Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules 1966
Ban on sand transportation across border :-No transportation of sand from the State shall be made across the border to other States.
Offences :-(1) Where there is reason to believe that if any machinery/vehicle has been used for extraction and transportation of sand in contravention to these rules:
(i) If the machinery/vehicle is found to be involved for illegal extraction and transportation of sand under these rules shall be levied penalty for each vehicle as detailed below:
Vehicle type |
First time offender fine amount |
Second time offender fine amount |
| Tractor | Rs.5,000 |
Appeal and Revision:-(1) Upto III order Streams/Rivers:
(i) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Mandal Authority/ may prefer the appeal before the Joint Collector within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of such order.
(ii) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Joint Collector may prefer revision before the District Collector within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of such order.
(2) IV, V & above order Streams/Rivers:
(i) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by Mandal Authority/Member Convenor/ and Joint Collector may prefer an appeal to t
Powers to Issue Orders/Clarifications/Guidelines :-The Government shall be authority to issue clarifications guidelines or relaxation orders from time to time, in the implementation of these rules.
Saving Clause :-(1) Leases which have not yet started shall be governed by the terms and conditions of these Amendments and the amounts, if any, remitted as per earlier policy shall be refunded.
(2) Leases under operation shall be deemed to be governed by these amendments and the balance amount collected under the earlier policy shall be ordinarily refunded, except in those cases wherein, the Govt. in the interest of revenue generation decides otherwise and allows extraction of the balance quantity by the lease holder after obtaining statutory clearances.
Such quantity and area which is feasible as per A.P. WALT Act & Rules shall be permitted for extraction of Sand for
The cases of illegal quarrying of sand in the areas other than the specified sand bearing areas, shall be dealt under the provisions of Rule 26 of APMMC Rules, 1966.
The General provisions of Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 shall apply for cases which are not explicitly mentioned herein.]
Seigniorage fee or dead rent:-- *[(1) When a quarry lease is granted under these rules, the seigniorage fee or dead rent whichever is higher, shall be charged on all minor minerals despatched or consumed from the land at the rates specified in Schedule I and Schedule II as the case may be.]
(2) When quarry lease is granted, the assessment on the land together with the seigniorage fee or dead rent, whichever is higher, shall also be charged.
*[(3) When the quarry lease is granted--
(a) the dead rent for the 1st ye
* [Sectors to be made by the Joint Director for grant of collection of seigniorage fee in respect of specified Minor Minerals by Sealed-Tender-cum-Public Auction:-- (1) The Joint Director shall form the sectors duly specifying the areas within the Sectors for giving away the right of collection of Seigniorage fee in respect of any specified Minor Minerals in each sector in Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction. The minimum bid amount for each of the sector shall be fixed by the Joint Director taking into account the quarrying activity, the demand and supply of Minerals, the infrastructure etc.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
* [Notice of Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction and Mode of disposal of the Sector:-- (1) When the right of collection of seigniorage fee for the specified Minor Minerals in the sector is to be disposed off in the Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction, the Assistant Director shall issue a notice in Form A1, giving due publicity in any local News Paper not less than fifteen days before the date of auction or in such other manner as deemed fit.
(2) The right of collection of seigniorage fee in a sector shall be obtained in Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction. A person intends to participate in Public Auction is entitled to submit a sealed tender and
* [Submission of Sealed Tenders and accepting the Bid:-- (1)(a) Any person who intends to obtain the right of collection of seigniorage fee in respect of specified minor minerals within the sector shall submit sealed tender along with the application for issue of Hall Ticket so as to reach the Assistant Director before the time and date published in the Auction notification.
(b) Any person intending to submit the sealed tender shall do so far any sector for obtaining the right of collection of seigniorage fee in Form A-3 in a sealed cover superscribing the particulars stated below, namely:--
(i) Auc
* [Confirming Authority:-- (1) The Deputy Director shall confirm the knocked down amounts provided he is satisfied with the publicity, procedures, participation in the Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction and the knocked down amount.
(2) The Director may issue confirmation orders in favour of any persons/organisations for the sectors not disposed off in Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction or even if disposed off, not resulted in making agreement, any time on the offers received with 25%, of the offered amount in the form of demand draft in favour of the Director.
