23-47 22-07 23-10
H
22-17 2 3 23 21-82 2286
TABLE I (d). Cokmg coal of Grade HH
Price per ton of 2240 pounds Price per tonne of 1 ,ooo kilograms Grade of ooal
Run-of-minc, Dust coal and Slack
Run-of-mine, Dust coal and Slack
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
coal
coal
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
. Not exceeding
Not exceeding HH .
20-42
Not exceeding 21-47
21-13
Not exceeding 20-10
TABIM I ("). Washed Coking Coal.
Price per tonne of 1,000
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
kilograms
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
1
29 26
V7ashed caking coal (i.e., coal other than middlings) from the Lodna coal washery of Mengre. Lodna Colliery Company (1920) Ltd. con- forming to Grade C,
29-73
NOTB I.—For the purposes of the above Tables, the grade of any coal shall be determined as follow B:—
I. Non-cohing coal.
(a) High moisture coals.
If the ash and moisture content thereof:—
(0 doea not exceed 17-5 per cent Selected Grade A
("0 exceeds 17-5 per cent but does not exceed 19 per cent Selected Grade B
(tit) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent . Grade I
(iv) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent . Grade II
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All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on—'72 mesh samples after equili- brating under the conditions given below for 48 hours :—
Atmospheric temperature . . .. 4O°c± a°c
Relntive humidity
60 per cent ± 2 per cent.
(6) Low moisture coals.
If the ash content thereof—
(0 docs not exceed 15 per ce"nt Selected Grade A (it) exceeds 15 per cent but docs not exceed 17 per cent . Selected Grade B (i"") exceeds 17 per cent but docs not exceed 20 per cent . Grade I (iv) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent . Giade II (ti) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent . Grade IIIA (HI) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 per cent. Grade IIIB
II. Coking coal
If the ash content thereof—
(1) does not exceed 13 per cent . . . .. Grade A
(it) exceeds 13 per cent but does not exceed 14 per cent . Grade B (tit) exceeds 14 per cent but does not exceed 15 per cent . Grade C (iv) exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed 16 per cent . Grade D (v) exceeds 16 per cent but does not exceed 17 per cent . Grade E (vi) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed 18 per cent • Grade F (vii) exceeds 18 per cent but docs not exceed 19 per cent • Grade G (vffi) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 20 per cent . Grade H ("'x) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent . Grade HH NOTE 2.—The expressions 'Low moisture coals' and 'high moisture coala* mean res^ pectively coals containing moisture not exceeding 2 per cent, and coals containing mote than 2 per cent moisture.
NOTE 3.—The expression * coking coal' means all coal which is classified as euch by the Coal Board constituted under the Coal Mines (Conservation and Safety) Act, 1952 (12 of 1952).
NoiE 4.—The price at which all coal produced in the Bagrakote, EastHagrakotc, Lethi Valley and Fagu collieries may be sold shall be Rs. 31-49 per ton of 2240 lbs. (Rs. 30-99 per tonne of 1,000 kg.). This price shall be f.o.r. Ba^rakote in the case of the Bagrakote and East Bigrakote collieries, f.o.r. Oodlabari, and Damdin, North EaBt Frontier Railway in the case of the Lcchi Valley Colliery and f-Q^r. Oodlabari, North East Frontier Railway in the case of the Fagu colliery.
TABLE I (f).Soft Coke
Grade of coke Price per ton of 2240 pounds Price per tonne of i3ooo kilograms
Rs. nP. Rs. nP.
Soft Coke—Not exceeding
45 per cent ash content. 30 -96 30 • 47
NOTE.—The prices given under Tables I(o), I(*), I(c), I(d~), I(") and I"/)are fof'deHvery free on rail at or at the loading point nearest to the qollicry, or free on tramway or road v e ^ J^ at the colliery,
106 GA , OF A . A' JL i in x±—
C\iL6 II,— Oillieries situated wiMn the States of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra
and Gujerat
Price per ton of 2240 pounds Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms.
