REGISTERED NO . D. 231
The Gazette of Endia
कृत्यमेव जयते
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II - Section 3- Sub- section ( ii )
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI , FRIDAY , JANUARY 1 , 1965 / PAUSA 11 , 1886
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 January 1965
S.O. 89. 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 Steel and Mines ( Department of Mines and Metals ) No. S.O. 3528 dated the 1st October , 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 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
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run - of- mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs. Paise
Rs . Paise
27.32
28-39
26.89
Selected Grade A.
27.94
26-88
25.82
Selected Grade B
25-41
26-46
23-44
24-49
23.07
Grade I
24.10
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TABLE I ( b ) : Non -coking coal of Grade II , Grade IIIA and Grade IIIB
Price per ton of 2240 pounds " Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Grade of coal
Steam coal , Rubble and Smithy nuts
Run- of- mine ,
Dust coal
and Slack coal
Run- of -mine, Dust coal ana Slack coal
Sicam coal ,, Rubble and Smuhy nuts
Rs . Paise
Rs. Paisc
Grade II
Not exceeding
21.93
Not exceeding
22.99
Rs . Paise Not exceeding 21.58
Rs . Paisc Not excecang 22-63
Grade IIIA
20-10 Not cxceeding
21-43
Not exceeding Not exceeding
20-42
Not exceeding 21.09
Grade IIIB
Not exceeding 19.23 .
20.25. Not exceeding Not exceeding 18.93
Not exceeding 19.93
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
Run- of- mine , Stcam coal , Run - of- mine , Steam coal ,
Dust coal and Rubble and Dust coal and Rubble and
Slack coal Smithy nuts Slack coal Smithy nuts
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
29.20
30.25
28-74
29-77
28.20
27-75
29-24
28-78
20.78
27-21
27.80
28-25
26.74
25-70
25.29
20.32
24-80
26-24
25-20
25-03
24.45
24-06
25.49
25.09
23.95
24.99
23-57
24.60
ABCDEFGH
H.
23.09
24-70
24-37
23-32
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 accor- dance 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 . 1.27 Paise per ton (Rs . 1.25 Paise per tonne ) ;
(ii) in the case of any of the grades of cok- ing 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 final and binding on the colliery owner and the consumer,
TABLE I ( d ) : Coking Coal of Grade HH .
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
Rs. Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
HH
Not exceeding
Not exceeding 21.60
21.95
Not exceeding 22.63
Not exceeding
22-99
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NOTE 1. For the purposes of the above Tables, 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 :-
(i) does not exceed 17.5 per cent Selected Grade A
(ii) exceeds 17.5 per cent but does not exceed 19 per cent . Selected Grade B
(iii) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent . Grade I
(iv) exceeds 24 percent but does not ex- ceed 28 per cent . Grade II
All analysis of high moisture coals will be carried out on - 72 mesh samples after equilib rating 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
(iii) exceeds 17 per cent but does not exceed 20 per cent Grade I
(iv) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent Grade II
(v ) exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 28 per cent Grade IIIΑ
(vi) exceeds 28 per cent but does not exceed 35 per cent Grade IIIB
II . Coking coal
If the ash content thereof :-
(i) does not exceed 13 per cent Grade A
(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
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
(vii) exceeds 18 per cent but does not exceed 19 per cent (viii) exceeds 19 per cent but does not exceed 20 per cent Grade G Grade H
( ix) exceeds 20 per cent but does not exceed 24 per cent Grade HH
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 .
as NOTE 3. The expression ' coking coal' means all coal which is classified 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 collſeries may be sold shall be Rs . 33-01 per ton of 2240 lbs . (Rs . 32-49 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. 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 I ( e) : Soft Coke
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Grade of coke
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Soft Coke-Not exceeding 45 per cent ash content,
32.46
31.95 8
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NOTE: The prices given under Tables I(a) , I(b) , I(c) I(d) and I(e) are for delivery free on rail at or at the loading nearest the colliery free on tramway or road vehicle at the colliery .
TABLE II : Collieries situated within the States of Madhya Pradesh , Orissa , Maharashtra and Gujarat
Price per ton of 2240 pounds .
Grade of coal
Run- of-mine , Dust coal and Slack coal Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms .
Run-of-mine , Dust coal and Slack coal
Steam coal ,
Rubble and
Smithy nuts
Rs . Paise
Selected Grade
28-30
Grade I.