(3) If the agreement made by the Authorised
* [Deposit of knocked down amount:-- (1) The successful Tenderer/Bidder shall pay the knocked down amount in four quarterly instalments. The amount equivalent to 25% of the knocked down amount towards first instalment shall be paid in the Government Treasury within the immediate next two working days and produce challan to the Assistant Director.
(2) The confirmation orders will be issued by the competent authority on making payment of 25% of the knocked down amount as required under sub-rule (1). The successful Tenderer/Bidder on receipt of order of confirmation shall furnish security deposit of 2% of knocked down amount subject to the
* [Power of the Director to cancel the Auction:-- The Director shall have the power to cancel at any time the Sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction conducted under Rule 10-A(2) and the confirmation issued by the Deputy Director concerned under Rule 10-D if the Director feels that the publicity, participation and the amounts knocked down are not satisfactory and also due to any other lapses.]
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[Liberties of the Tenderer/Bidder:-- The Tenderer/Bidder after executing the agreement in Form ?M? prescribed in Rule 10-E(2) will be at liberty to collect the seigniorage fee in force as on the day of notification of the auction notice from the lease holders including temporary permit holders except persons/organisations who obtained quarry leases with exemption from payment of seigniorage fee, in respect of Minor Minerals specified in the Auction notification at the relevant rates mentioned in Schedule 1 of Rules 10(1) and 12(5)(e) at or before the time of despatch of the minor minerals from the leased areas. He shall have no right to collect the seigniorage fee from any per
Termination of agreement:-- The successful * [tenderer/bidder] shall abide by the conditions of the agreement executed in Form ?M?. The Director shall be competent to terminate or cancel the agreement for any violation of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 or conditions of the agreement after giving due notice. The Director shall also be competent to forfeit all the amounts by way of deposits or otherwise or amounts covered under bank guarantee to the Government upon such termination or cancellation.
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[ (i) No specified minor mineral shall be despatched from any of the leased areas in the sector without a valid way bill duly stamped by the Assistant Director concerned issued through the authorised agent or his representative. Contravention of this clause shall result in levy of normal seigniorage fee along with five times penalty by the Assistant Director concerned on a complaint filed by the authorised agent and on establishing the same by the Assistant Director. The normal seigniorage fee and the penalty so levied shall be paid to the authorised agent. If by any chance, the complaint by the authorised agent results in non-establishing the unauthorised transportation by t
* [ The successful Tenderer/Bidder after making agreement shall be bound to observe the laws, rules and regulations, instructions of Mines and Geology Department and the Government that might be enforced during the currency of the lease or the privilege.
The right of collection of seigniorage fee obtained through sealed tender-cum-auction is not liable for transfer.
The successful Tenderer/Bidder shall have no claim for compensation or extension of lease period for the delay in passing orders or the delay caused by himself in paying the required amounts and executing the agreement. However, Government may exempt or waive the proportionate amount for the non-performed periods on valid reasons.
The Director may nominate any officer of the Department to discharge the functions under any of the provisions under Rule 10 in the event of non-availability of the concerned officer or due to any other exigency.
In case of any doubt as the application or interpretation of the version of any of these conditions the decision of the Government of Andhra Pradesh on the issue shall be final.]
*[Power of the Government and the Director:-- (1) Power of Government:- Government reserves the right--
(a) to cancel the quarry lease granted and executed under these rules, if it is considered necessary to do so either due to change in the policy or in the public interest by giving previous notice :
(b) to grant the leases for any minor minerals by duly exempting from the priorities fixed under different provisions under these rules on nomination or otherwise subject to certain specified conditions for any category of land in favour of any section of the society;
12. Grant of lease:--
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[(1) A quarry lease for any minor mineral
* [except sand, granite useful for cutting and polishing and marble] shall be granted on application subject to the provisions of sub-rules (2) and (3) and each such application for grant of quarry lease shall be accompanied by Treasury or Bank challan for rupees one thousand in token of the remittance towards fees.]
