REGISTERED NO. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 42] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 18,1966/PHALGUNA 27, 1887
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND CHEMICALS
(Department of Petroleum)
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 16th March 1966
G.S.R. 423—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rules (2) and (3) of rule 125 of the Defence of India Rules, 1962, the Central Government hereby makes the following Order, namely:—-
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Order may be called the Petroleum Products (Supply and Distribution) Cessation Order, 1966.
(2) This shall come into force on 18th March, 1966.
2. Cessation of the Petroleum Products (Supply and Distribution) Order, 1965— On and from the date of commencement of this Order, the Petroleum Products (Supply and Distribution) Order, 1965, shall cease to have effect:
Provided that such cessation shall not—
(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which such cessation takes place; or
(b) affect the previous operation of the Petroleum Products (Supply and Distribution) Order, 1965, or anything duly done or suffered there- under; or
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the said Order; or
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2J5 THE CA7F.TTE OF INDIA F.XTKAORDINARY [PART IT-(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Order; or
(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid;
and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, conti- nued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Order had not been made.
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G.S.R. i'ii.—ln exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby mates the following Order, namely:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Order may be called the Petroleum Products (Supply and Distribution) Order, 1966.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
f3) It shall come into force on the 18th March, 1966.
2. Definitions.—In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires.—
(a) "agent" includes a dealer;
(h) "associated refineries" means the refineries specified in Part III of the First Schedule;
(c) "dealer" means any person who carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of sale, or storage for purposes of sale, of petroleum pro- ducts;
(fl) "oil distributing companies" means the companies specified in Part I of the First Schedule;
(e) "oil refining companies" means the companies specified in Part II of the First Schedule;
(f) "petroleum products" means—
(i) aviation spirit; (ii) aviation turbine fuel; (iii) fuel oil; (iv) high speed diesel oil;
(v) inferior kerosene; (vi) light dieael oil; (vii) motor spirit; (viii) superior kerosene; (g) "Supply Area", specified in column 1 of the Second Schedule, means the areas specified in the correoponding entries In column 2 of that Schedule.
3. Regulation of supply and distribution of petroleum products.—(1) The Cen- tral Gp'vernment may, by order, require any oil distributing company to supply or cause to be supplied one or more petroleum products from the stocks held by it at any place in India to its agents, dealers, main port installations or depots in such Supply Area or Areas, and in such quantities and in such man- ner as may be specified therein and for this purpose may, by the same or a different order, require any associated refinery or oil refining company to make available to the oil distributing company such petroleum product ai products.
(2) Every agent, dealer or officer in charge of any main port installation oi deput shall, on receipt of the petroleum product or products supplied by any oi distributing Company whether in pursuance of an order made under sub-paragrapt (l.i, or otherwise distribute the same in the Supply Area concerned:
Provided that the Central Government may, at any time, issue such direction) to the agent, dealer or officer in charge of a depot or main port Installation a:
SEC. 3(i)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 217may he necessary for the equitable distribution of such petroleum product or products:
Provided further that the State Government may, within the local limits of the State and, save in such cases as the Central Government may by general or special order specify, with prior approval of the Central Government, at any time, issue such directions to the offk-er-in-charge of a depot or a main port installation as may be necessary for the equitable distribution of such petroleum product or products:
Provided further that the State Government within the local limits of the • State or the Collector of a district within the local limits of the district, or an officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government within the limits of the area specified by that Government may, at any time, issue such directions to the agent or dealer as may be necessary for the equitable distribution of such petro- leum product or products.
(3) The order referred to in sub-paragraph (1) may contain such supplemen- tal or incidental provisions relating to the supply of any petroleum product aS the Central Government may consider necessary.
4. Power of entry, search and seizure.—Any Government servant authorised in this behalf by the Central or State Government may, with a view to securing compliance with this order or to satisfy himself that this order or any order made thereunder has been complied with:—
(a) slop and search any vessel or vehicle used or capable of being used for the transport of any petroleum product;
(b) enter and search any place;
(c) seize stocks of any petroleum product in respect of which he has reason to believe that a contravention of this order has been, or is bteing, or is about to be, made.
FIRST SCHEDULE PART I—Oil Distributing Companies
1. Burmah-Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and carrying on business in Tndia. 2. ESSO Standard. Eastern Inc., a company incorporated in the United States of America and carrying on business in India.
