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The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 100] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1963/JYAISTHA 11, 1885
MINISTRY OF MINES & FUEL
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 1st June, 1963
S.O. 1537.—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 945. dated the 1st April, 1963, the Central Government hereby fixes the following prices at which coal or coke may be sold by colliery owners:—
TABLE I—Collieries shunted 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 tonne of 1,000
Price pertonof 2240 po-
unds
kilograms.
Grade of coal
Streamcoal,
Steam coal, Run-of-mine Dust coal Ruble
Run-of-mine Dust coal,
and
and
Slack coal
and Smithy nuts
Slack coal
Ruhble and Smithy nuts
RE. nP. Rs. nP Rs. nP Rs. nP
Selected Grade A 25.09 26.15 24.69 25.74
Selected Grade B 24.65 23.21 24.26
Grade I 22.47 24.65 23.21 24.15
TABLE I (b) : Non coking coal of Grade II, III A and Grade IIIB
Price oer tonne of 1,000
Price per ton of 2240
kilograms.
pounds
Grade of coal
, Stem coal, Run-of-mine, Dust coal
Run-of-mine Dust coal,
and
and
Slack coal
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Slack coal
Rubble and Smithy nuts
Grade II
Rs. nP. Not exceed-
Rs. nP Not exceed-
Rs. nP. Not exceed-
Rs. nP. Not exceed-
ing
ing
ing
ing
20.63
21.68
20.96
Grade III A
Not exceed-
Not exceed-
22.03 Not exceed-
Not exceed-
ing
ing
ing
ing
19.15
20-46
20-14
Grade I II B
Not exceed- N ot exceed-
Not exceed-
ing
ing
19.46
Not exceed-
ing
ing
18.27
17.98
18.98
19.28
(263)
264 T I IE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I I-TAULE I(C) : Coking Coal ofGrade A to Grade H.
Price per ton of 2240
pounds
Price per tonne of i,ocx kilograms Grade of coal
Run-of-mine Dust coal
Steam coal, Rubble
Run-of-min< Dust coal
and
and
: Steam coa; Rubble and
and
Slack coal Smithy nuts
Smithy nuts
Slack coal
Rs. nP. Rs. nP. Rs. nP. Rs. nP.
A 28-24 29-28 27'79 28 '82
B 27-23 28-28 26'8o 27 '83
G 26-24 27'2S 25-83 26-85
D 24-73 25-7K 24-34 25-37
E 24 '23 25-28 23-85 24-88
F 24-53 23-11 24-14
23-48
G 24-0? 22-62 23-65
H 22-98 23-41
23-79 22'37
22-73
TABI^B i(d) : Coking Coal off Grade HH.
Price per tonne of ijOoo
Price per ton of 2240
pounds
kilograms Grade of coal
Run-of mine Dust coal
Run-of-minc Dust coal and
Steam coal,
Rubble
and
and
Steam coal Rubble and Smithy nuts
Slack coal Smithy nuts Slack coal
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.-^
Rs. nP. Rs. nP.
Not exceed* HH
Not exceed-
ing
Not exceed- ing
Not exceed- ing
ing
22-03
20-65
20-98
2i'68
TABLE I(e) : Washed coking Coal.
Price per ton of 2240
Price per tonne of 1,00c
pounds
kilograms
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
30-29
•V7riti™d coking coal'(i.>e. coal other than middlings') from the Lodna coal washery of Messers. Lodna Colliery Company (1920) Ltd.j conforming to Grade C
29-81
NOTE—I: For the purposes of the above Tables, the grade of any coal Bhall be determined
as follows : I. Non-coking coal, (a) High Moisture coals. If the ash and moisture content thereof :
(t) does not exceed 17-5 per cent . , . Selected Grade A. CM") exceeds 17-5 per cent but does not exceed 19 Selected G JFCf F, per cent.
(fit) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per Grade I.
cent,
(tti) exceeds 2.4 per cent but docs pot exceed 28 per Grade IJ,
cent,
Mia S(u)\ 1HJS GAZETTE Ob INDIA EXTRAORDINARY Jfi*All aialysis of high moisture c:>als will be carried out on—72 mesh lamples after equUibrat ing under the conditions given below tor 4B hours:—
Atmospheric temperature 40° C ± 2° C Relative humidity 60 per cent ^ 2 per cent. (ft) Low moisture coals If the ash content thereof—
(j) does not exceed 15 per cent . . . Selected Grade A (") exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed 17 per Selected Grade B
cent.
(w) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed 20 per Grade I
cent.
(tv) exceeds 20 per cent but di s not exceed 24 per Grade It (si) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per Grade IIIA
cent.