(1-A)
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(2) Whenever mo Disposal of applications:--
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[(1) The applications for the grant of quarry leases for any minor minerals
* [except sand, granite useful for cutting and polishing and marble] shall be disposed of by the Deputy Director concerned. The Deputy Director concerned shall reject the applications in the event of default on the part of the applicants for not attending inspection or survey or non-submission of Mineral Revenue Clearance Certificate or any other material papers as required by Deputy Director. The lease deed shall be executed within ninety days from the date of grant or within such
* [Security Deposits :?An applicant for Prospecting Licence shall before the licence deed is executed deposit a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) for every hectare or part thereof for which, the licence is granted.
An application for a quarry lease shall before the deed is executed, deposit as security, for the due observance of terms and conditions of the lease, a sum, equivalent to one year dead rent]
Period of Lease:--
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[(1) Quarry lease may be granted by the Deputy Director for a period of five years in respect of minerals which can be extracted without much equipment or investment like sand, morrum, gravel, limeshell and lime kankar, chalcedeny pebbles, shingle, reh-matti. In respect of the minerals which require investment, equipment to develop the quarry, such as boulders, building stone, lime stone, mosaic chips, Fullers earth, shale, slate, marble, Shabad slabs, napa slabs, bentonite, lime shell, road metal without crushing unit for a period of 10 years and in respect of minor minerals useful for road metal, ballast serving as a captive source for a crusher unit fo
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[Restriction on determination of lease:-- (1) The lessee shall not abandon the lease except after a notice in writing of not less than six calendar months to the Deputy Director
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[other than
* [granite and marble] and to the Director in case of
* [granite and marble].]
(2) Every application for surrender of part of the leasehold area in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied by
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[Lapsing of leases:-- (1) Subject to the other conditions in this rule, where quarrying operations are not commenced within a period of six months from the date of execution of the lease or is discontinued for a continuous period of six months after commencement of such operations or the payments as required under Clause (iv) of Rule 31 are not made, the Deputy Director shall by an order, declare the quarry lease as lapsed and communicate the decision to the lessee.
(2) Where the lessee is unable to commence the quarrying operations within a period of six months from the date of execution of the lease or discontinued quarrying operations Default in payment of bid amount:--
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[If the lessee or the bidder makes default in payment of any money due from him under these rules within the stipulated period or neglects to furnish security deposit or to execute the lease deed when required, the Deputy Director may pass an order forfeiting all sums paid by him and cancel the quarry lease.]
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[ The State Government may without prejudice to the provisions contained in the Act or any other rule in these Rules, change simple interest at the rate of twenty four per cent, per annum on any amount payable under these rules or under the terms and conditions if any quarry lease from the sixteenth day of the expiry of the date fixed for payment of such amount and until payment of such sums is made.]
R.13 Disposal of applications
R.14 Security Deposits
R.15 Period of Lease
R.16 Restriction on determination of lease
R.17 Lapsing of leases
R.18 Default in payment of bid amount
R.19 ANDHRA PRADESH MINOR MINERAL CONCESSION RULES 1966 * [19
Rights under a Lease:-- Subject to a contract to the contrary, a quarry lease granted under rules shall confer on the lessee, the right to quarry, carry away, sell or dispose of the minor mineral or minerals specified in the lease deed and found upon under the lands specified therein.
Removal of Sand from Port limits:--
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[(1) Removal of sand may be allowed with the previous permission of the Conservator of Port under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of Indian Ports Act, 1908 from the Ports under the administrative control of the State Government for scrubbing decks and ballast on small country crafts or for other marine purposes free of charge in case the sand removed is not exceeding half a tonne and in other cases, the prevailing rate of seigniorage fee for ordinary sand as specified in Schedule I under Rule 10 from time to time shall be levied on the quantity removed in excess over half a tonne. The seigniorge fees so collected shall be credited to the An
Availability of the areas for grant to be notified:-- * [x x x]
Removal of sand etc., from lands and tanks in-charge of the Government Department:-- (1) Nothing in the foregoing rules shall apply to removal of sand, earth or silt for non-commercial purpose from the lands and tanks in-charge of the Public Works Department and the Revenue Department.
