REGISTERED No. D. 201
The Gazette of India
सत्यमेष जमने
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II- Section 3- Sub - section ( ii )
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 219)
NEW DELHI , THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 , 1964 / ASVINA 9 , 1896
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
MINISTRY OF STEEL AND MINES
(Department of Mines and Metals)
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi , the 1st October 1964
S. O. 3528. 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 Steel , Mines and Heavy Engineering (Department of Mines and Metals ) No. S.O. 1997 , dated the 5th June , 1964 , 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 SelectedGrade A , Selected Grade B and Grade I
Price per ton of 2,240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Grade of coal
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run - of- mine, Dust coal and Slack coal
Run - of- mine, Dust coul and Slack coal
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Selected Grade A.
27-54
26.49
26-923
27-98
26.06 Selected Grade B
26-48
25-41
25-01
Grade I
22-67
23-70
23.03
24.08
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TABLE I ( b) :- Non - coking coal of Grade II , Grade IIIA and Grade IIIB .
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Price per ton of 2240
pounds
Grade of coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run-of-mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Run -of- mine, Dust coal and Slack coal
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Grade II
Not exceeding
Not exceeding
Not exceeding 21-18
Not exceeding 21:52
22.59
22-23
Grade IIIA
Not exceeding 20.02
Not exceeding 21.02
Not exceeding 20.69
Not exceeding 19.70
Grade IIIB
Not exceeding 18.83
18.53 Not exceeding
Not exceeding 19.84
19.53 Not exceeding
TABLE 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
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run-of-mine, Dust coal and Slack coal
Dust coal Run -of- mine , and Slack coal
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
A
28.80
29-84
28-34
29.37
B
27-79
27* 35
28-84
28-38
C
26-80
27-84
26-38
27-40
D
25-29
26-34
24.89
25.92
E
24-79
25-84
24-40
25.43
F
24.04
25.09
23.66
24-69
G
24-20
23-54
24.59
23.17
Η
23.29
22.92
24.35
23.97 .
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 the coal supplied is determined by sampling and analysis at the destination in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Government in this behalf, namely :-
(1) in the case of any of the grades of
coking coal A to E a sum of Rs . 1.27 (Rs . 1.25 Paise per tonne) ; Paise per ton
(i) in the case of any of the grades of coking coal F, G and H a sum of Rs . 0-76 Paise per ton (Rs . 0.75 Paise per tonne) ;
Provided that any dispute in regard to the application of that procedure or the results of such sampling and analysis shall be referred to the Coal Controller whose decision thereon shall be Swal and binding on the colliery owner and the consumer .
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TABLE I ( d) : Coking coal of Grade HH
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Price per ton of 2240
pounds
Grade of coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run-of-mine, Dust coal and Slack coal
Run of- mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Ra. Paise
H
Not exceding Not exceeding
Not exceeding
21-20 Not exceeding
22.23
22.59
21.54
NOTE 1. For the purposes of the above Tables , the grade of any coal shall be determined 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 1 .
(ii) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
Grade II .
28 (iv) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed per cent
All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on -72 mesh samples after quilibrating under the conditions given below for 48 hours :
Atmospheric temperature
40 ° C ± 2 ° C .
Relative humidity
60 per cent ± 3 per cent .
(+) Low moisture coals .
If the ash content thereof:-
Selected Grade A
( 1) does not exceed 15 per cent
(ii) exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed per cent 17 Selected Grade B
Grade I
(iii) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed per cent 20
Grade II
(iv) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed per cent 24
(v) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent
Grade IIIA
Grade IIIB
(vi) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 per cent
II . Coking coal .
If the ash content thereof :-
Grade A
(1) does not exceed 13 per cent
(ii) exceeds 13 per cent but does not exceed 14 per cent
Grade B
Grade C
( iii) exceeds 14 per cent but does not exceed 15 per cent
(it) exceeds 15 per cent but does not exceed 16 per cent
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Grade R
(2) exceeds 16 per cent but does not exceed 17 per cent
Grade F
( i) 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
Grade HH
(ix) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
NOTE 2.- The expressions ' Low moisture coals ' and ' High moisture coals mean respec- tively 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 Coal Board, constituted under the Coal Mines (Conservation and Safety) Act , 1952 ( 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 . 32-61 per ton of 2240 lbs . (Rs . 32.09 per tonne of 1000 kg. ) . This price shall be f.o.r. Bagrakote in the case of the Bagrakote and East Bagrakote collieries , f.o.r. Oollabari , 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 I ( e) : Soft Coke .
Grade of coke
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Ra . Paise 33-46
Rs . Paise 31.95 Soft Coke-not exceeding 45 per cent ash con- tent.