Grade of coal
Run-of-mine,
Dust coal
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run-of-mine Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal,
Rubble and
Smithy nuts
and Slack coal
Rs. nP.
Ra. nP.
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
26'50
25-10
26'08
25-50
Selected Grade
25-10
24-12
24-51
Grade I
25 '5°
23-01
24-00
Grade if . .
24-39
2,2 • 40
23-40
22-05
23'03 Grade III • •
NOTE I.—For the purposes of the above Table, the grade of any coal shall be determined
as follows :—
If the ash and moisture content thereof:—
(0 does no exceed 19 per cent . . .. Selected Grade
(j'i) exceeds 19 per cent but docs not exceed 24 per cent Grade I
(m) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent Grade II
(MI) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 per cent Grade I II
All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on—72 mesh samples after equili-
brating under the conditions given below for 48 hours :—
Atmospheric temperature . . .. 4o°c ± 2°c
Relative humidity . . .. . 60 per cent ± 2 per cent.
N O TE 2.—-The prices given under Table II above are for delivery free on rail at or at the loading point nearest to the colliery, or free on tramway or road vehicle at the colliery.
TABLE III—Collieries situated within the State of Assam
Price per tonne
Price per ton
of Name of colliery
Type of coal
of
1,000 kilograms
2240 pounds
Rs. n P.
Rs. nP.
Marghenta collieries of the Assam Railways and Trading Company.
32-59 32-59 39-10 90-36
Run-of-minc Dust coal Hand picked coal Hard coke
32-08 32-08 38-48 88-93
Nazira Coal Company, Ltd., Botgan .
27-35
Run-of-mine
26-92
26-92 Dllli Colliery of Dilli Colliery Company Run-of-mine
27-35
Jeypore Colliery . . ..
26-92
Run-of-mine
27-35
Koilajan Colliery . . ..
27-63
Run-of-minc
27-19
Bimalapore Colliery
26-92
Run-of-mine
27-35
Shcelvata Colliery . . ..
27-63
Run-of-mlne
27-19
NOTE I.—The prices given under Table I II are for delivery free on rail at the colliery in the
case of the Msrgherlta collieries of the Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited and for delivery free on road vehicle at the colliery in the cage of the other collieries.
SEC. aNOTE 2.—In the case of sales on f.o.r. basis by the Nazira Coal Company, Limited and the Dilli, Sheelvata Bimalaporc, Jeypore and Koilajan collieries mentioned in Table III above, the f.o.r. prices shall be determined by adding to the prices mentioned against each in Table 111 above, the following amounts namely :—
Nazira Coal Company Limited, Borgan . A sum of Rs. 5/- per ton of 2240 pounds
(Rs. 4-92 per tonne of IjOoo kilograms).
Dilli Colliery of DiUi Colliery Company, A sum caleuluted at the rate of Jo nP. per Sheelvata Colliery, Bimalapore Colliery ton of 2240 pounds for each mile (31 r(P. of Bimalapore collieries (private) Limited per tonne of 1,000 kilograms per kilometre) and Jeypore colliery, of the distance between the pit-head and
the rail-head.
Koilajan colliery . .. .A sum calculated at the rate of 75 nP. pfer
ton of 2240 pounds for each mile (46 nP. per tonne of 1,000 kilograms per kilo- metre) of the distance between the pit-hertd and the rail head.
TABLE IV.—Collieries situated within the territories formerly known asKhasi States in the State
of Assam.
(1) Lcdtryngew mine of Cherra Chattah Ropeway Company and Thangjinath mine.
Type of coal
Price per ton of
Name of colliery
2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
18-88
. Run-of-mine coal
18-58 Laitryngew mine
15-88
. Run-of-mine coal
Thangjinath mine .
I5'63
19-16
18-86
Lump- Coal
(2) Anjy other colliery
Price p er t on
Price per tonne
of
Type of coal
2240 p o u n ds
of IjOoo kilograms
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
18-86
19-16
Lump coal
13-69 Run-of-minc coal
13-91
C o ke . . ..