(2) Sand, earth or silt from the beds of tanks under the control of the Public works Department or the Revenue Department, which are notified by the Assistant Director under this rule, may be allowed to be removed free of charge for bona fide domestic, agricultural or non-commercial purposes Such removal shall be subject to the following restrictions, namely:--
(i) pits shall be a di
Removal of minor minerals from sources vested in Zilla Parishads, Municipalities, Panchyat Samithis and Gram Panchayats:-- The Assistant Director may, subject to the provisions of Rule 12, grant lease for the removal of any minor mineral from any sources of water supply vested in any Zilla Parishad, Municipality, Panchayat Samithi or Gram Panchayat after consulting it.
* [Quarrying or removal of sand in certain river beds:-- Whenever the Director or the Officer authorised by him decides to lease-out the right of quarrying for sand in sealed Tender-cum-Public Auction, in River beds to which the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) River Conservancy Act, 1884 applies he shall prior to the issue of notice under Rule 9-C consult the Conservator of Rivers.]
26. Penalty for unauthorised quarrying:-- * [(1)] If any person carries on quarrying operations or transports minor minerals in contravention of these rules, he shall be liable to pay as penalty, such enhanced seigniorage fee together with assessments as may be imposed by as Officer nominated by the Director of Mines and Geology.
(2) Whenever any person raised or transport minor minerals without any lawful authority, such minerals may be seized by an Officer nominated by the Director of Mines and Geology in this behalf in addition to the imposition of the penalty under sub-rule (1) :
Provided that i
Registered holder or any lessee held responsible for proper working of the quarry:-- In a case where the land is leased out, the lessee and where no lease is granted, the registered holder shall be responsible for the proper working of the quarry and shall be liable to the Government for his wrongful act or default.
Discovery of new mineral, fencing accounting, etc.:-- (1) If any minor mineral not specified in the lease or the order sanctioning the permit is discovered in the area, under lease or permit, the lessee or the permit holder shall not win or dispose of such mineral without obtaining permission of the Assistant Director and without payment of such seigniorage fee as well as the acreage assessment as would be due if permission was granted in respect of such mineral.
(2) The lessee
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[x x x] shall at his own expense, erect boundary marks round the area shown in the plan annexed to the lease or mentioned in the order sanctioning the permit, a
Recovery of arrears:-- Any amount due to Government under these rules may be recovered as an arrears of land revenue.
Report to Chief Inspector of Mines:-- The lessee or his agent of the manager of the quarry shall forward to the Chief Inspector of Mines, Dhanbad, India and the
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[Assistant Director] concerned a report in Form F1.
(i) whenever the depth of the quarry measured from its highest to its lowest point reaches six metres ;
(ii) whenever the number of persons employed in the quarry on any day is more than 50 ; and
(iii) at such times as the Assistant Director may direct.
31. Conditions of permit or lease:-- Every quarry lease shall, in addition to such conditions as may be specifically stipulated in each case, be subject to the following conditions, viz--
(i)
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(ii)
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(iii) The lessee shall pay annually the land assessment, if any, of the area under lease or permit ;
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[(iv) The lessee shall pay the advance d Special conditions in the lease:-- The grant may include any special conditions for working in forest areas and the lessees shall not interfere with exploitation of the forest produce in the area or with the rightful exercise of any other rights other than exploitation of the minor minerals for which the grant is made to him.
Head of Account to which amount should be remitted:--Any stocks of minor minerals excavated by the lessee or the person who worked at the quarry under a lease or permit under these rules and left lying on the area after the expiry of the lease or permit shall be the property of the Government and the Assistant Director may sell it in public auction. The amount so collected as cost of cesses, it any, shall be credited to the following Head of Account.R.32 Special conditions in the lease
R.33 Head of Account to which amount should be remitted
Major Head : 128 - Mines and Minerals ;
Minor Head : Mineral Concession Fee ;
Sub-Head : Seigniorage fee or dead rent on minor
minerals.
Despatch permit :-- *[(1) No minor mineral shall be despatched from any of the leased areas without a valid permit issued by the Assistant Director concerned or an Officer authorised by him in this behalf contravention of this rule shall result in forfeiture or Security Deposit and levy of normal seigniorage fee along with five times penalty by the said Assistant Director or the Officer authorised by him.
*[Provided that any misuse of the transit forms without paying Seigniorage Fee and not accompanied by the transit forms issued by the Assistant Director Mines & Geology concerned or an of
35. Appeal:-- An appeal against any order passed by the Assistant Director or Deputy Director, * [Joint Director] under these rules shall lie to the Director within a period of two months from the date of communication of such order to the party aggrieved and an appeal against an order of the Director * [ x x x] shall be to the Government in like manner.