NOTE : The prices given under Tables I ( a) , I ( b ) , I ( c), I (d) delivery free on rail at or at the loading point nearest to the tramway or road vehicle at the colliery . and I (6) are for colliery , or free on
TABLE II . Collieries situated within the States of Madhya Pradesh , Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujarat .
Price per ton of 2240
pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Grade of coal
Run- of- mine , SteSteam coal , Run- of - mine , Steam coal ,
Dust coal Rubble and Dust coal Rubble and
and Slack Smithy nuts and Slack Smithy nuts
coal coal
Rs . Paise R9 . Paise Rs . Paise Rs . Paise
Selected Grade 27.89 28-89 $7.45 28-43
Grade I 25.63 26-62 25-23 26-20
Grado II 24.50 25.51 34. II 25.11
Grade III 23.52 24-52 23.15 24-13
NOTB 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 :
Selected Grade (i) does not exceed 19 per cent Grade I (it) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent
Grade II
Grade III (iff) exceeds 24 per cent bat does not exceed 28 per cent (i ) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 par cesit THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on- 72 mesh samples after cquilibrating under the conditions given below for 48 hours :-
40° C ± 2 ° C
Atmospheric temperature
2 per cent .
60 per cent
Relative humidity
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.
TABLE III- Collieries situated within the State of Assam
Type of coal
Name of colliery
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilogram
Ra . Paise
Rs . Paise
Run - of - mine
35-12
34.57
Dust coal
35.12
Margherita collieries of the Assam Rail- ways and Trading Company .
34-57
41.63
Hand picked coal
40.97
Hard coke
94-34
92.85
Run- of- mine
27-35
Nazira Coal Company Ltd. , Borgan
26.92
Run-of-mine
27.35
Dilli colliery of Dilli Colliery Company
26-92
Run- of mine
27-35
Jeypore Colliery
26-92
Run - of- mine
27-63
Koilajan Colliery
27.19
Run-of- mine
27-35
Bimalapore Colliery
Run-of-mine
27.63
Sheelvata Colliery .
27-19
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 collierics .
NOTE 2. In the case of sales on f.o.r. basis by the Nazira Coal Company Limited and the Dilli , Sheelvata , Bimalapore , Jeypore and Koilajen collicrics mentiered in Table III above , the f.o.r. 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 A sum of Rs . 6.90 per ton of 2240 pounde (Rs. 6.79 per tonne of 1,000 kilograms).
Dilli Colliery of Dilli Colliery Co. , Sheel- vata Collicry, Bimalapore Colliery Bimalapore Collicries ( Private) Limited and Jeypore Colliery . of
A sum calculated at the rate of so Paise per ton of 2240 pounds for each mile (31 Paise per tonne of 1.000 kilograms per Kilometer of the distance between the pit head and the rail-head,
Koilajan Colliery
A sum calculated the rate of 75 Paise per ton of 22.40 pounds for each mile (46 Paise per tonne of 1,000 kilograms per Kilometer ) of the distance between the pit -head and the rail - head, THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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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 Thangjinath mine .
Name of colliery
Type of coal
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Rs . Paisc
Rs . Paise
Run-of- mine coal
18-88
18-58 Laitryngew mine
15-88
Run-of-mine coal
15.63
Thangjinath mine
18.86
19-16
Lump coal
(2) Any other colliery .
Price per ton of 2240 pounds .
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms Type of coal
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
18-86
19.16
Lump coal
13-91
13.69 Run-of- mine coal
35.91
Coke
35-34
Nors : The prices given under Table IV are ex -pit-head.
TABLE V. Collieries situated within the State of Andhra Pradesh
(1) Singareni Group of Collieries ( Except Yellendu) .
Type of coal
Price per ton of 2240 pounds .
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms .
Rs . Paise
Rs. Paise
30-28
30-77
Round coal
30.77
30.38 Separator Nut coal r -a" (25-4 millimetres- 50.8 millimetres)
28-1
29.27
Nut coal - 1º ( 13.7 millimetres-85-4 milli- metres)
30-27
29-79 Run-of-mine coal
29.77
29-30 No. a coal
39-78
19.31 Rough Slack o" -a" (o millimetre-50-8 milli- metres)
27-77
27.33 Slack coal- " ( o millimetre- 12-7 millimetres ) and 0-1 (0 millimetre-25.4 millimetres) THE GAZITTI OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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(2) Yellendu Colliery
Type of coal
Round coal
Separator Nut coal .
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms .
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Rs . Paise Rs . Paise
29-77
29.30
29.30 29.77
(12.7 millimetres-24.4
Nut coal millimetres).
