 the coal mines (special provisions) bill, 2014—————— arrangement of clauses——————clauses chapter i preliminary1 short title, extent and commencement 2 declaration as to expediency of union action 3 definitions chapter ii auction and allotment4 eligibility to participate in auction and payment of fees 5 allotment of mines to government companies or corporations 6 central government to act through nominated authority 7 power to classify certain schedule i coal mines by central government 8 nominated authority to issue vesting order or allotment order 9 priority of disbursal of proceeds chapter iii treatment of rights and obligations of prior allottees10 utilisation of movable property used in coal mining operations 11 discharge or adoption of third party contracts with prior allottees 12 provisions in relation to secured creditors 13 void alienations and permitted security interests 14 liabilities of prior allottees 15 commissioner of payments to be appointed and his powers 16 valuation of compensation for payment to prior allottee chapter iv powers of the central government after the appointed date17 responsibility of central government after the appointed date 18 central government to appoint designated custodian 19 powers and functions of the designated custodian in respect of schedule ii coalminesclauses chapter v certain arrangements20 power of central government to approve certain arrangements chapter vi miscellaneous21 acquisition of land 22 realisation of additional levy 23 penalties for certain offences 24 penalty for failure to comply with directions of central government 25 offences by companies 26 cognizance of offences 27 dispute settlement and bar of jurisdiction of civil courts 28 protection of action taken in good faith 29 act to have overriding effect 30 amendment of certain acts contained in schedule iv 31 power to make rules 32 power to remove difficulties 33 repeal and saving schedule i schedule ii schedule iii schedule iv bill no  183 of  2014 the coal mines (special provisions) bill, 2014 a billto provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in andover the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for promoting optimum utilisation of coal resources consistent with the requirement of the country in national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretowhereas the supreme court of india vide judgment dated 25th august, 2014 read with its order dated 24th september, 2014 has cancelled the allocation of coal blocks and issued directions with regard to such coal blocks and the central government in pursuance of the said directions has to take immediate action to implement the said order;and whereas it is expedient in public interest for the central government to take immediate action to allocate coal mines to successful bidders and allottees keeping in view the energy security of the country and to minimise any impact on core sectors such as steel, cement and power utilities, which are vital for the development of the nation;and whereas the central government considers it necessary to prescribe the conditions to rationalise the coal sector for mining operations, consumption and sale having regard to the coordinated and scientific development and utilisation of coal resources consistent with the growing requirement of the country;and whereas parliament is competent to legislate under entry 54 of list i of the seventh schedule to the constitution for regulation of mines and mineral development to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of union is declared by parliament by law to be expedient in the public interestbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:– chapter i preliminary1 (1) this act may be called the coal mines (special provisions) act, 20145(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of october, 20142 it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that union should take action for the development of schedule i coal mines and extraction of coal on continuous basis for optimum utilisationdeclaration as to expediency of unionaction10definitions3 (1) in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "additional levy" means, the additional levy as determined by the supreme court in writ petition (criminal) no 120 of  2012 as two hundred and ninety-five rupees per metric tonne of coal extracted;(b) "allotment order" means the allotment order issued under section 5;15(c) "appointed date" in relation to—(i) schedule i coal mines excluding schedule ii coal mines, shall be the24th day of september, 2014 being the date on which the allocation of coal blocks to prior allottees stood cancelled; and20(ii) schedule ii coal mines shall be the 1st day of april, 2015 being the date on which the allocation of coal blocks to prior allottees shall stand cancelled, in pursuance of the order of the supreme court dated the 24th september, 2014 passed in writ petition (criminal) no 120 of  2012;54 of 200225(d) "bank" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (c) of the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest act, 2002;(e) "coal mining operations" means any operation undertaken for the purpose of winning coal;18 of 2013(f) "company" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (20) of section 2 of the companies act, 2013;3018 of 2013(g) "corporation" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (11) of section 2 of the companies act, 2013;54 of 2002(h) "financial institution" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (m) of section 2 of the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest act, 2002;3518 of 2013(i) "government company" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it inclause (45) of section 2 of the companies act, 2013;40(j) "mine infrastructure" includes mining infrastructure such as tangible assetsused for coal mining operations, being civil works, workshops, immovable coal winning equipment, foundations, embankments, pavements, electrical systems, communication systems, relief centres, site administrative offices, fixed installations, coal handling arrangements, crushing and conveying systems, railway sidings, pits, shafts, inclines, underground transport systems, hauling systems, (except movable equipment unlessthe same is embedded in land for permanent beneficial enjoyment thereof), land demarcated for afforestation and land for rehabilitation and re-settlement of persons affected by coal mining operations under the relevant law;5(k) "nominated authority" means the authority nominated by the centralgovernment under section 6;(l) "notification" means a notification published in the official gazette; (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;10(n) "prior allottee" means prior allottee of schedule i coal mines as listed thereinwho had been allotted coal mines between 1993 and 31st day of march, 2011, whose allotments have been cancelled pursuant to the judgment of the supreme court dated the 25th august, 2014 and its order dated 24th september, 2014 including those allotments which may have been de-allocated prior to and during the pendency of the writ petition (criminal) no120 of 201215explanation:—in case a mining lease has been executed in favour of a third party, subsequent to such allocation of scheduled i coal mines, then, the third party shall be deemed to be the prior allottee;(o) "schedule" means a schedule appended to this act; (p) "schedule i coal mines" means,—20(i) all the coal mines and coal blocks the allocation of which was cancelledby the judgment dated 25th august, 2014 and its order dated 24th september, 2014 passed in writ petition (criminal) no120 of 2012, including those allotments which may have been de-allocated prior to and during the pendency of the said writ petition;25(ii) all the coal bearing land acquired by the prior allottee and lands, in oradjacent to the coal mines used for coal mining operations acquired by the prior allottee;(iii) any existing mine infrastructure as defined in clause (j)30(q) "schedule ii coal mines" means the forty-two schedule i coal mines listed inschedule ii which are the coal mines in relation to which the order of the supreme court dated 24th day of september, 2014 was made;(r) "schedule iii coal mines" means the thirty-two schedule i coal mines listed in schedule iii or any other schedule i coal mine  as may be notified under sub-section(2) of section 7;3554 of 2002(s) "secured creditor" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause(zd) of section 2 of the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest act, 2002;54 of 2002(t) "secured debt" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (ze) ofsection 2 of the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest act, 2002;4054 of 2002(u) "security interest" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause(zf) of section 2 of the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest act, 2002;(v) "specified end-use" means any of the following end-uses and the expression"specified end user" shall with its grammatical variations be construed accordingly:—45(i) production of iron and steel; (ii) generation of power including the generation of power for captiveuse;(iii) washing of coal obtained from a mine; (iv) cement;(v) such other end-use as the central government may, by notification, specify;(w) "vesting order" means the vesting order issued under section 8520 of 1957 67 of 1957 26 of 1973(2) words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development) act, 1957, the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 and the coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973 including any rules or regulations made thereunder, shall have the meanings, respectively assigned to them in those acts chapter ii auction and allotment104 (1) subject to the provisions of section 5, schedule i coal mines shall be allocated by way of public auction in accordance with such rules, and on the payment of such fees which shall not exceed five crore rupees, as may be prescribedeligibility to participate in auction andpayment offees15(2) subject to the provisions in sub-section (3) of this section and section 5, the central government may, for the purpose of granting reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of any area containing coal, select any of the following companies through auction by competitive bidding, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed––20(a) a government company or corporation or a joint venture company formed bysuch company or corporation or between the central government or the state government, as the case may be, or any other company incorporated in india; or(b) a company or a joint venture company formed by two or more companies,25may carry on coal mining operations in india, in any form either for own consumption, sale or for any other purpose in accordance with the permit, prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be, and the state government shall grant such reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of any area containing coal to such company as selected through auction by competitive bidding under this section30(3) subject to the provisions of section 5, the following persons who fulfil such norms as may be prescribed, shall be eligible to bid in an auction of schedule ii coal mines and schedule iii coal mines and to engage in coal mining operations in the event they are successful bidders, namely:––(a) a company engaged in specified end-use including a company having a coallinkage which has made such investment as may be