1) An application forthe renewal of mining lease shall be made to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests or. Chief Conservator of Forests in respect of the minor minerals specified in Schedule 'X' and to the Principal © hief Conservator of Forests or Chief Conservator of Forests or District Forest Officer or Divisional Forest Officer in respect of the minor minerals specified: in: Schedule 'Y" in ‘FORM A8® with fee of Rs. Two thousand, six month before expiry of the lease period.
2) An application for renewal of mining lease shall be disposed off before the expiry of the lease period, after nakdpe, such enquiries as the CORRE tRRks authority may deemfital shiva stil Lal daar) i ; ‘ 3) If an application is not disposed off wip the period specified i in sub-rule (2), it shall be deemed to have been refused. 15 tii
10. Refusal of a lication fc for rant or renewal of mining lease The Principal Chief Conservator ‘of Foresis or Chief Conservator of Forests or District Forest Officer or Divisional Forest Officer may, -for reason to be'recorded in writing and communicated to’ the applicant, refuse to' grant or renew a mining lease over the whole or a part of the area applied for. .
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11. Refund and forfeiture, etc. sisar cootects 1) Where an application for the grant or renewal of a mining lease is refused or deemed to have been refused or the applicant refuses to accept the’ lease on account of any conditions imposed under sub-rule (5) of rule 16, the fee paid by the applicant under clause (1) of sub-rule (2) of rule 6 shall be refunded to him.
2) Where the whole or any part of the amount deposited under clause (vii) of subrule (2) of rule 6 has not been spent eis the or wos in rule 4% it shall be refunded to the ApLEREE 3) Notwithstanding sib soning) in y shi i Om, sive an matioation for grant or renewal of mining lease is rejected on account of any lapse on the part of the applicant in supplying any material information reqitired; he; fee paid o the applicant shall be piekeited to the State Government.
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12. Period of mining lease and resewal : sens. 2 ninibd ede rons] wld 1y The! 'petiod for which a mining lease bi granted or fenewed shall not ordinarily be more'than two years but if the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests or Chief Conservator of Forests considers that ‘a longer period of lease is necessary for ‘proper development and economic exploitation of the mines and working on a af: large scale, he may gratit 6f réhew the lease for a period exceeding two years, total period shold not exceed twenty years, with the prior approval of the Sete Government.
2) "A mining leasé may be renewed for nine periods each not exceeding the period for ‘which the lease “was originally granted. After. nineteen years a fresh application is to be submitted. In case of forest land, the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India i is'to be folipwed.
3) Notwithstanding anything contained ‘in sub-rule (2), if the Principsi Chief Conservator of Forests or the Chief Conservator of F orests is of the opinion that in the interest of mireral development iti is necessary ‘to-do. he may, for reasons 12 "to be recorded in writing; renew a mining lease for a further period: or; periods not’ exceeding in each case, the period for which the lease was originally granted. 1, + ih