(iv) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed[3; per Grede 1IIB cent.
II. Coking Coal.
1/the a*h contents thereof—
(1) does not exceed 13 per cent . . .. Grade A (11) exceeds 13 per cent but does not exceed 14 per Grade B cent.
(MI) exceeds 14 per cent but docs not exceed 15 per Grade C cent.
(ID) exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed 16 per Grade D cent.
(v) exceeds 16 per cent bui docs not exceed 17 per Grade E cent.
(vi) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed 18 per Grade V cent.
(tin) exceeds 18 per cent but does not exceed 19 per Grade G cent.
ivm) exceeds 19 per cent but docs not exceed 20 per Grade H cent.
(tx) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per Grade HH cent.
NOTE 2.—The expressions 'low moisture coals' and 'High moisture coals' mean respectively coals containing moisture not exceeding 2 per cent, and coals con- taining more than 2 per cent moisture.
NOTE 3.—The expression 'coking coal' means all coal which Is classified as such by the Coal Board, constituted under the Coal Mine* (Conservation and Safety) Act, 1352 (12 of 1952).
NOTE 4:—The price at which all coal produced in the Bagrakote, East Bagrakote, Lethl Valley and Fagu collieries may be sold shall be Rs 32-05 per ton of 2240 lbs. (Rs. 31 54 per tonne of 1000 kg) This price shall be f.o.r. Bagrakote in the <*ase of the Bagrakote and East Bagrakote collieries, f.o.r. Oodlabari, and Damdim, North East Frontier Railway in the case of the Lethi Valley Colliery and f.o.r. Oodlabari, North East Frontier Railway in the case of the Fagu colliery.
TABLE Iff) : Soft Coke
Grade of Coke
Price per ton of 2240
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilomgrams
pounds
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP-
Soft-Coke—not exceeding 45 per cent ash
31-71
content . . . ..
31-21
Nora • The prices given under Tables i(a), i(b), i(c), i(d)3 i(e) and i(f) 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.
266 THE GAZETTE Ov INOTA EXTRAORDINARY (PART I T-TABLE II : Collieries situated within the states ofMadhyd Pradesh Orissa, Mahaiashtr
and Gujerat.
Price per ton of 2240
pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Grade nf coal
Steam coal, Run-of-mine.
Run-of-mine
Dust coal
und
Slack coal
Rubble Dust coal and and Smithy nuts Slack coal
Steam coal. Rubble and Smithy nuts
Rs. nV. Rs. nP. Rs. nP. Rs. n P.
27-06 26-06
Selected Grade . Grade I . Grade 11 . Grade I II .
24 95 23'96
25-65 24-67 23'56 22-60
26-06 25-07 23-94 22'96
26-63 25.65 24-56 23-58
NOTE—1 For the purposes of the above Table, the grade of any coal shall be determined
as follows :~
If the ash and moisture content thereof :—
^p docs not exceed 19 per cent . . .. Selected Grade-
(j:) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 34 per cent Grade I.
(/") exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent Grade I I.
(ju) exe.-ilj 2S p;r c;nt but docs not exceed 35 per cent Grade I I I.
All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out o n—72 mesh samples after equilibr t-
Ing under the conditions given below for 48 hours :—
Atmospheric temperature 4o°CjI2°C Relative humidity 60 per cent J: 2 per cent.
NOTE 2:—The prices given under Table II above are delivery free on rail at or"
at the loading point nearest tn the colliery, or free on trammay or road vehicle at the colliery.
TABLK III.—Collieries situated within the State of Assam.
Name of Colliery
Type of coal
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1000 kilograms
Rs. nP. Rs. nP.
Margheritfl collieries of the Assam
• Run-of-mine Dust coal
Railways and Trading Company
32-65 3265 39-16 90-44
Hand picked coal Hard Coke
32-13 32-13 38-54 89-01
- Run-of-mine
NT izira Coal Company Ltd., Morgan •
27-35
26- 92
• Run-of-minc - Run-of-minc • Run-of-mme • Run-of-mine . Run-of-mine
26 92
26'92
27-19
26-92
27-19
27-35 27'35 27-63 27-35 2 7 63
Dilli Colliery of Dilli Colliery Company J c y p o re C o l l i e ry K o i l a j an Colliery . B i m a l a po re C o l l i e ry . . .. Sheelvata Colliery
NOTE 1—The prices given under Table III are for delivery free on rail at the colliery in the case of the Margherita collieries of the Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited and for delivery free on road vehicle at the colliery in the case of the other collieries.