prescribed;35explanation––a "company with a coal linkage" includes any such companywhose application is pending with the central government on the date of commencement of this act;(b) a joint venture company formed by two or more companies having a common specified end-use and are independently eligible to bid in accordance with this act;40(c) a government company or corporation or a joint venture company formed by such company or corporation or with any other company having common specified end-use: provided that nothing contained in sub-section (2) shall apply to this sub-section45(4) a prior allottee shall be eligible to participate in the auction process subject to payment of the additional levy within such period as may be prescribed and if the prior allottee has not paid such levy, then, the prior allottee, its promoter or any of its company of such prior allottee shall not be eligible to bid either by itself or by way of a joint venture(5) any prior allottee who is convicted for an offence relating to coal block allocation and sentenced with imprisonment for more than three years, shall not be eligible to participate in the auction5allotment of mines to government companies or corporations105 (1) notwithstanding the provisions contained in sub-sections (1) and (3) ofsection 4, the central government may allot a schedule i coal mine to a government company or corporation or to a joint venture between two or more government companies or corporations or to a company which has been awarded a power project on the basis of competitive bids for tariff (including ultra mega power projects) from specified schedule i coal mines by making an allotment order in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed and the state government shall grant a reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of any area containing coal to such company or corporation:provided that the government company or corporation may carry on coal mining inany form either for its own consumption sale or for any other prupose in accordance with the permit, prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be15provided further that no company other than a government company or corporationshall hold more than twenty six per cent of the paid up share capital in the government company or corporation or in the joint venture between a government company or corporation, either directly or through any of its subsidiary company or associate company:20provided also that a joint venture of any two or more government companies orcorporations shall be prohibited from alienating or transferring any interest, except the taking of loans or advances from a bank or financial institution, in the joint venture of whatsoever nature including ownership in favour of a third party(2) no allotment under sub-section (1) shall be made to a prior allottee, if that allottee has not made the payment of the additional levy within the specified period256 (1) the central government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of a jointsecretary to the government of india as the nominated authority who shall act for and on behalf of the central government for the purposes of this act and shall exercise such powers as may be prescribedcentral government to act through nominated authority30(2) the nominated authority may engage any expert having such qualifications andexperience and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed to make recommendations to the authority for the conduct of auction and in drawing up of the vesting order or allotment order in relation to schedule i coal mines(3) the central government shall act through the nominated authority for the following purposes, namely:—35(a) conduct the auction process and allotment with the assistance of experts; (b) execution of the vesting order for transfer and vesting of schedule i coalmines pursuant to the auction;(c) executing the allotment order for any government company or corporation inpursuance of section 5;40(d) recording and mutating incorporeal rights of whatsoever nature including,consents, permissions, permits, approvals, grants, registrations;(e) collection of auction proceeds, adjustment of preferential payments andtransfer of amount to the respective state governments where schedule i coal mine is located in accordance with the provisions of this act45(4) the nominated authority shall complete the auction or execute the allotment ordersof schedule i coal mines within such time and in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed(5) the central government may appoint such other officers and staff as it may think fit to assist the nominated authority(6) the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the nominated authority and such other officers and staff appointed under this section shall be such as may be prescribed5(7) the nominated authority shall be bound by the written direction given by the central government on the quesiton of policy7  (1) the central government may, before notifying the particulars of auction, classify mines identified from schedule i coal mines as earmarked for the same class of specified enduses10(2) the central government may in public interest, by notification, modify schedule iiicoal mines by adding any other schedule i coal mine for the purposes of specified end-usepower to classify certain schedule i coal mines by central government8 (1) the nominated authority shall notify the prior allottees of schedule i coal mines to enable them to furnish information required for notifying the particulars of schedule i coal mines to be auctioned in accordance with such rules as may be prescribednominated authority to issue vesting order orallotmentorder15(2) the information required to be furnished under sub-section (1) shall be furnished within a period of fifteen days from the date of such notice(3) a successful bidder in an auction conducted on a competitive basis in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed, shall be entitled to the vesting of schedule i coal mine for which it bid, pursuant to a vesting order drawn up in accordance with such rules20(4) the vesting order shall transfer and vest upon the successful bidder, the following, namely:—(a) all the rights, title and interest of the prior allottee, in schedule i coal mine concerned with the relevant auction;(b) entitlement to a mining lease to be granted by the state government;25(c) any statutory licence, permit, permission, approval or consent required toundertake coal mining operations in schedule i coal mines if already issued to the prior allottee;(d) rights appurtenant to the approved mining plan of the prior allottee; (e) any right, entitlement or interest not specifically covered under clauses (a)to (e)30(5) the nominated authority shall, in consultation with the central government, determine the floor price or reserve price in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed(6) the successful bidder shall, prior to the issuance and execution of a vesting order, furnish a performance bank guarantee for an amount as notified in relation to schedule i coal mine auctioned to such bidder within such time, form and manner as may be prescribed35(7) after the issuance of a vesting order under this section and its filing with thecentral government and with the appropriate authority designated by the respective state governments, the successful bidder shall be entitled to take possession of the schedule i coal mine without let or hindrance4067 of 1957(8) upon the execution of the vesting order, the successful bidder of the schedule icoal mine shall be granted a prospecting licence or a mining lease, as applicable, by the concerned state government in accordance with the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 19574567 of 1957(9) a government company or corporation or a joint venture company formed by suchcompany or corporation or between the central government or the state government, as the case may be, or any other company incorporated in india, allotted a schedule i coal mine shall be granted a prospecting licence or a mining lease, as applicable, by the concerned state government in accordance with the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 19575(10) in relation to schedule ii coal mines, the successful bidder which was a prior allottee, shall continue coal mining operations after the appointed date in terms of the approved mining plan, till the mining lease in terms of sub-section (8) is granted, upon the grant of a vesting order and to that extent, the successful bidder shall be deemed to have been granted a mining lease till the execution of the mining lease in terms of the said sub-section10(11) in relation to schedule ii coal mines, the government company or corporation which was a prior allottee can continue coal mining operations after the appointed date in terms of the approved mining plan, till the mining lease in terms of sub-section (9) is granted, upon execution of the allotment order and to that extent, the allottee shall be deemed to have been granted a mining lease till the execution of the mining lease in terms of the said subsection(12) the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) and sub-sections (4) to (7) (both inclusive) of this section as applicable to a vesting order, shall mutatis mutandis be also applicable to an allotment order15priority ofdisbursal of proceeds9 the proceeds arising out of land and mine infrastructure in relation to a schedule icoal mine shall be disbursed maintaining, inter alia, the priority of payments in accordance with the relevent laws and such rules as may be prescribed—(a) payment to secured creditors for any portion of the secured debt in relation to a schedule i, coal mine which is unpaid as or the date of the vesting orders;20(b) compensation payable to the prior allottee in respect of the schedule i coalmine chapter iii treatment of rights and obligations of prior allottees2510 (1) a successful bidder or allottee in respect of schedule i coal mines, may negotiate with prior allottee to own or utilise such movable property used in coal mining operations on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by themutilisation of movable property used in coal mining operations30(2) where a successful bidder or allottee is not vested with any movable property of a schedule i coal mine, then, he is not bound by any liabilities or obligations arising out of such ownership or contractual rights, obligations or liabilities which shall continue to remain with the prior allottee35(3) in the event that the successful bidder or allottee is unable to satisfactorily negotiatewith the prior allottee or any third party who has a contract with the prior allottee for the movable property, it shall be the obligation of the prior allottee or the third party to removesuch movable property within a period not exceeding thirty days from the date of the vesting order, or the allotment order, as the case may be, and the successful bidder or allottee shall not be liable for any damage to such property40(4) a successful bidder or allottee which has elected not to purchase or transfer orcontinue to use the movable property referred to in sub-section (1), shall prior to the executionof the vesting order or the allotment order, as the case may be, declare to the nominated authority that he intends to move and store such movable property of the prior allottee or such third party and after the date of the vesting order or the allotment order, as the case may be, the successful bidder or allottee shall be entitled