3. Caltex: (India) Limited, a company incorporated in the Bahama Islands and carrying on business in India.
4. Burmah Oil Company (India Trading) Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland and carrying on business in India as the agents of Assam Oil Company Limited.
5. Indo-Burmah Petroleum Company Limited, a company incorporated in India.
6. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, a company incorporated in India.
PART II—Oil Refining Companies
1. Burmah-Shell Refineries Limited, a company incorporated in India. 2. ESSO Standard Refinery Company of India Limited, a company incor- porated in India.
3. Caltex Oil Refinery (India) Limited, a company incorporated in India. 4. Assam Oil Company Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom-
5. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, a company incorporated in India.
PART III—Associated Refineries
218 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORHINARY [PART II-9EC. .1 (I)]4. The refinery situated at Dltfboi (Assam) fin the case of Burmah-Oll Com- pany (India Trading) Ltd."].
3, The refineries situated at Nunmati (Assam), Koyali (Gujarat) and Baraunl (Bihar) (In the case of Indian Oil Corporation Limited).
SECOND SCHEDTTLR
Supply Area
N amc of the Supply Area Areas to which supply of petroleum products in made from the following main port installations and depors of ihe oil distributing companies.
i. Kandla
Kandla, Palanpur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Hanumangarh, Sri Ganga- nagar, Udalpur, Jaipur, Alwar, Ajmcr, Shakurbasti, Mecrut, Saharanpur, Aligarh, Barcilly, Moradabad, Kotdwara, Kichha, Kathgodam, Ambala, Patiala, Hissar, Ludhiana, JuUundur, Amritsar, Jeori, Ferozepur, Kotkapura, Pathankot, Jammu, Srinagar.
Okha . . .. Okha, Gondal, Rajkot, Vcraval, Bhpktinagar, Jamnffgar, Surendra-
nagar, Bhavanagar, Navlaklii.
Bombay
3-
Bombay, Poona, Ahmcdnagar, Karad, Kolhapur, Hubli, Belgaum, Karwar, Ghataprabha, Sholapur, Gulhar^a, Bijapur, Sccundera- bad, Raichur, Manmad, Nasik, Dhulia, Aurangabad, Jalna, Nizamabad, Akola, Malkapur, Murtisapur, Amraoti, Nagpur, Chanda, Itarai, Khundwa, Julgaun, Jabalpur, Satna, Bhopal3 Saugor, Gvvalior, Jhansi, Mahoba, Vapi, Surat, Baroda, Ahmeda- bad, Asarva, Indoi'c, Ratlam, Ujjain, Kotah, Agra, Hathras, Farukhabad^ Etavvah.
Goa . . .. Vasco (Goa).
4-
Cochin
S-
Cochin, Quilon, Kottayam, Trivandrum, Tiruriclveli, Mangalore, Kozhikode, Caimanore, Palghat, Madurai, Pollachi, Dindigul, Coimbatorc, Metmpalayam, Tiruppur, Salem, Erode, Tirnchira- palli, Karuppur.
Madras
6.
Bangalore, Madras, Mysore, Shimoga, ChiUaldurg, Guntakkal,
Cuddappah, Neyvcli, Tiruvaiur.
Vizag
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Vishakhapatnam,Bijayawada,>Jidadavolu, Eluru, Guntur, Warangal, N.S. Dam, Siic, Raipur, Bhilai, Durg, Bilaspur, Bisrampur, Mohendargarh, Gondiu, Itav,ari, Sambalpur, Bobbili, Cuttack, Bcrhampur.
8. Calcutta
Calcutta, Burdwan, Tatanagar, Kliaragpur, Balasore, Ranchi, Bhurkunda, Ramgarh, Namkum, Rourkck, Chakradhatpur, Aaansol, Dhanbad, Rampurhtii, "Narchuldanga, Patna, Bhagalpur, Garhara, Barauni, Gaya, Dalmianagar, Kodcrma, Varanasi, Faizabad, Dehri-on-Sone, Allahabad, Mirzapur, Kanpur, Luck- now, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Basti, Muzzafarpur, Raxaul, Chupra, Katihar, Forbesganj, Raiganj, Siliguri, Alipurduar, Dalgaon.
Assam
Digboi, Badarpurghat, Jorhat, Dimapur, Agartala, Gauhati, 9-
Pandu, Kokrajhar, 'I'czptu-, Rangapara, Misamari.
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S. K. GUHA, Jt. Secy.