35'3°
34*74
NOTE.—The prices given under Table IV arc cx-pit-head.
v.ao8 THE GAZETTE OF I L , „. . .. :,, u-TABLB V.—Collerits situated within the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(0 Sirtgareni Group of collieries (Except Yellendu).
Type of coal
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
-Round coal . . . . . ..
Ra. nP. 29'65
Rs. nP. 29-18
-Separator Nut coal i*—2" (25-4 milll metres—
50-8 millimetres)
29-65
2918J
Nut coil i*—1* (12-7 millimetres—25 • 4 milli-
2 8 15
. metres)
37-71
Rart'of"-mine coal
28.69
29-15
28-65
Ho. 2 coal
28'2O
Slack coal 0*—i" (0 millimetre—12 • 7 milli-
metres) and
26-65
0*—I* (0 millimetre—25 • 4 millimetres)
26-23
(2) Yellendu colliery
Price per tonne T y pe of coal
of
Price per ton of
1,000 kilograms.
2240 pounds
Round coal . . . . . ..
Rs. nP. 28-65
Rs. nP. 28-20
Separator N ut coal
28-65
28-20
N ut coal f — 1" (12-7 millimetres—25-4 milli-
27-15
26-72
metres).
Run-of-mfrie coal
28-15
27-71
No. 2 coal
27-66
27-22
27-66
Rough Slack 0*—2* (0 millimetre—50-8 millimetres)
27-22
Slack coal 6*—J* (0 millimetre—12-7 millimetres) and
0*—1* Co millimetre—25.4 millimetres)
25-66
25-23
NOTE.^The prices given under Table V are for delivery free on rail at or at the loading point nearest to the colliery or free on tramway or road vehicle at the colliery.
TABLE VI.—Coke
Name of steel plants
Price per tonne
Grade of coke
and
of
I,OOQ kilograms cokerics producing coke
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Hard coke from Bye-product
Bhilai Steel Plant (Hindus-
tan Steel, Ltd.)
ovens [Large Rubble or Smithy over i" (over 12-7 millimetres] 1
Ska 8^ THE'GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAdftMNAMf to$2
I
3
4
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
(*') If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but docs not exceed 30 per cent.
Not exceeding 60 26
Not exceeding 59'3J
Not exceeding (") If the ash content does not Not exceeding
66-59
exceed 24 per cent
67-66
Not exceeding 11-28
Coke Breeze under \" (under 12-7 millimeties)
Not exceeding II -10
Raurkela Steel Plant
(Hinduitan Steol Ltd.)
Hard Coke from Bye-product Ovens [Large Rubble or Smithy over ¥ (over 12-7 millimetres).]
(0 If the ash content exceeds
Not exceeding
54-37
Not exceeding 55'45
24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent.
(>'"') If the ash content does
Not exceeding
not exceed 24 per cent.
Not exceeding 62'84
61-85
Not exceeding
Coke Breeze under |" (under 12-7 millimetres)
10-31
Not exceeding 10-47
Duroapu* Steel Plant Hard Coke from Bye-product Ovens
(Hindustan- Steel -Ltd.) [Large Rubble or Smithy over Durgapnr Coke Oven (over 12*7 millimetres).] Plaat^CWeit Bengal Govt.) Coke Oven Plant, Burn- pur (Indiitn Iron, and If tha ash content does not exceed Steel Co., Ltd.) 24 per cent.
Not exceeding 5 9 63
Not exceeding 58'69-
Coke Breeze under J" (under 12 • 7
millimetres).
Not exceeding 9 94
Not- exceeding 9-78
Hard Coke [Large Rubble or
Bye-product ovens other
Smithy over \" (over 12-7 millimetres)]
than those mentioned above.
Not exceeding
43-or
Not exceeding 43'7°
(i) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent.
