REGISTERED No. D. रजिस्ट्री सं ० डी० 221
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भाग II-लण्ड 3-उपखण्ड ( ii )
PART II- Section 3- Sub- section ( il )
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नई दिल्ली, शनिवार , प्रप्रैल 1 , 1967 / चैत्र 11 , 1889
NEW DELHI , SATURDAY, APRIL 1 , 1967 / CHAITRA 11 , 1889 N) . 176 ]
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सक ।
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF STEEL , MINES & METALS
(Department of Mines and Metals )
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi , the 1st April 1967
8.0 . 1125. - 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 late Mi nistry of Mires ard Metals , No. S. O. 3957 dated the 22nd December , 1966 , the Central Government hereby fixes the following prices at which coal or coke may be sold byr colliery owners , namely :-
TABLE I. Collieries situated within the States of West Bengal and Bihar .
TABLE I ( a) :- Non- coking coal of Selected Grade A, Selected Grade E ari Crede I.
Price per tonne (1,000 Kilograms) Grade of coal
Run - of-mine, Dust Coal and slack coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Selected Grade A
30-35
31-39 Selected Grade B
28-86
29.92 Grade I
27-56
26-53
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TABLE I (b ) : Non - coking coal of Grade II, Grade IIIA and Grade IIIB.
Grade of coal
Price per tonne ( 1,000 Kilograms )
Run - of- mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts .
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Grade II
Not exceeding
Not exceeding
25-89
24-84
Grade IIIA
Not exceeding
Not exceeding
24-34
23.36
Grade III B
Not exceeding
22.19
Not exceeding 23.19
TABLE I ( c) :- Coking coal of Grade A to Grade H.
Grade of coal
Price per tonne ( 1,000 Kilograms )
Run- of- mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts .
Paise
Rs .
Rs. Paise
A
32.20
33-22
31-21
32.24 B BC C
31.26
30.24
D
28-75
29.78
29-29
28.25
BF
28-55
27-52
G
28.06
27.02
H
26.78
27-83
NOTE : In addition to the price specified in " Table I (c) : Coking coal of Grade A to Grade H" every colliery owner shall be paid the following amount where , in pursuance of an agreement between him and the consumer , the grade of coal supplied is deter- mined by sampling and analysis at the destination , in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Government in this behalf, namely :--
(i) in the case of any of the grades of coking coal A to E , a sum of Rs . 1-25 Paise per tonne ;
(ii) in the case of any of the grades of coking coal F , G and H , a sum of Re . 0.75 Paise per tonne :
Provided that any dispute in regard to the application of that procedure or the results of such srampling andand analysis shall be referred to the Coal Controller whose decision thereon shall be paaland binding on the colliery owner and the consumer.
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TABLE I (d ) :- Coking coal of Grade HH .
Grade of coal
Price per tonne (1,000 Kilograms)
Run - of- mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
HH
Not exceeding
24.86
Not exceeding 25.89
NOTE I - For the purposes of the Tables I (a) to I (d ) , the grade of any coal shall be determined as follows :
I. Non - coking Coal .
(a) High Moisture coals .
If the ash and moisture content thereof :-
Selected Grade A
(i) does not exceed 17.5 per cent
Selected Grade B
( ii ) exceeds 17-5 per cent but does not exceed 19 per cent
Grade I
(iii) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
Grade II
( iv) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent
Allanalysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on -- 72 mesh samples after equilibrating under the conditions given below for 48 hours :-
Atmospheric temperature
40 ° C± 2 ° C
Relative humidity
60 per cent 2 per cent .
(b ) Low moisture coals .
If the ash content thereof :-
( i) does not exceed 15 per cent
Selected Grade A
Selected Grade B ( ii) exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed 17 per cent
Grade I
( iii ) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed 20 per cent
Grade II
(iv) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
Grade IIIA (v) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent
Grade IIIB (vi) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 per cent
II . Coking Coal .
Ifthe ash content thereof :-
(i) does not exceed 13 per cent
Grade A
GradeB
( ii) exceeds 13 per cent but does not exceed 14 per cent
Grade C
( ii) exceeds 14 per cent but does not exceed 15 per cent
Grade D
(iv) exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed 16 per cent
Grade E
(v) exceeds 16 per cent but does not exceed 17 per cent
Grade F
( vi ) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed 18 per cent
Grade G
( vii ) exceeds 18 per cent but does not exceed 19 per cent
Grade H
(viii ) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 20 per cent
(ix) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
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NOTE 2 : -The expressions ' Low moisture coals ' and ' High moisture coals' mean respectively coals containing moisture not exceeding 2 per cent . , and coals containing more than 2 per cent moisture .
NOTE 3 : The expression ' coking coal' means all coal which is classified as such by the oa Board , constituted under the Coal Mines ( Conservation and Safety ) Act , 19521 ( 12 of 1952) .
NOTE 4 : The price at which all coal produced in the Bagrakote , East Bagrakote , Lethi Valley and Fagu collieries may be sold shall be Rs . 35.75 per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms) . This price shall be free on rail Bagrakote in the case of the Bagrekote and East Bagrakote Collieries , free on rail Oodlabari , and Damdim , North East Frontier Rail- way in the case ofof the Lethi Valley Colliery and free on rail Oodlabari , North East Frontier Railway , in the case of the Fagu Collery .
TABLE I (c ) : Soft Coke .
Grade of coke
Price per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms )
Rs . Paise
Soft Coke- Not exceeding 45 per cent ash content
36.29
NOTE : The prices given under Tabltes I ( a) , I ( b) , I ( c ) , I ( d) and I ( e) 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 II . Collieries situated within the States of Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra and Orissa .
Gradeof coal
Price per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms)
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts .
Run - of- mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paisc
Selected Grade
31.49
30.51
28.29
29-26 Grade I
27-17
28-17 Grade II
26-20
Grade III
27.19
NOTE 1 : For the purposes of Table II , the grade of any coal shall be determined as follows :-
If the ash and moisture content thereof :-
Selected Grade (1) does not exceed 19 per cent
Grade I
(ii) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
Grade II (iii) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent
Grade III (iv) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 per cent
All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on - 72 mesh samples after equilibra- ting under the conditions given below for 48 hours :-
40 ° C 2 ° C Atmospheric temperature
60 per cent 2 per Relative humidity
cent .
NOTE 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 .
a. $ ( 11 ) )
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TABLE III .- Collieries situated within the State of Assam .
Name of colliery
Type of coal
Price per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms)
Rs . Paise
Run- of- mine
37 63 Dust coal
Margherita Collieries of the Assam Railways and Trading Company
Nazira Coal Compay Ltd. , Borgan
Dilli Colliery of Dilli Colliery Company Jeypore Colliery
Koilajan Colliery
Bimalapore Colliery
Sheelavata Colliery
NOTE 1 :
37.63
44.03 Hand picked coal
28.09 Run-of-mine
28.09 Run-of- mine
Run- of-mine
28.09 Run- of-mine
31-98 Run- of -mine
28.09
Run-of-mine
31.98
The prices given under Table III above are for delivery free on rail at the colliery in the case of the Margherita Collieries of the Assam Railways and Trading Com- pany 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 free on rail basis by the Nazira Coal Company Limited and the Dillı , Sheelvata , Bimalapore , Jeypore and Koilajan Collieries mentioned in Table III above , the free on rail prices shall be determined by adding to the prices mentioned against each in Table III above , the following amounts namely :-
Nazira Coal Company Limited , Borgan .
Dilli Colliery of Dilli
Colliery Co. , Sheelvata
Colliery, Bimalapore
Colliery of Bimalapore A sum of Rs . 6.79 per tonne ( 1,000 kilo- grams) .
A sum calculated at the rate of 31 Paise per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms ) per Kilo- metre of the distance between the pit-head and the rail - head .
Collieries (Private) Limited and Jeypore
Coilliery
Koilajan Colliery
A sum calculated at the rate of 46 Paise per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms ) per Kilo- metre 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 State of Assam .
(1) Laitryngew mine of Cherra Chattak Ropeway Company and Thagjinath mine .
Name of colliery
Laitryngew mine
Thangjinath mine
Type of coal Price per tonne (1,000 kilograms )
Rs . Paisc
Run- of mine coal
19.75
Run - of- mine coal
16-80
20.03
Lump coal
(2) Any other colliery .
Type of coal
Coke
Lump coal
Run- of- mine coal
Price per tonne ( 1,000 Kilograms)
Rs . Paise
37-21
20-03
14.86
NOTE :-The prices given under Table IV above are ex pit - head , THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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TABLE V- Collicries situated within the State of Andhra Pradesh
Price per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms)
Type of coal
Singareni Group of Collieries
Yellendu Colliery
Collieries , except Yellendu Colliery
Round coal
Separator Nut coal 1 " -2 "
(25.4 millimetres- 508 millimetres)
Nut Coal 1/2 " -1 "
(12.7 millimetres-25.4 millimetres )
Run- of-mine coal
No. 2 coal
Rough Slack 0 "-2 "
(0 millimetre- 50-8 millimetres)
Slack coal 0 " -1/2 "
(0 millimetre- 12.7 millimetres ) and 0 " -1 " (o millmetre- 25.4 millimetres )
Rs . P. Rs. P.
32.66 33.64
3364
32-66
31.18 32.17
32-17 33-15
32.66
31.69
32.67
31.69
30.69
29.72
NOTE : The prices given under Table V 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 .
( i ) The prices given in Tables I to V-
Explanation :
(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 hereafter 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 tonne ( 1,000 kilograms ) , on any one day for delivery by road ; and
(d) do not apply to over loaded weigh- bridege coal or coke;
(ii) when delivery is free on rail , the weight charged for shall be the weight as- certained at a railway weigh - bridge 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 res- pectively assigned to them in notification No. S.O. 290 , dated the 30th January , 1959 as subsequently amended by notification No. S.O. 1035 , dated the 20th April, 1959 of the Government of India in the late Ministry ofof Commerce and Industry.
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S.O. 1126.-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 late Ministry of Mines and Metals , No. S.O. 3958 , THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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dated the 22nd December, 1966 , the Central Government hereby fixes the following prices at which coal or coke over - loaded at any weigh - bridge may be sold by colliery owners , namely :-
TABLE
Description
Price per tonne ( 1,000 kilograms)
Rs . P.
23.12 1. (a) All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh- bridge in West Bengal and Bihar other than at the Mahuda weigh -bridge
(b) All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at the Mahuda weigh-bridge
21.15 (c) Overloaded coal or coke of Bagrakote and East Bagrakote Collieries in Darjeeling in West Bengal
35-25
25.66 2. All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh- bridge in the States of Madhya Pradesh , Orissa , Maharashtra and Gujarat 3. All over loaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh-
27-64 bridge in Assam 4.All over loaded weigh- bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh- bridge in the State of Andhra Pradesh
31.12
Explanation . The expression ' over - loaded weigh - bridge coal or coke ' means all coal , bye- product and bee - hive hard coke or soft coke which is taken off any loaded wagon an i stacked at the railway weigh- bridge for the purpose of adjusting the weight of Wagons according to permissible axle load .
NoTB . 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 late Ministry of Commerce and Industry .
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N. D. GUPTA , Jt . Secy
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