(1) Omitted.
(2) Omitted.
(3) Omitted.
(4) Where an application for a mining lease for a mineral or minerals not specified in the existing mining lease or mining leases is made for the whole or _______________________________________________________________________________
1. Inserted by G.S.R. 329 (E), dated 10.4.2003. 2. Inserted by G.S.R. 49 (E), dated 28.1.2005.
25 part of the area held under mining lease by a person other than the lessee, the State Government shall notify this fact by registered post/ Acknowledgement Due to the person who already holds mining leases for another mineral in the land applied for.
(5) (a) If on receipt of the information referred to in sub-rule (4), from the State Government, the lessee applies either for prospecting licence or mining lease for newly discovered mineral or minerals within six months from the date of communication of the information by the State Government, the lessee shall be preferred in respect of such grant.
(b) If the lessee fails to apply for prospecting licence or mining lease within six months, then this fact will be intimated to the applicant by the State Government and the State Government will consider the original application in accordance with the rules.
(6) Omitted.