35-A. Revision:-- The Government may either suo motu at any time or on an application made within ninety days, call for and examine the record relating to any order passed or proceeding taken by the Director,
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[Joint Director], Deputy Director or Assistant Director under these rules for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the legality or propriety of such order or as to the regularity of such proceedings and pass such order in reference thereto as they think fit ;
Provided that no order adversely affecting any person shall be passed under this rule unless such person has been given an opportunity of making his repres * [Fees:-- Every appeal under Rule 35 or application for revision under Rule 35-A shall be accompanied by a treasury receipt showing that
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[a fee of rupees five hundred it is an appeal or a fee of rupees one thousand if it is an appeal for revision], has been paid into a Government Treasury or in any Branch of the State Bank of Hyderabad doing the Treasury business, to the Credit of the State Government under the following Head of account:--
128. Mines and Minerals --M.H. 10 Minerals Concession Fees, Rents and Royalties - S.H.(03) - Miscellaneous Revenues.
R.35-B Fees
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*[ Application for appeal/revision:-- Any appeal against any order passed by the Assistant Director or the Deputy Director or Joint Director filed before the Director under Rule 35, of revision against any order passed by the Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director filed before the Government under Rule 35-A of these rules shall be made in triplicate in Form J within the period specified in Rules 35 or 35-A of these rules, along with Treasury receipt shown that the fees specified in Rule 35-B of these rules has been paid into a Government Treasury, or in any Branch of State Bank o
Particulars of quarry leases:-- The Assistant Director shall furnish by the fifth of every month in Form ?D? the full particulars of all the quarry leases granted in the preceding month indicating the situation, survey number and extent, the mineral and the period for which it was granted, with names and addresses of lessees to the Director of Mines and Geology and shall thereafter provide, from time to time, as and when arising, the particulars of quarry leases terminated, relinquished or expired. He shall also furnish to the Director, the particulars as to the mineral receipts in respect of all quarries granted under these rules every half year in Form E.
Saving:-- Nothing in these rules shall apply to search for minerals at the surface not involving any substantial disturbance of the soil.
Repeal:-- On the commencement of these rules, the rules in the Mining Manual which regulate the grant of mineral concessions in respect of minor minerals and the rules regulating the working of Minor Minerals, 1954, made by the erstwhile Government of Hyderabad and published at pages 60-73 of Part I-C rules of the Hyderabad Government Gazette, dated 25th February, 1954, shall stand repealed except as regards things done or omitted to be done before such commencement.
Definitions:-- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:--
(a) “Assistant Director” means the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology in-charge of the district ;
(b) (i) “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of Mines and Geology in-charge of the region ;
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[(ii) “Joint Director” means the Joint Director of Mines and Geology.]
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[(iii) 'District Panchayat Office Quarrying to be under lease or permit:--No person shall undertake quarrying of any minor mineral in any area, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a quarry lease or a permit granted under these rules :
Provided that the Government shall have power to grant exemption from obtaining a lease or permit for quarrying any minor mineral in any area in the case of any category of persons, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order granting such exemption.
R.5 Quarrying to be under lease or permit
Non-Government Lands:-- The Government may, on application from any person possessing sub-soil rights, grant a share in the quarrying fees.
Preparation of plans and demarcation of the leased area:--When a quarry lease is granted over any area, arrangement shall be made by the Assistant Director at the expense of the lessees for the preparation of a plan and the demarcation of the area granted under the lease, after collecting a fee calculated according to the rates specified below :
* [For Granite and Marble]: For other Minor Minerals: Rs.2,500/- per application. Rs.500/- per application
Form of lease deed:-- * [The licence deed shall be executed in Form ?O? and the lease deed shall be executed in Form G.]
Authority to grant quarry lease or permit:--*[(i) Every application for grant or renewal of quarry lease for any minor mineral
* [except sand, granite and marble] in respect of a land shall be made in Form B to the Assistant Director, Mines and Geology in whose jurisdiction the land lies.]