26-04
Grade II .
24.90
Grade III
23.93
Steam coal, Rubble and Smithy nuts
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise .
Rs . Paise
27-85
29.29
28-83
27.03
26.60
25.63
25.92
24-51
25.51
24.92
23.55
24-53
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 :-
( 1) does not exceed 19 per cent
Selected Grade
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
( v) 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 equilibrating under the conditions given below for 48 hours :-
Atmospheric temperature
Relative humidity
40 deg * c = 1 - 2 deg * c
60 per cent plus/minus 2 per 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 .
TABLE III : Collieries situated within the State of Assam
Type of coal
Name of colliery
Price per ton of Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms . 2240 pounds .
Rs . Paise
Rs. Paise
34-97
35-53
( Run- of-mine
34.97
Dust coal
Margherita collieries of the Assam Rail- ways and Trading Company .
35-53
42.03
41-37
Hand picked coal
Hard coke'
93.70
95.20
47.76
Run- of- mine
Nazira Coal Company Ltd. , Borgan
27-32
27.76
27-32
Run - of-mine
Dilli colliery of Dilli Colliery Company
27-76
Run- of- minc
Jeypore Collicry
27-32
27-59
Run - of-mine
Koilajan Colliery
28.03
27-76
2, 32
Run-of-mine
Bimalapore Colliery
Run-of- mine
Sheelvata Colliery
27-59 28-03
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 Sec . 8 ( ii ) ]
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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 Nazira Coal Company Limited and the Dilli , Sheelvata , Bimalapore , Jeypore and Kollajan collieries mentioned 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 pounds (Rs . 6.79 per tonne of 1,000 kilograms) .
Dilli Colliery of Dilli Colliery Co. , Sheelvata Colliery , Bimalapore Colliery of Bimalapore Collicrics (Private ) Limited and Jeypore Colliery.
A sum calculated at the rate of 50 Palseper ton of 2240 pounds for each mile ( 31 Paise per tonne of 1,000 kilograms per Kilo- metre) of the distance between the pit- head and the rail- head .
Koilajan Collicry
A sum calculated at the rate of 75 Paise per per ton of 2240 pounds for each mile (46 Paisc per tonne of 1,000 kilograms 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 State of Assam.
(1) Laitryngew minc of Cherra Chattak Ropeway Company and Thangjinath minc .
Name of colliery
Type of coal
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms .
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Rs. Paise
Rs . Paise
18.98
Run- of- mine coal
19-28
Laitryngew mine
16.29
16.03
(Run - of- mine coal
Thangjinath mine
19.26
19.57
Lump coal
(2) Any other collicry .
Type of coal
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms .
Price per ton of 2240 pounds .
Rs. Paise
Rs . Paise
19.26
19.57
Lump coal
14-32
14.09 Run- of- mine coal
Coke
36.19
36-77
NOTE : The prices given under Table IV are ex - pit - head .
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TABLE V.- Collicrics situated within the State of Andhra Pradesh
( 1 ) Singareni Group of Collierics ( Except Yellendu) .
Type of coal
Round coal
Separator Nut coal 1 "-2 " ( 25-4 millimetrcs- 50.8 millimetres)
Nut coal " I " ( 12.7 millimetres-25-4 milli- metres)
Run- of- mine coal
No. 2 coal
Rough Slack o "-2 " (0 millimetre -50-8 milli- metres)
Slack coal o "-1 " ( o millimetre- 12.7 milli- 0"-1 " (0 millimetre -25.4 milli- metres) and metres) .
(2) Yellendu Colliery .
Type of coal
Round coal
Separator Nut coal
Nut coal "-1 " ( 12.7 millimetres- 25.4 milli- metres)
Run- of- mine coal
No. 2 coal
Rough Slack 0" -2 " ( 0 millimetre-50.8 millimetres)
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Rs . Paise Rs . Palse
30.68 317
30.68 31-17
29.68
29.21
30-67
30-19
30.18
29-70
30-19
28-18
27.73
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
30.18
29-70
30-18
29.70
28-22 28-67
29.68
29.21
29.19
28.73
28-73 29.19
26.76 Slack coal o" -1 " ( 0 millimetre- 12-7 millimetres) and o "-1 " (o millimetre- 25-4 milli- metres)
NOTE :
27-19
The prices given under Table Vare 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 .