NOTE 2:—In the case of sales on f.o.r. basis by the Nazlra Coal Company Limited
nnd the Dilli, Sheelvata, Bimalapore, Jeypore and Koilajan collieries mentioned in
SEC. S(ii)] Ttlfe CAZF.TTfc OV INDIA EitTkAORblNARY 2fj7
Table III above, the f.o.r. priqes shall be determined by adding to the prices mentioned against each In Table III above, the following amounts, namely:—
Nazira Coal Company Limited, Borgan . . .. A sum oi Rs. 5/- per t on of 2240
pounds (Rs. 4 92 per tonne of j,ooo kilograms).
DilU Colliery of Dilli Colliery Company, Sheelvata Colliery, A bum calculated at the rate of 50 Bimalapore Colliery of Bimalapore Collieries (Private) Li^ nlJ per t on of 2240 pounds for each mile (31 nP per tonne of mited and Jeypore Colliery. l3ooo kilograms per kilometre) ol the distance between the pity
head and the rail-head.
Koilajan Colliery . . . . .. . A ram calculated at the rate of 75
nP p e r t o n of 2240 pounds for each mile (46 nlJ. per tonne ol 1,000 kilograrm per kilometre) of the distance between the pit- head and the rail-head.
TABLE IV : Collieries situated within the territories formerly known as Khasi States in the Stale
of Assam.
Chattak Ropeway Company and Thangjinath mine.
(1) Lailryngezo mine of Cherra
Name of colliery
Type of Coal
Price per tonne of
1000
Price per ton of 2240 pounds kilograms
Rs. nP. Rs. nP.
Laitryngew mine
18 58
Run-of-minc
18 88
Thangjinath mine
15-88
1 5 63
coal. - Run-of-mino coal. Lump coal
iU-86
IQ- 16
(2) Any other Colliery
Price per ton of 2240
Price per tonne of 1,000 Type of coal
kilograms
pounds
Rs. nP.
Rs. nP.
Lump coal Run-ofr-mine coal Coke
19-16 I3-9I 3S-3O
1886 1369 34-74
Note.-—The prices given under Table IV are ex-pit-head.
TADI.E V :—Collieries situated within the State of Andhra Pradesh,
(1) Singareni Group of Collieries (Except Yellendu).
T y pe of c o al
Price per
Price per ion of 224of 1
Lonne of 1,000
pounds. kilograms.
Rs. nP. RH. nP.
. . . . . ..
3021 30-21
. . . . .. . . . . ..
28-71 29-7r 29'2I
29-73 29-73 : 28-26 29-24 28-75 R o u nd c o al S e p a r a t or N ut c o al i " - 2* ( 2 5 -4 m i l l i m e t r e s - — 50 8 m i l l i m e t r e s) N ut c o al fy'-i" ( 1 2 -7 m i l li me t i e s — - 2 5 -4 m i l l i m e t i c s) R u n - o f - m i ne c o al N o. 2 c o al S l a ck c o al o " - J* (0 m i l l i m e t r e ' — - 1 2 -7 m i l l i m e t r e s) a n d o " - i" (0 milli-
m e t r e — 25 • 4 m i l l i m e t r e s) . . . ..
27-21
26-78
26S THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORblNAkY [£AJIT l i-fe) Yellendu Lolherv
T y pe of coal
P r i ce p er t on of 2 2 40
Price per tonne of 1,00c
p o u n db kilogram 1
Rs nP RE nP.
. .
. ..
. . . ..
.
. . ..
29 21 29 21 27 71 28 71 28 22 28 22
28 75 28 75 27 27 28 26 27 77 27 77 R o u nd coal S e p a r a t or N ut coal N ut c o al i"—1* (12 7 m i l l i m e t r e s — 25 4 m i l l i m e t r e s) R un o f - m mc c o a l ^J N o. 2 coal R o u gh Slack 0"—2' (0 millimetre—-50 8 m i l l i m e t r e s) Slack c o al o ' - J* (0 m i l l i m e t r e — 12 7 m i l l i m e t r e s) a n d o " — i * (o m i l lm ictrc
— 25 4 m i l l l m c t t L s) .
. . ..
26 22
25 81
NOTE The prices given under Table VI above are for delivery free on rail at or at the loading point nearest to the cokevy, or free on tramway or road vehicle at the cokery
TABIE VI • Coke.
Gndc of coke
Name of steel plants and
Price per ton Price per tonne
cokenes producing coke
of 2240 of 1,000 pounds kilograms
Rs nP. Rs. nP.