(ii) No quarry lease shall be granted in respect of areas covering any tank or river bed, irrigation or drainage channel and of lands under the control of the Public Works Department, a Municipality, or a local authority except after consultation with the Executive Engineer of the Divisio
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[Reservation of areas for exploitation in the public sector, etc.:-- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, reserve any area for exploitation by the Government, a Corporation established by any Central, State or Provincial Act or a Government Company within the meaning of Section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956).
(2) Availability of area for regrant to be notified:-- No area which has been reserved by the Government under Rule 9-A (1) shall be available for grant of quarry lease unless the availability of the area for grant is notified in the Official Gazette speci
*[Regulation of extraction/disposal of Stream/River sand :-(1) Regulation of Stream/River sand extraction/disposal from the areas other than falling in Schedule Areas be done by the authorities specified under Rules 9-C(6) and 9-I(2).
(2) Allocation of specified sand bearing areas located partially/fully in Scheduled Areas shall be as per the Andhra Pradesh Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Rules, 2011 with Technical and Administrative support from Integrated Tribal Development Authorities (ITDA)/Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Limited (APMDC Ltd.) under the direct supervi Sand extraction upto III order Streams :-Sand extraction shall not be permitted in over-exploited notified areas except for local use in villages or towns bordering the Streams for bonafide purposes other than commercial operations/public trading/stocking etc. The Sand extraction:
(1) Shall be as per Rule 23-(1)(a) of Andhra Pradesh Water Land and Tree Rules, 2004.
(2) Shall be for local use:
(a) free of cost:
(i) for weaker section housing schemes on a certificate issued by
the District Collector or any authorized officer;
(ii) for own use basing o
Identification of sand bearing areas in IV, V and above order Streams :-(1) Identification of sand bearing areas shall be caused by District Level Committee (DLC) which consist of the following officers:
Joint Collector :—Chairman
District Panchayat Officer : —Member
Dy. Director, Ground Water Dept : —Member
Executive Engineer, Irrigation. (Conservator of River concerned). : —Member
Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply : —Member
Asst. Director of Mines & Geology concerned : &mda Inviting Applications for allotment by draw of lots:-(1) Notice inviting applications in Form-S1 shall be caused by the District Level Committee (DLC) for allotment of feasible sand bearing areas in the District for Riverbed extraction/open extraction and in Stream/underwater excavation of sand (other than Scheduled Areas) to be published in (2) local dailies not less than fifteen (15) days before the last date meant for receipt of applications.
(2) Notification charges for publication of the allotment of feasible sand bearing areas as per sub-rule (1) shall be met from Zilla Parishad General Funds.
(a) The period of allotment shall be for one year from the date of issue Conduct of Draw of lots for allotment :-(1) The Joint Collector of the District concerned shall be the authority to conduct draw of lots and shall be assisted by Member Convenor of the District Level Committee (DLC) The Joint Collector
(i) shall conduct draw of lots in presence of the applicants and declare the successful applicant.
(ii) may declare the sole applicant as successful applicant in case, single application is received for any specified sand bearing area. If the successful applicant fails to enter into the agreement of allotment within the stipulated time, may reserve the area for Government Department concerned as decided by the District Level Committee (DLC Allotment of in Stream/underwater sand bearing areas:-(1) The specified sand bearing areas meant for in Stream/underwater extraction by means of boats, the Boatsmen Co-operative Societies registered under the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 shall only be eligible for participation in draw of lots.
(2) The extraction of sand from In-Stream/Underwater specified areas shall be carried out by Local Registered Boatsmen Co-operative Societies/Non-local Registered Boatsmen Co-operative Societies selected by draw of lots by rotation.
(3) The procedure for filing of applications for In-Stream/Underwater specified sand bearing areas shall remain as per Rule 9-E(4) Responsibility of the Allottee:-(1) The Allottee shall:
(i) abide by the rules and conditions made under the River Conservancy Act, 1884, the Andhra Pradesh Water Land & Trees Act, 2002 and the Environment Protection Act, 1986 and subsequent amendments issued by the State and Central Governments from time to time.
(ii) conduct operations as stipulated in rule 23 of Andhra Pradesh Water Land, and Trees Rules, 2004 and in accordance with the conditions imposed in Approved Mining Plan & Environment Clearance issued by MoEF.