(") If the ash content docs not
Not exceeding
exceed 24 per cent.
Not exceeding 51-10
50 29
Coke Breeze under (under 12 • 7 millimetres).
Not exceeding 8-53
Not exceeding 8-38
Hard Coke [Large Rubble or
Bee-hive and Country
OvenB.
Smithy over J* (over 12-7 millimetres)]
Not exceeding 41-94
Not exceeding 41-as
(J) If the ash content exceeds 34 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent.
("0 If the ash content docs not
exceed 24 per cent.
Not exceeding 49 35
Not exceeding 48-57 NOTB.-"-The prices given under Table VI above are for delivery free on rail at or. at the
loading point nearest to the cokery, or free on tramway or road vehicle at the cokeiy.
JlO
trife' GAZETtE t)F INDIA E&f RAORttlNAftY [**"* M-
Btplanation : —(") The prices given in the above Tables from I to VI—
(a) arc exclusive of Stowing Excise Duty, Rescue Station Excise Duty, Soft Coke Cesa Excise Duty, .Labour Welfare Cess Excise Duty, any tax leviable under the Sales Tax law of any State or under the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1936) and any other additional Excise Duty, Cess or impost which the Central Government may hereafter declare to be payable by consumers of coal, but inclusive of all other cesses or imposts ;
(b) are exclusive of dehcredere agents' margin permissible under clause 6 of the Colliery Control Order, 1945;
(c) do not apply to retail sales of less than one ton of 2240 pounds, or leas than 1 tonne of l,ooo kilograms as the case may be, on any one day for delivery by road, and
(d) do not apply to overloaded weigh-bridge coal or coke ; (*•") When delivery is free on rail, the weight charged for shall be the weight ascertained at a railway aweigh-bridgc and when delivery is free on tramway or road vehicle the weight shall be ascertained in such manner as may be prescribed by the Coal Controller ; and
(Hi) the expressions ' tonne', ' millimetre' and ' kilometre' shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in notification No. SX), 290, dated the 30th January, 1959 as subsequently amended by notification No. S.O. 1035 dated the zoth April, 1959 ot the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
(aj) Nothing in this notification shall apply to hard coke having ash content not exceeding 20 per cent and phosphorus content not exceeding -05 per cent.
[No. C5—12 (i7)/62-I.]
S. O. 578.—In pursuance of clause 4 of the Colliery Control Order, 1945, as continued in fjree by section 16 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Mines and Fuel No. S. O. 3198 dated the 20th October, 1963, the Central Government hereby fixes the following prices at which eoal or coke over-loaded at any wcifth-bridge may be sold by colliery owners, namely :—
Price per ton
Price per tonne
of Description
of
2240 pounds
1,000 kilograms
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
1 (a) AU overloaded weigh-bridge coal or coke
disposed of at any railway weigh-bridge in West Bengal and Bihar other than at the Mahuda Weigh-bridgc
18-65
18-36
16-63
16-39 ft) All overloaded weigh-bridge coal or coke disposed of at the Mahuda Weigh-bridgc (1!) Overloaded coal or coke of Bagrakote and East Bagrakote collieries in Darjeeling in West Bengal
30-98
30*49 2. All overloaded weigh-bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway wcigh-bridgc in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujerat
21-84
21-50
26-84
26-42 3, All over loaded weigh-bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh-bridge in A s s am . . . . .. 4. All overloaded weigh-bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh-bridge in the State of Andhra Pradesh
27-09
26-66
Explanation.—The expression ' Overloaded weigh-bridge coal or coke' means all coal, bye product and bee-hive hard coke or soft coke which is taken otf any loaded wagon and stacked at the railway weigh-bridge for the purpose of adjusting the weight of wagons according to permissible axle load.
NOTE.—The expression ' tonne ' shall have the meaning assigned to it in notification No. S. O. 290 dated the 30th January, 1959 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
[No. C-5-12 (i7)/62-II.] CHHEDI LAL, Jt. Secy.
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