to move and store such movable property, so as not to cause any impediment for coal mining operations45(5) if a prior allottee or such third party which has contracted with the prior allottee forits movable property, fails to remove the movable property which the successful bidder or allottee has elected not to purchase or use in accordance with sub-section (4), then, after theperiod of seventy-five days from the vesting order or the allotment order, as the case may be, a successful bidder or allottee shall be entitled to dispose of such movable property which may be physically located within schedule i coal mine, the successful bidder or the allottee,shall, in such event be entitled to appropriate the sale proceeds of such movable property disposed of to pay for any cost incurred by the successful bidder or allottee, for the removal, storage, sale and disposal of such movable property, as a first charge over the sale proceeds of such movable property:5provided that the remaining sale proceeds after appropriation of costs, shall be paid bythe successful bidder or allottee to the central government towards any compensation that may be payable to the owner of such movable property sold, upon establishment of title to such movable property in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed:10provided further that if a third party contractor to the prior allottee owns such movableproperty, then, such third party shall be entitled to prove its right to receive compensation from the sale proceeds of the movable property sold as per this sub-section, in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed15discharge or adoption ofthird partycontracts with prior allottees11 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being inforce, a successful bidder or allottee, as the case may be, in respect of schedule i coal mines, may elect, to adopt and continue such contracts which may be existing with any of the prior allottees in relation to coal mining operations and the same shall constitute a novation for the residual term or residual performance of such contract:20provided that in such an event, the successful bidder or allottee or the prior allottee shall notify the nominated authority to include the vesting of any contracts adopted by the successful bidder25(2) in the event that a successful bidder or allottee elects not to adopt or continue with existing contracts which had been entered into by the prior allottees with third parties, in that case all such contracts which have not been adopted or continued shall cease to be enforceable against the successful bidder or allottee in relation to the schedule i coal mine and the remedy of such contracting parties shall be against the prior allottees12 (1) the secured creditors of the prior allottees which had any security interest in any part of the land or mine infrastructure of a schedule i coal mine shall be entitled to––provisions in relation to secured creditors(a) continue with such facility agreements and security interest with the priorallottee if such prior allottee is a successful bidder or allottee; and30(b) in the event that the prior allottee is not a successful bidder or allottee, thenthe security interest of such secured creditor shall only be satisfied out of the compensation payable to such prior allottee, to the extent determined in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed and the outstanding debt shall be recoverablefrom the prior allottee35(2) the central government shall, taking into consideration the provisions containedin section 9, prescribe the manner in which the secured creditor shall be paid out of the compensation in respect of any prior allottee40void alienations and permitted security interests13 any and all alienations of land and mine infrastructure and creation of anyencumbrances of whatsoever nature thereon which relate to schedule i coal mines, made by any prior allottee after the 25th day of august, 2014 shall be void, save and except any registered security interest and charge over the land and mine infrastructure as registered by a bank or a financial institution or any other secured lenderliabilities of prior allottees4514 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being inforce, no proceedings, orders of attachment, distress, receivership, execution or the like, suits for the recovery of money, enforcement of a security or guarantee (except as otherwise provided for under this act), prior to the date of commencement of this act shall lie, or be proceeded further with and no remedies shall be available against the successful bidder, or allottee, as the case may be, or against the land and mine infrastructure in respect of schedule i coal mines(2) the proceedings as referred to in sub-section (1), shall continue as a personal remedy against the prior allottee but shall not be maintainable or continued against the land or mine infrastructure of schedule i coal mine or the successful bidder or allottee, pursuant to this act5(3) every liability of any prior allottee in relation to a schedule i coal mine in respect ofany period prior to the vesting order or allotment order, shall be the liability of such prior allottee and shall be enforceable against it and not against the successful bidder or allottee or the central government(4) all unsecured loans shall continue to remain the liability of the prior allottee10(5) the additional levy imposed against the prior allottees of schedule ii coal minesshall continue to remain the liability of such prior allottees and such additional levy shall be collected by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed(6) for the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that—15(a) no claim for wages, bonus, royalty, rate, rent, taxes, provident fund, pension,gratuity or any other dues in relation to a schedule i coal mine in respect of any period prior to the date of vesting order or allotment order, as the case may be, shall be enforceable against the central government or the successful bidder or the allottee, as the case may be;20(b) no award, decree, attachment or order of any court, tribunal or other authorityin relation to any schedule i coal mine passed prior to the date of commencement of this act, in relation to the land and mine infrastructure of schedule i coal mines, shall be enforceable against the central government or the successful bidder or the allottee, as the case may be;25(c) no liability for the contravention of any provision of law for the time being inforce, relating to any act or omission prior to the date of vesting order or allotment order, as the case may be, shall be enforceable against the successful bidder or allottee or the central government3015 (1) for the purposes of disbursing the amounts payable to the prior allottees ofschedule i coal mines, the central government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of joint secretary to the government of india, to be the commissioner of paymentscommissioner of payments to be appointed and his powers(2) the central government may appoint such other officers and staff as it may thinkfit to assist the commissioner and thereupon the commissioner may authorise one or more of such officers also to exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by him under this act35(3) any officer authorised by the commissioner to exercise any powers may exercisethose powers in the same manner and with the same effect as if they have been conferred on him directly by this act and not by way of authorisation(4) the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the commissioner and other officers and staff appointed under this section shall be such as may be prescribed40(5) the central government shall, within a period of thirty days from such date as maybe notified pay to the commissioner for payment to the prior allottee, an amount equal to the compensation determined by the nominated authority(6) separate records shall be maintained by the commissioner in respect of each schedule i coal mine in relation to which payments have been made to him under this act45valuation of compensation for payment to prior allottee16 (1) the quantum of compensation for the land in relation to schedule i coal minesshall be as per the registered sale deeds lodged with the nominated authority in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed, together with twelve per cent simple interest from the date of such purchase or acquisition, till the date of the execution of the vesting order or the allotment order, as the case may be(2) the quantum of compensation for the mine infrastructure in relation to schedule icoal mines shall be determined as per the written down value reflected in the statutorily audited balance sheet of the previous financial year in accordance with such rules and in such manner as may be prescribed5(3) if the successful bidder or allottee is a prior allottee of any of the schedule i coal mines, then, the compensation payable to such successful bidder or allottee shall be set off or adjusted against the auction sum or the allotment sum payable by such successful bidder or allottee, as the case may be, for any of the schedule i coal mines10(4) the prior allottee shall not be entitled to compensation till the additional levy has been paid chapter iv powers of the central government after the appointed date15responsibilityof centralgovernment after the appointed date2017 (1) on and from the appointed date, the central government or a company owned by the central government shall be deemed to have become the lessee or licensee of the state government in relation to each of the schedule ii coal mines, in respect of which a mining lease or prospecting licence has been granted prior to the date of commencement of this act, as if a mining lease or prospecting licence in relation to such coal mine had been granted to the central government or a company owned by the central government and the period of such lease or licence shall be the maximum period for which such lease or licence could have been granted by the state government under the mineral concession rules, 1960, and thereupon all the rights under such mining lease, including surface, underground and other rights shall be deemed to have been transferred to, and vested in, the central government or a company owned by the central government25(2) on the expiry of the term of any lease or licence, referred to in sub-section (1), such lease or licence shall be renewed, by the state government, in consultation with the central government for the maximum period for which such lease or licence can be renewed under the mineral concession rules, 196067 of 195730(3) as it is considered expedient and necessary in the public interest and in view of the difficult situation which has arisen, the powers of the state government, under the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957, to prematurely terminate a prospecting licence or mining lease, shall stand suspended, in relation to schedule i coal mines, for a period of one year from the date of commencement of this act or such other period as may be notified by the central government3518 (1) on and from the appointed date, if the auction or allotment of schedule i coal mines is not complete, the central government shall appoint any person as a designated custodian to manage and operate such coal mines as may be notified by the central governmentcentral government to appoint designated custodian40(2) the designated custodian shall act for and on behalf of the central government in respect