(1) No person shall commence mining operations in any area except in accordance with a mining plan approved under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Act.
(2) The Controller General or the authorised officer 1 [or the officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government, as the case may be,] may require the holder of a mining lease to make such modifications in the mining plan referred to in sub-rule (1) or impose such conditions as he may consider necessary by an order in writing if such modifications or imposition of conditions are considered necessary -
(a) in the light of the experience of operation of mining plan;
(b) in view of the change in the technological development.