Bhilai Steel Plant (Hindustan
Sttel Ltd )
Hard coke from Bye-product ovens [Large Rubble or Smithy over J* (over 12 7 millimetres)]
Not exceeding Not exceeding 61 01 60-05
(1) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 10 per cent
(11) If the ash content docs not Not exceeding Not exceeding 68 41 67 33 Not exceeding Not exceeding 11 40 11 22
exceed 24 per cent. Coke Breeze under \" (under 12 7 millimetres)
Hard Coke from Bye-product Ovens
Rourkela Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd ) [Large Rubble or Smithy over •}"" (over 12 7 millimetres)]
Not exceeding Not exceeding 56 20 55 31
(i) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but docs not exceed 30 per cent
(11) If the ash content docs not Not exceeding Not exceeding 63 59 62 59 Not exceeding Not exceeding 10 60 10 43
exceed 24 per cent. Coke Breeze under 4' (under 12 7 millimetres)
Hard Coke from Bye-product Ovens [Large Rubble or Smithy over \" (over 12 7 millimetres)]
If the ash content does not exceed
24 per cent
Not exceeding Not exceedmg 60 38 59 43 Durgapur Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd). Durgapur Coke Oven Plant (West Bengal Govt) Coke Oven Plant Burnpur (Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.)
Coke Breeze under \* (under 12 7 Not exceeding Not exceeding 10 06 9 90
millimetre1))
SEC. 3(il)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 269Bye product ovens other than those mentioned above.
Hard Coke [Large Rubble or Smithy over tf (over 12-7 millimetres)]
Not exceeding Not exceeding 44-45 43-75 (i) If the ash content exceds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent.
(ii) If the ash content does not
exceed 24 per cent.
Coke Breeze under J* (under 12 • 7
millimetres)
Not exceeding Not exceeding 51-85 51.03 Not exceeding Not exceeding 8-64 8-50
Bee-hive and Country
Ovens
Hard Coke [Large Rubble Or Smithy over \" (over 12'7 millimetres)]
(i) If the ash content exceeds 24
Not exceeding Not exceeding 42-69 42-02
per cent bm does not exceed 30 per cent.
(ii) If the ash content does not
Not exceeding Not exceeding
exceed 24 per cent.
50-10 4 9 31
Coke Breeze under J" (under 12 7
millimetres)
Not exceeding Not exceeding 8-35 8-22
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 trammay or road vehicle at the colliery.
Explanation: •—(I) The prices given in the above Tables from I to VI—
(a) are exclusive of Stowing Excise Duty, Rescue Station Excise Duty, Soft Coke Cess 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 1956) and any other additional Excise Duty, Cess or impost which the Central Government may hereaftfr declare to be payable by consumers of coal, but inclusive of all other cesses or Imposts;
(b) are exclusive of del credere 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 2,240 pounds, or less than 1 tonne of 1,000 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;
(ii) When delivery Is free on rail, the weight charged for shall be the weight ascertained at a railway weigh-brldge 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
(iii) the expressions 'tonne', 'millimetre' and 'kilometre' shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in notification No. S.O, 290, dated the 30th January, 105!) as subsequently amendpd bv notification No S O, 1035, dated the 20th April, 1959 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
2. 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(10)/63-L]
S.O. J538.—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. 945A, dated the 1st April, 1963, the Central
270 THE GAZFTTF OF INDIA FXTRAORDIN^RY [PAUT I l - S rr 1(ii)]Government hereby fixes the following prices at which coal or coke overloaded at any wcigh-bridge may be sold by colliery owners namely —•
Price per Price per
Description
ton ot 2240 pounds
tonne of IJOOO kilo- grams
Rs. nP
Rs nP
I (a) All overloaded weigh-bndge coal or coke disposed ol at
18 91
19 2T any railway weigh-hndgc i n W t st Bengal and Bihar other than at the Mahuda W u g h - b n d gc . . . ..
'b) AH overloaded weigh bridge coal or coke disposed of at the 1
17 21
16 94 Mahuda wugh-bridge
'O Overloaded coal or coke of Ba^nkote and East BaErakntc (
colliene i m Darjceling in Wcs>t Bengal
31 04
31 54
2
22 10
22 05 All overloaded weigh bridge eial or coke disposed of at any radway wcigli-bndge in the State of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujcrat
3
26 90 All overloaded wcigh-bndgc coal or eokc disposed of at any railway weigh bridge in Asiam . ..
26 17
AH overloaJed weigh bridge coal or eokc disposed oi ut any
4
railway wcigh-bridge in the Slate ot Andhra Pradesh
27 21
Explanation —The expression 'Overloaded weigh-brldsce coal or coke' means all coal, bye-product and bee-hive hard coke 01 soft coke whieh is taken off any loaded wagon and stacked at the railway weigh-biidge 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 notifica- tion No S O 290, dated the 30th January, 1359 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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