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TABLE VI-Coke
Price per ton of 2240 pounds
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms Grade of coke (2)
(3)
(4) Name of steel plants and cokeries producing coke. (1)
Rs . Paise
Rs . Paise
Hard coke from Bye - product ovens
Bhilai Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd.)
[Large Rubble or Smithy over " (over 12.7 milli- metres)]
(1) If the ash content Not exceeding
Not exceeding 62-23
63.23
exceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent .
Not_exceeding (ii) If the ash content does Not exceeding not exceed 24 per cent .
70-64
69.52
Not exceeding 11.77
Not exceeding 11.59
Coke Breeze under (under 12.7 milli- metres) .
Rourkela Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd. )
Hard Cokefrom Byc - pro- duct Ovens [Large Rubble or Smithy over " (over 12.7 millimetres ) ]
Not exceeding
58.42
57.50 (i ) If the ash content Not exceeding exceeds 24 per cent but does not excred 30 per cent .
65.81
Not exceeding 64-77
does not exceed 24 per cent . ( ii) If the ash content Not excceding
Not exceeding
10.80 Coke Breeze under 1" ( under 12.7 millimetres ) Not exceeding
10.97
Hard Coke from Bye - product Ovens [Large Rubble or Smithy over " ( over 12.7 millimetres ) ]
Durgapur Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Ltd. ) , Durgapur Coke Oven Plant (West Bengal Govt . ) ,
Not exceeding 62-60
If the ash content does not exceed 24 per cent .
Not exceeding 61.61 Coke Oven Plant , Burnpur (Indian Iron and Stcel Co., Ltd. ),
Not exceeding
Coke Breeze under " (under 12-7 millimetres )
10-43
Not exceeding 10-27 Coke Oven Plant , Jamshed- pur (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited ) .
Bye - product Ovens other than those mentioned above .
Hard Coke [Large Rubble or Smithy over " ( over 12.7 millimetres) ]
Not exceeding Not exceeding
46.68
45'94 (1) If the ash content ex- ceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent .
(ii) If the ash content does Not exceeding not exceed 24 per cent , 54.07
Not exceeding 53-22
12.7 millimetres)
Coke Breeze under " ( under Not exceeding
9.01
Not exceeding 8-87 GA
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(I)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Rs. Puisc
Rs. Paise
Bee -hive and Country Ovens .
Hard Coke ( Large Rubble or Smithy over ( Over 12.7 millimetres) ]
Not exceeding 14-20
(1) If the ash contentex- Not exceeding ceeds 24 per cent but does not exceed 30 per cent . 44.91
( i) 11 the ash content does Not exceeding not excced 24 per cent 52.33
(Not exceeding 51-50
Coke Breeze under ( under Not exceeding 12.7 millimetres) . 8-72
Not exceeding 8.58
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 ог road vehicle at the cokery .
Explanation : ( 1 ) 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 hereafter de- clare 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 2240 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 ;
( 11 ) When delivery is free on rall , 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
(iii ) the expressions ' tonne ' , ' millimetre ' and ' kilometre ' shall have the mean- Ings 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 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 ( 34 ) / 64-1 . ]
as S.O. 90. In pursuance of clause 4 of the Colliery Control Order , 1945 , 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 Steel and Mines ( Department of Mines and Metals ) No. S.O. 3529 dated the 1st October , 1964 , the Central Government hereby fixes the following prices THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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at which coal or coke over- loaded at any weigh - bridge may be sold by colliery owners , namely :
Description
Price per tonne of 1,000 kilograms .
Price per ton of 2240 pounds .
Rs . Paisc
Rs . Paisc
20-18
19.86 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
18-18
17.89 (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
31.99
32.50
23.37
2. All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh - bridge in the State of Madhya Pradesh , Orisa , Maharashtra and Gujarat
23.00
3 . All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh - bridge in Assam
26-87
27-30
28-16 4. All overloaded weigh - bridge coal or coke disposed of at any railway weigh -bridge in the State of Andhra Pradesh
28-61
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 noti- fication No. 290 dated the 30th January , 1959 of the Government of India in the late Ministry of Commerce and Industry .
[ No. C5-12 ( 34 ) / 64 - II . ]
N. D. GUPTA , Joint Secy .
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