of the notified coal mines under sub-section (1) to operate and manage such schedule i coal mines in such manner as may be notified, till the completion of the auction of such coal mines or allotment under section 4 and section 5 read with section 8, as the case may be4519 (1) the designated custodian appointed under sub-section (1) of section 18, shall be entitled to take control and possession of all lands, in or adjacent to schedule ii coal mines, and used for coal mining operations and the mine infrastructure in relation to schedule ii coal mine, on behalf of the central governmentpowers and functions of the designated custodian in respect of schedule iicoal mines(2) the designated custodian may direct the prior allottees or any other persons in charge of the management of the schedule ii coal mine and coal mining operations immediately before the appointed date to provide the requisite manpower, as may be necessary, to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal50(3) the designated custodian shall receive, to the exclusion of all other persons, any monies due to schedule ii coal mines, notwithstanding cases where such receipt pertains to a transaction made at any time before the appointed date510(4) the designated custodian may call for any information, records and documents inrelation to schedule ii coal mines and coal mining operations from any or all such persons who were in charge of the management and operation of such schedule ii coal mines prior to the appointed date, and such persons shall be bound to deliver to the designated custodian all such documents in their custody relating to schedule ii coal mines(5) the designated custodian may appoint such consultants or experts, as may benecessary, in relation to the management and operation of schedule ii coal mines15(6) the designated custodian shall transfer the management and operation of anyschedule ii coal mines to such person in such manner as may be prescribed(7) the designated custodian shall have rights, liabilities and obligations as a priorallottee or a successful bidder in respect of coal mines entrusted to it under section 18, to be exercised and discharged in such manner as may be prescribed20(8) the designated custodian shall have the power to perform such other functions which may be consequential or incidental to the functions specified under this section(9) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the designated custodian shall, in exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under this act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy, as the central government may give in writing to it from time to time chapter v certain arrangements25power of central government to approve certain arrangements20 (1) a successful bidder or allottee or coal linkage holder shall, with prior approval of the central government and in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed, be entitled to enter into certain agreements or arrangements with other successful bidder or allottee or coal linkage holder, as the case may be, for optimum utilisation of coal mine for the same end-uses in the public interest and to achieve cost efficiencies30(2) a successful bidder or allottee may also use the coal mine from a particularschedule i coal mine for any of its plants engaged in common specified end-uses, in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed chapter vi miscellaneousacquisition of land30 of 2013354030 of 2013 20 of 195721 (1) all existing land acquisition proceedings under the right to fair compensationand transparency in land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act, 2013, in relation to schedule i coal mines, shall continue in respect of such areas of land in accordance with the provisions of the said act(2) all such areas of land which are not subject matter of land acquisition proceedings,in relation to the coal mines, under the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act, 2013 may be proceeded with by the central government in terms of the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development) act, 195730 of 201345(3) the state governments which have initiated land acquisition proceedings underprovisions of the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act, 2013 and all such lands which are also subject matter of the said act in respect of schedule i coal mines, shall—(a) not transfer any land to the prior allottees which have been acquired underthe said act;50(b) continue the land acquisition proceedings till the appointed date; (c) for such schedule i coal mines which have not vested in the successfulbidder or the allottee, as the case may be, by the appointed date, continue the land acquisition proceedings for and on behalf of the central government;(d) upon the vesting or the allotment, as the case may be, after the appointeddate, continue such land acquisition proceedings on behalf of the successful bidder or the allottee5realisation of additional levy22 if a prior allottee of schedule ii coal mine fails to deposit the additional levy withthe central government within the specified time, then, such additional levy shall be realised as the arrears of land revenue23 if any person—penalties for certainoffences10(a) obstructs or causes any impediment in taking possession or in themanagement and operation of the schedule i coal mines by the central government or the designated custodian; or(b) fails to deliver to the designated custodian any books of account, registersor any other document in his custody relating to schedule i coal mines and coal mining operations in respect of the management of which the designated custodian has been appointed; or15(c) destroys or misuses any mine infrastructure or coal stock; or (d) retains any property of such coal mine or removes or destroys it,20he and any officer-in-default of the company shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with the minimum fine of one lakh rupees per day and in the case of continuing failure, with a maximum fine of two lakh rupees for every day during which the failure continues or with both, depending upon the nature of the offencepenalty for failure to comply with directions of central government2524 if any person fails to comply, without reasonable cause, with a direction given bythe central government or nominated authority or the designated custodian, he shall be punishable with a fine of one lakh rupees and in the case of continuing failure with a maximum fine of two lakh rupees for every day during which the failure continues, depending upon the nature of the offenceoffences by companies3025 (1) where an offence under this act has been committed by a company, everyperson who at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of business of the company as well as the company shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such personliable to any punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledgeand that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence35(2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence underthis act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to, any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly40cognizanceof offences26 no court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this act or anyrules made thereunder except upon complaint in writing made by a person authorised in this behalf by the central government or nominated authority or the designated custodian45dispute settlement and bar of jurisdiction of civil courts20 of 195727  (1) any dispute arising out of any action of the central government, nominatedauthority or commissioner of payment or designated custodian, or any dispute between the successful bidder or allottee and prior allottee arising out of any issue connected with the act shall be adjudicated by the tribunal constituted under the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development) act, 1957(2) where the central government is of the opinion that any dispute arising out of anyissue connected with the act exists or is apprehended and the dispute should be adjudicatedby the tribunal referred to in sub-section (1), then, the central government may by order in writing, refer the dispute or any matter appearing to be connected with, or relevant to, the dispute, to the tribunal for adjudication5(3) the tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) shall, after hearing the parties to thedispute, make an award in writing within a period of ninety days from the institution or reference of the dispute(4) on and from the commencement of the act, no court or other authroiety, except thesupreme court and a high court, shall have, or be entitled to exercise, any jurisdiction, powers or authority, in relation to matters connected with the act10protection of action taken in good faith28 no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the centralgovernment, nominated authority, commissioner of payment, or designated custodian or any person acting on their behalf, in respect of anything which is done or intended to be done in good faith under this act1529 the provisions of this act shall have effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistenttherewith contained in any other law for the time being in force, or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any such lawact tohave overriding effect26 of 1973 67 of 195730 on and from the date of commencement of this act, the coal mines (nationalisation)act, 1973 and the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 shall stand amended in the manner provided in schedule ivamendment of certain acts contained in schedule iv20power to make rules31 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, and subjectto the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act25(2) in particular, and without prejudice the generality of the foregoing power, suchrules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:––(a) the manner of allocation of schedule i coal mines by way of public auctionand details of fees under sub-section (1) of section 4;30(b) the terms and conditions for granting reconnaissance permit, prospectinglicence or mining lease and the manner and conditions of competitive bidding under sub-section (2) of section 4;(c) norms to become eligible to bid in an auction and the amount of investmentin respect of a company having a coal linkage under sub-section (3) of section 4;35(d) the period within which the payment of additional levy by the prior allotteeunder sub-section (4) of section 4;(e) the allotment order to make allocations to a government company orcorporation under sub-section (3) of section 5;(f) the powers of the nominated authority under sub-section (1) of section 6; (g) the manner ofauction or allotment of schedule i coal mines and execution ofthe vesting or allotment orders under sub-section (5) of section 6;40(h) the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of thenominated authority and other officers and staff under sub-section (6) of section 6;(i) the manner of notifying the particulars of schedule i coal mines to be auctionedand furnishing of required information by the prior allottees under sub-section (1) ofsection 8;45(j) the manner of conducting auction and drawing of a vesting order undersub-section (3) of section 8;(k) determination of floor price by the nominated authority undersub-section (5) of section 8;(l) the form and manner of furnishing of bank guarantee and the time withinwhich such furnishing of bank guarantee under sub-section (6) of section 8;5101520 