(iii) the agreement of allotment entered by the Allottee for specified sand bearing area is not transferable.
< Regulation of Sand extraction in IV order and above Streams/Rivers:-(1) The transportation of sand extracted from IV order and above Streams/Rivers shall be utilized anywhere within the State.
(2)The District Collector shall put in place a proper administrative mechanism for enforcement of extraction and transportation of sand comprising of:
(i) Joint Collector/Addl. Jt. Collector.
(ii) PD, DWMA.
(iii) Executive Engineer, Irrigation/River Conservator.
(iv) Any other nominee(s) by the District Collector.
R.9-A Reservation of areas for exploitation in the public sector, etc.
R.9-B Regulation of extraction/disposal of Stream/River sand
R.9-C Sand extraction upto III order Streams
R.9-D Identification of sand bearing areas in IV, V and above order Streams
R.9-E Inviting Applications for allotment by draw of lots
R.9-F Conduct of Draw of lots for allotment
R.9-G Allotment of in Stream/underwater sand bearing areas
R.9-H Responsibility of the Allottee
R.9-I Regulation of Sand extraction in IV order and above Streams/Rivers
Issue of Short Term Permits :-Owing to any exigency or pending finalization of allotment of any feasible sand
bearing area or change of policy, Government may order for issue of short term
permits for feasible sand bearing areas on nomination basis for a period of 60
days (sixty days) as a contingency measure to any one against payment of
Seigniorage fee and other taxes as per existing rate or revised rate during the
tenure of short term permit subjected to obtain all statutory clearances in order
to have uninterrupted supply of sand in the market to continue all public and
private civil works. The District Collector may also recommend to the
Government for issue of Short Term Permits to take up Projects specific to the District. The Governm
Establishment of stockyard by the Allottee :-(1) The Allottee shall establish a stockyard nearer to the bank of Stream/River with accessibility for transportation to stock sand, extracted from specified sand bearing area after obtaining a Mineral Dealer License as per A.P. Mineral Dealer Rules, 2000 framed under section 23-C of the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 from the Competent Authority and follow the provisions made there under. A separate notification will be issued designating officers for the purpose.
(2) Shall dispatch sand from the stockyard after obtaining Transit Passes in Form-E from the Authority Competent under A.P.Mineral Dealer Rules, 2000.
De-casting sand from Pattalands :-In case of the sand casted pattalands abutting the Riverbeds, if the pattadar intends to de-cast sand by himself:
(1) The pattadar shall apply to the Mandal Agricultural Officer, who after verification and assessment of sand shall forward the application along with report to the District Collector through Tahsildar concerned confirming the classification of land. The District Collector shall submit proposals to the Secretary/Principal Secretary to Govt., on case to case basis for issue of necessary orders. On receipt of the orders from the Secretary/Principal Secretary to Govt., thereafter the PD, DWMA concerned shall issue permit/waybills in Form-S8 on collection of
Seignior
Applicability of these Rules on sand sourced in the process of de-silting:-(1) (a) The de-siltation of Major, Medium & Minor Reservoirs and Tanks as defined by the I&CAD Dept., shall be taken up to enhance the storage capacity of the reservoirs and augment Ground Water recharge in Command Areas.
(b) The following authorities shall allocate the de-siltation of reservoirs duly following the procedure laid down in clause (d)
(i) Major, Medium, Reservoirs - State Government.
(ii) Minor Reservoirs and Tanks - District Collector
(c) The list of reservoirs category wise shall be notified by the Irri
Crushed Stone Sand as alternative to natural sand :-Alternate to River sand in the form of Crushed Stone Sand (Manufactured Sand) shall be encouraged from the conservation point of view to River bed/in-Stream sand quarrying operations at affordable cost be made available to meet the requirement of bulk consumers.
Apportionment of Seigniorage Fee to Zilla Parishad General Funds :-100% Seigniorage Fee shall be remitted to the General Funds under the Head of Account of Zilla Parishad concerned. The same shall be apportioned in the ratio of 25:50:25 among Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad and Gram Panchayat respectively.
Commencement and Application:-- (1) They shall come into force on the
* date of publication of these rules in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.
(2) They extend to the entire State of Andhra Pradesh.
Short title:-- These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966.
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