Run-of- mine coal
No. a coal
o" -2" ( o
27.82 28-27
28-81 29-27
28-78
28-33
millimetre-50-8
Rough Slack millimetres)
28-33 28-78
26-78
26-36 Slack coal o"- " ( o millimetre- 12.7 milli- metres ) and o"-1 " ( o millimetre- 25-4 milli- metrcs)
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
Grade of coke Name of steel plants and cokeries produc- ing coke
2 I
Bhilai Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd.)
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms Price per ton of 2240 pounds
4
3
Rs . Paise
Rs . Раївс
Hard coke from Bye- product Ovens [ Large Rubble or Smithy over (over 12.7 millime- tres) ] :
Not exceeding
62-37
Not exceeding 61-38
(1) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent .
Not exceeding 68-67
Not exceeding 69.77
(ii) If the ash content does not exceed 24 per cent.
Not exceeding 11.63
Notexceeding II 45
Coke Breeze under " (under 12.7 milli- metres) .
Rourkela Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd. )
Hard coke from Bye- product Ovens [ Large Rubble or Smithy over ( over 12-7 millime- tres)]:
Not exceeding Not exceeding
57.36
56.65
(1) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent .
Not exceeding
64.95
Not exceeding 63.92
(ii) If the ash content does not exceed 24 per cent .
Not exceeding
Not exceeding 10-66
10-83
milli- Coke Breeze under (under 12.7 metres) .
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Durgapur Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd.) , Durgapur Coke Oven Plant ( West Bengal Government),
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Rs . Pais Rs . Paise
Hard Coke from Bye- product Ovens [ Large Rubble or Smithy over tres)]. " (over 12-7 millime-
Not exceeding
61.74
Not exceeding 60-76
- If the ash content does not exceed 24 per cent .
Coke Oven Fla pur ( Indian Itor end Steel Co. Ltd. ) ,
Notexceeding 10-13
Coke Breeze under (under 12.7 millimetres ) .
Not exceeding
10.29
Coke Oven Plant , Jamshedpur ( Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited).
Ovens Bye-product other than those men- tioned above .
Hard Coke [ Large Rub- ble or Smithy over " (over . 127 millimetres) ] .
Not exceeding
45-81
Notexceeding 45.09
( 1) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent.
Notexceeding 52-37
Not exceeding
53.21
(ii) If the ash content does not exceed 24 per cent .
Not exceeding 8-73
Not exceeding
8-87
Coke Breeze under (under 12.7 millf- metres ) .
Bee-hive and Country Ovens .
Hard Coke [ Large Rub- ble or Smithy over " (over 12.7 millimetres )] .
Not exceeding
44-05
Not exceeding 43.35
(1) If the ash content exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent .
Not exceeding
51-46
Notexceeding 50.65
(ii) If the ash content does not exceed 24 per cent .
8-58
Not exceeding
Not exceeding 8-44
Coke Breeze under " (under 12.7 millime- tres).
NOTE : 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 cokery .
Explanation :-( 1) The prices given in the above Tables from I to VI-
Sales T (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 or any State or under the CentralCentral 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 pay- able 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 2240 pounds , or less than I 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 fie : on rail , the weight charged for shall be the weight ascertained 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 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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(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, 1959 as subsequently amended by notification No. S.O. 1035 , dated the 20th April , 1959 of the Government of India in the late Ministry of Commerce and Industry .
2. Nothing in this notificcation shall apply to hard coke having ash content not exceeding 20 per cent and phosphorus content not exceeding 05 per cent .
[No. C5-12 ( 26)/ 64-1 ] .
S.O. 3529.- 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 super session of the notification of the Government of India in the late Ministry of Steel , Mines and Heavy Engineering (Department of Mines and Metals ) No. S.O. 1998 , dated the 5th June , 1964 , the Central Govern- ment hereby fixes the following prices at which coal or coke over - loaded at any weigh -bridge may be sold by colliery owners , namely :-
Description
Price 1,000
per tonne of kilograms .
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Rs. Paise
Rs . Paise
19-77
19.46 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
17.77
17.49 (b) All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at the Mahuda weigh - bridge
(c) Overloaded coal or coke of Bagrakote and East Bagrakote collieries in Darjeeling in West Bengal
32.10
31-59
22-60
22.96
2. All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh - bridge in the State of Madhya Pradesh , Orissa, Maharashtra andGujarat
3. All over- loaded weigh -bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh - bridge in Assam
26-47
25.90
28-21
4. All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh- bridge in the State ofAndhra Pradesh
27.76
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 off 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, 1958 , of the Government of India in the late Ministry of Commerce and Industry .
[No. C5-12 ( 26) / 64- II ] .
CHHEDI LAL, Joint Secy ,
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