25 30 35(m) the manner of disbursement of priority payments under section 9; (n) the manner of establishing title of movable property by the prior allottee or third party who has a contract with the prior allottee for the movable property under the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 10;(o) the manner of receiving compensation from the sale proceeds of the movable property under the second proviso to sub-section (5) of section 10;(p) the manner in which the secured creditor paid out of the compensation in respect of any prior allottee under sub-section (2) of section 12;(q) the manner of collection of additional levy by the central government from the prior allottees of schedule ii coal mines under sub-section (5) of section 14;(r) the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the commissioner of payments and other officers and staff under sub-section (4) of section15;(s) the manner of determination of compensation payable to prior allottee and the lodging of registered sale deeds with the nominated authority under sub-section (1) of section 16;(t) the method of determination of compensation for mine infrastructure in relation to schedule i and its reflection in the statutorily audited balance sheet under sub-section (2) of section 16;(u) the manner of transfer of the management and operation of any schedule iicoal mines by the designated custodian under sub-section (6) of section 19;(v) the manner of exercising and discharging the rights, liabilities and obligations by the designated custodian under sub-section (7) of section 19;(w) the manner of providing agreements or arrangements for optimum utilisation of coal mine for specified end-uses under sub-section (1) of section 20;(x) the manner of usage of coal mine by a successful bidder or allottee for any of its plants under sub-section (2) of section 20;(y) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed(3) every rule made and every notification issued by the central government, under this act, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or notification, or both houses agree that the rule or notification should not be made, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or notification 40power to remove difficulties32 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years fromthe date of commencement of this act45(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laidbefore each house of parliament33 (1) the coal mines (special provisions) ordinance, 2014 is hereby repealedrepeal and savingord 5 of 201450(2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the saidordinance, shall, without prejudice to the judgment of the supreme court dated 25th of august, 2014 and its order dated 24th september, 2014 passed in writ petition (criminal) no 120 of  2012, be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this act| sl                                                              | name of coal                                                 |                       name of prior allottee                    | state where coal   ||------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|| no                                                              | mine/block                                                   | mine/block                                                      |                    || located                                                          |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || 1                                                                | 2                                                            | 3                                                               | 4                  || 1                                                                | tadicherla-i                                                 | andhra pradesh power generation corpn ltd                     | andhra pradesh     || 2                                                                | anesttipali                                                  | andhra pradesh power generation corpn ltd                     | andhra pradesh     || 3                                                                | punkula-chilka                                               | andhra pradesh power generation corpn ltd                     | andhra pradesh     || 4                                                                | penagaddppa                                                  | andhra pradesh power generation corpn ltd                     | andhra pradesh     || 5                                                                | namchik namphuk                                              | arunachal pradesh mineral dev & trading corporation            | arunachal pradesh  || 6                                                                | sayang                                                       | aes chhattisgarh energy pvt ltd                                | chhattisgarh       || 7                                                                | rajgamar dipside                                             | api ispat & powertech pvt ltd, cg sponge manufacturers        |                    || (deavnara)                                                       | consortium coalfield pvt ltd                               | chhattisgarh                                                    |                    || 8                                                                | durgapur-ii/                                                 | bharat aluminium company ltd                                   | chhattisgarh       || taraimar                                                         |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || 9                                                                | datima                                                       | binani cement ltd                                              | chhattisgarh       || 10                                                               | tara                                                         | chhattisgarh mineral development corporation limited            | chhattisgarh       || 11                                                               | gare-palma, sector-i                                         | chhattisgarh mineral development corporation limited            | chhattisgarh       || 12                                                               | shankarpur                                                   | chhattisgarh mineral development corporation limited            | chhattisgarh       || bhatgaon ii extn                                                |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || 13                                                               | sondhia                                                      | chhattisgarh mineral development corporation limited            | chhattisgarh       || 14                                                               | parsa                                                        | chhattisgarh state electricity board                            | chhattisgarh       || 15                                                               | vijay central                                                | coal india limited, sks ispat & power ltd                      | chhattisgarh       || 16                                                               | gidhmuri                                                     | chhattisgarh state electricity board                            | chhattisgarh       || 17                                                               | paturia                                                      | chhattisgarh state electricity board                            | chhattisgarh       || 18                                                               | durgapur-ii /sarya                                           | db power ltd                                                   | chhattisgarh       || 19                                                               | bhaskarpara                                                  | electrotherm (india) ltd, grasim industries ltd               | chhattisgarh       || 20                                                               | west of umaria                                               | sainik finance and industries ltd ( earlier garuda clays ltd) | chhattisgarh       || 21                                                               | morga ii                                                     | gujarat mineral development corporation                         | chhattisgarh       || 22                                                               | gare-palma sector-iii goa industrial development corporation | chhattisgarh                                                    |                    || 23                                                               | madanpur south                                               | hindustan zinc ltd, akshya investment pvt ltd,               | chhattisgarh       || chhattisgarh steel & power ltd, chhattisgarh                    |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || electricity corporation ltd, msp steel & power ltd,            |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || chhattisgarh captive coal mining ltd (consortium of five cos ) |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || 24                                                               | nakia i                                                      | ispat godavari ltd, ind agro synergy ltd,                     | chhattisgarh       || shri nakoda ispat ltd, vandana global ltd,                     |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || shree bajrang power & ispat ltd                                  |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || 25                                                               | nakia ii                                                     | ispat godavari, ind agro synergy, shri nakoda ispat,            | chhattisgarh       || vandana global ltd,shree bajrang power & ispat ltd             |                                                              |                                                                 |                    || 26                                                               | gare-palma- iv/4                                             | jayaswal neco ltd                                              | chhattisgarh       || 27                                                               | gare-palma-iv/8                                              | jayaswal neco ltd                                              | chhattisgarh       || 28                                                               | gare-palma-iv/2                                              | jindal power ltd (now jindal steel & power ltd)               | chhattisgarh       || 29                                                               | gare-palma-iv/3                                              | jindal power ltd (now jindal steel & power ltd)               | chhattisgarh       ||   1                                                                |          2           |                                          3                          |             4   ||--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 30                                                                 | gare-palma-iv/1      | jindal strips limited (now jindal steel & power ltd )              | chhattisgarh    || 31                                                                 | gare-palma iv/6      | jindal steel & power ltd, nalwa sponge iron ltd                   | chhattisgarh    || 32                                                                 | fatehpur east        | jld yavatmal energy ltd, rkm powergen pvt ltd,                | chhattisgarh    || visa power ltd, green infrastructure pvt ltd,vandana vidyut ltd |                      |                                                                     |                 || 33                                                                 | morga-i              | madhya pradesh state mining corporation limited                     | chhattisgarh    || 34                                                                 | morga-iii            | madhya pradesh state mineral corporation limited                    | chhattisgarh    || 35                                                                 | morga-iv             | madhya pradesh state mineral corporation limited                    | chhattisgarh    || 36                                                                 | gare-palma sector-ii | maharashtra state mining corpn ltd                                | chhattisgarh    || tamil nadu state electricity board                                 |                      |                                                                     |                 || 37                                                                 | gare-palma-iv/5      | monet ispat ltd                                                    | chhattisgarh    || 38                                                                 | rajgamar dipside     | monnet ispat and energy ltd, topworth steel pvt ltd              | chhattisgarh    || (south of                                                          |                      |                                                                     |                 || phulakdih nala)                                                    |                      |                                                                     |                 || 39                                                                 | talaipali            | national thermal power ltd                                         | chhattisgarh    || 40                                                                 | chotia               | prakash industries ltd                                             | chhattisgarh    || 41                                                                 | gare-palma-iv/7      | raipur alloys & steel ltd (now sarda energy and                    | chhattisgarh    || mineral limited)                                                   |                      |                                                                     |                 || 42                                                                 | parsa east           | rajasthan rajya vidyut utpadan nigam ltd (rrvunl)                  | chhattisgarh    || 43                                                                 | kesla north          | rathi udyog ltd                                                    | chhattisgarh    || 44                                                                 | kanta basan          | rajasthan rajya vidyut utpadan nigam ltd (rrvunl)                  | chhattisgarh    || 45                                                                 | panchbahani          | shree radhe industries ltd                                         | chhattisgarh    || 46                                                                 | fatehpur             | sks ispat and power ltd, prakash industries ltd                   | chhattisgarh    || 47                                                                 | madanpur (north)     | ultratech ltd, singhal enterprise ltd , navbharat coalfield ltd, | chhattisgarh    || vandana energy & steel pvt ltd, prakash industries ltd,         |                      |                                                                     |                 || anjani steel pvt ltd, chhattisgarh captive coal mining ltd      |                      |                                                                     |                 || (consortium of five co )                                          |                      |                                                                     |                 || 48                                                                 | brinda               | abhijeet infrastructure pvt ltd                                   | jharkhand       || 49                                                                 | sasai                | abhijeet infrastructure pvt ltd                                   | jharkhand       || 50                                                                 | meral                | abhijeet infrastructure pvt ltd                                   | jharkhand       || 51                                                                 | seregarha            | arcelor mittal india ltd, gvk power (govindwal sahib) ltd         | jharkhand       || 52                                                                 | patal east           | bhushan power and steel ltd                                        | jharkhand       || 53                                                                 | saria koiyatand      | bihar rajya khanij vikas nigam (brkvn) patna                       | jharkhand       || 54                                                                 | macherkunda          | bihar sponge iron ltd                                              | jharkhand       || 55                                                                 | brahmadiha           | castron technologies ltd                                           | jharkhand       || 56                                                                 | mahuagarhi           | calcutta electricity supply corporation ltd (cesc),                | jharkhand       || jas infrastructure capital pvt ltd                               |                      |                                                                     |                 || 57                                                                 | chitarpur            | corporate ispat alloys ltd                                         | jharkhand       || 58                                                                 | saharpur jamarpani   | damodar valley corporation                                          | jharkhand       || 59                                                                 | lalgarh (north)      | domco smokeless fuel pvt ltd                                      | jharkhand       || 60                                                                 | parbatpur-central    | electrosteel castings ltd                                          | jharkhand       || 61                                                                 | chakla               | essar power  ltd                                                   | jharkhand       || 62                                                                 | ashok karkatta       | essar power ltd                                                    | jharkhand       || central                                                            |                      |                                                                     |                 ||   1                                                     |          2                                                           |                                          3               |             4   ||---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 63                                                      | jainagar                                                             | gujarat mineral development corporation (gmdc)           | jharkhand       || 64                                                      | tokisud north                                                        | gvk power (govindwal sahib) ltd                          | jharkhand       || 65                                                      | tubed                                                                | hindalco industries ltd, tata power company ltd        | jharkhand       || 66                                                      | moitra                                                               | jayaswal neco ltd                                       | jharkhand       || 67                                                      | north dhadu                                                          | jharkhand ispat pvt ltd, pavanjay steel & power  ltd, | jharkhand       || electrosteel castings ltd, adhunik alloys & power ltd |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 68                                                      | banhardih                                                            | jharkhand state electricity board                        | jharkhand       || 69                                                      | sugia closed mine                                                    | jharkhand state mineral development corporation          | jharkhand       || 70                                                      | rauta closed mine                                                    | jharkhand state mineral development corporation          | jharkhand       || 71                                                      | burakhap small patch jharkhand state mineral development corporation | jharkhand                                                |                 || 72                                                      | pindra-debipur-                                                      | jharkhand state mineral development corporation ltd     | jharkhand       || khaowatand                                              |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 73                                                      | latehar                                                              | jharkhand state mineral development corporation ltd     | jharkhand       || 74                                                      | patratu                                                              | jharkhand state mineral development corporation ltd     | jharkhand       || 75                                                      | rabodih ocp                                                          | jharkhand state mineral development corporation ltd     | jharkhand       || 76                                                      | jogeshwar & khas                                                     | jharkhand state mineral development corporation          | jharkhand       || jogeshwar                                               |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 77                                                      | jitpur                                                               | jindal steel & power ltd                                | jharkhand       || 78                                                      | amarkonda                                                            | jindal steel and power ltd,gagan sponge iron pvt ltd  | jharkhand       || murgadangal                                             |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 79                                                      | urma paharitola                                                      | jharkhand state electricity board, bihar state           | jharkhand       || mineral development corporation ltd                    |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 80                                                      | rohne                                                                | jsw steel ltd, bhushan power & steel ltd,              | jharkhand       || jai balaji industries ltd                              |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 81                                                      | gomia                                                                | metals and minerals trading corporation                  | jharkhand       || 82                                                      | rajhara north                                                        | mukund limited,vini iron & steel udyog limited           | jharkhand       || (central & eastern)                                     |                                                                      |                                                          |                 || 83                                                      | dumri                                                                | nilachal iron & power ltd, bajrang ispat pvt ltd      | jharkhand       || 84                                                      | kerandari                                                            | national thermal power ltd                              | jharkhand       || 85                                                      | chhatti bariatu                                                      | national thermal power ltd                              | jharkhand       || 86                                                      | chhati bariatu south national thermal power ltd                     | jharkhand                                                |                 || 87                                                      | brahmini                                                             | national thermal power ltd+ coal india limited jv       | jharkhand       || 88                                                      | chichro patsimal                                                     | national thermal power ltd+ coal india limited jv       | jharkhand       || 89                                                      | pachwara central                                                     | punjab state electricity board                           | jharkhand       || 90                                                      | mahal                                                                | rashtriya ispat nigam limited                            | jharkhand       || 91                                                      | tenughat-jhirki                                                      | rashtriya ispat nigam limited                            | jharkhand       || 92                                                      | bundu                                                                | rungta mines limited                                     | jharkhand       || 93                                                      | mednirai                                                             | rungta mines limited, kohinoor steel (p) ltd            | jharkhand       || 94                                                      | choritand tiliaya                                                    | rungta mines limited, sunflag iron & steel co ltd      | jharkhand       || 95                                                      | sitanala                                                             | steel authority of india ltd                            | jharkhand       || 96                                                      | ganeshpur                                                            | tata steel ltd, adhunik thermal energy                  | jharkhand       || 97                                                      | badam                                                                | tenughat vidyut nigam limited                            | jharkhand       ||   1                              |          2              |                                          3                        |             4   ||----------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 98                               | rajbar e&d              | tenughat vidyut nigam limited                                     | jharkhand       || 99                               | gondulpara              | tenughat vidyut nigam limited, damodar valley corporation         | jharkhand       || 100                              | kotre-basantpur         | tata iron and steel co ltd (now tata steel ltd)                | jharkhand       || 101                              | pachmo                  | tata iron and steel co ltd (now tata steel ltd)                | jharkhand       || 102                              | lohari                  | usha martin ltd                                                  | jharkhand       || 103                              | kathautia               | usha martin ltd                                                  | jharkhand       || 104                              | pachwara north          | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl)        | jharkhand       || 105                              | suliyari                | andhra pradesh mineral development corporation                    | madhya pradesh  || 106                              | bikram                  | birla corporation ltd                                            | madhya pradesh  || 107                              | gotitoria (east)        | bla industries ltd                                               | madhya pradesh  || 108                              | gotitoria (west)        | bla industries ltd                                               | madhya pradesh  || 109                              | mahan                   | essar power ltd, hindalco industries ltd                        | madhya pradesh  || 110                              | mandla north            | jaipraskash associates ltd                                       | madhya pradesh  || 111                              | urtan north             | jindal steel & power ltd, monet ispat and energy ltd            | madhya pradesh  || 112                              | thesgora-b/             | kamal sponge steel & power limited, revati cement p ltd         | madhya pradesh  || rudrapuri                        |                         |                                                                   |                 || 113                              | amelia                  | madhya pradesh state mining corporation                           | madhya pradesh  || 114                              | amelia (north)          | madhya pradesh state mining corporation                           | madhya pradesh  || 115                              | mandla south            | madhya pradesh state mining corporation ltd                      | madhya pradesh  || 116                              | dongeri tal-ii          | madhya pradesh state mining corporation ltd (mpsmc)              | madhya pradesh  || 117                              | marki barka             | madhya pradesh state mining corporation (mpsmc)                   | madhya pradesh  || 118                              | semaria/piparia         | madhya pradesh state mining corporation (mpsmc)                   | madhya pradesh  || 119                              | bicharpur               | madhya pradesh state mining corporation ltd (mpsmc)              | madhya pradesh  || 120                              | tandsi-iii &            | mideast integrated steels ltd                                    | madhya pradesh  || tandsi -iii (extn)              |                         |                                                                   |                 || 121                              | sahapur east            | national mineral dev corp                                       | madhya pradesh  || 122                              | sahapur west            | national mineral dev corp                                       | madhya pradesh  || 123                              | mara ii mahan           | nct of delhi, delhi, haryana power generation                     | madhya pradesh  || corp ltd  (hpgcl)              |                         |                                                                   |                 || 124                              | sial ghoghri            | prism cement limited                                              | madhya pradesh  || 125                              | brahampuri              | pushp steel and mining ltd                                       | madhya pradesh  || 126                              | rawanwara north         | sks ispat limited                                                 | madhya pradesh  || 127                              | bander                  | amr iron & steels pvt ltd, century textiles &                   | maharashtra     || industries ltd, jkcement ltd |                         |                                                                   |                 || 128                              | marki mangli-i          | bs ispat ltd                                                   | maharashtra     || 129                              | takli-jena-             | central collieries co ltd  and lloyds metals & engineering ltd | maharashtra     || bellora (north) &                |                         |                                                                   |                 || takli-jena-                      |                         |                                                                   |                 || bellora (south)                  |                         |                                                                   |                 || 130                              | dahegaon/               | ist steel & power ltd, gujarat ambuja cement ltd,               | maharashtra     || makard hokra- iv                 | lafarge india pvt ltd |                                                                   |                 || 131                              | gondkhari               | maharashtra seamless limited, dhariwal infrastructure (p) ltd,   | maharashtra     || kesoram industries ltd          |                         |                                                                   |                 ||   1                                                      |          2                                    |                                          3                      |             4   ||----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 132                                                      | marki-zari-                                   | maharashtra state mining corpn ltd                            | maharashtra     || jamani-adkoli                                            |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 133                                                      | lohara (east)                                 | murli industries ltd, grace industries ltd                    | maharashtra     || 134                                                      | khappa & extn                                | sunflag iron & steel ltd, dalmia cement (bharat) ltd          | maharashtra     || 135                                                      | lohara west extn                             | adani power ltd                                                | maharashtra     || 136                                                      | warora west (north) bhatia international ltd | maharashtra                                                     |                 || 137                                                      | kosar dongergaon                              | chaman metaliks ltd                                            | maharashtra     || 138                                                      | warora (west)                                 | fieldmining & ispat ltd                                        | maharashtra     || southern part                                            |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 139                                                      | chinora                                       | fieldmining & ispat ltd                                        | maharashtra     || 140                                                      | majra                                         | gondwana ispat ltd                                             | maharashtra     || 141                                                      | nerad malegaon                                | gupta metallics & power ltd, gupta coalfields & washeries ltd | maharashtra     || 142                                                      | baranj - i                                    | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                               | maharashtra     || 143                                                      | baranj - ii                                   | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                               | maharashtra     || 144                                                      | baranj - iii                                  | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                               | maharashtra     || 145                                                      | baranj - iv                                   | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                               | maharashtra     || 146                                                      | kiloni                                        | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                               | maharashtra     || 147                                                      | manora deep                                   | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                               | maharashtra     || 148                                                      | agarzari                                      | maharashtra state mining corporation limited (msmcl)            | maharashtra     || 149                                                      | warora                                        | maharashtra state mining corporation limited (msmcl)            | maharashtra     || 150                                                      | bhandak west                                  | shree baidyanath ayurved bhawan ltd                            | maharashtra     || 151                                                      | marki mangli-ii                               | shree veerangana steel limited                                 | maharashtra     || 152                                                      | marki mangli-iii                              | shree veerangana steel limited                                 | maharashtra     || 153                                                      | marki mangli-iv                               | shree veerangana steel limited                                 | maharashtra     || 154                                                      | belgaon                                       | sunflag iron & steel co ltd                                   | maharashtra     || 155                                                      | mandakini b                                   | assam mineral dev corporation ltd, meghalaya                  | orissa          || mineral dev corp, tamil nadu electricity board,        |                                               |                                                                 |                 || orissa mining corporation ltd                           |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 156                                                      | new patrapara                                 | bhushan steel & strips ltd, adhunik metaliks ltd,             | orissa          || deepak steel & power ltd, adhunik corp ltd,           |                                               |                                                                 |                 || orissa sponge iron ltd,smc power generation ltd,       |                                               |                                                                 |                 || sree metaliks ltd,visa steel ltd                       |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 157                                                      | bijahan                                       | bhushan ltd, shri mahavir ferro alloys pvt limited            | orissa          || 158                                                      | jamkhani                                      | bhushan ltd                                                    | orissa          || 159                                                      | naini                                         | gujarat mineral development corporation, pondichery industrial  | orissa          || promotion development and investment corporation limited |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 160                                                      | mahanadi                                      | gujarat state electricity corporation limited, maharashtra      | orissa          || state electricity board                                  |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 161                                                      | machhakata                                    | gujarat state electricity corporation limited, maharashtra      | orissa          || state electricity board                                  |                                               |                                                                 |                 || 162                                                      | talabira-i                                    | hindalco industries ltd                                        | orissa          || 163                                                      | ramchandi                                     | jindal steel & power limited                                    | orissa          || promotion block                                          |                                               |                                                                 |                 ||   1                                                            |          2                                             |                                          3                         |             4   ||----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 164                                                            | utkal b 1                                              | jindal steel & power ltd                                           | orissa          || 165                                                            | baitarni west                                          | kerala state electricity board, orissa hydro power  corp,         | orissa          || gujarat power corporation ltd                                 |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 166                                                            | talabira ii & iii                                      | mahanadi coalfields ltd(mcl), neyveli lignite corporation ltd,   | orissa          || hindalco industries ltd                                       |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 167                                                            | utkal-a                                                | mahanadi coalfields ltd(mcl), jsw steels ltd,                    | orissa          || jindal thermal power comp ltd, jindal stainless steels ltd, |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || shyam dri ltd                                                 |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 168                                                            | utkal-b2                                               | monet ispat ltd                                                   | orissa          || 169                                                            | mandakini                                              | monet ispat energy ltd, jindal photo ltd, tata power             | orissa          || company ltd                                                   |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 170                                                            | utkal 'e'                                              | national aluminium corporation                                     | orissa          || 171                                                            | dulanga                                                | national thermal power corporation                                 | orissa          || 172                                                            | utkal-d                                                | orissa mining corporation                                          | orissa          || 173                                                            | nuagaon telisahi                                       | orissa mining corporation, andhra pradesh mineral                  | orissa          || development (apmdc)                                            |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 174                                                            | manoharpur                                             | orissa power generation corporation                                | orissa          || 175                                                            | dipside manoharpur orissa power generation corporation | orissa                                                             |                 || 176                                                            | radhikapur(west)                                       | rungta mines limited, ocl india ltd,ocean ispat ltd              | orissa          || 177                                                            | rampia                                                 | sterlite energy ltd,(ipp), gmr energy ltd (ipp),                 | orissa          || arcelor mittal india ltd (cpp), lanco group ltd (ipp),       |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || navbharat power pvt ltd (ipp), reliance energy ltd (ipp)    |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 178                                                            | dip side of rampia                                     | sterlite energy ltd, (ipp),gmr energy (ipp),                      | orissa          || arcelor mittal india ltd (cpp), lanco group ltd (ipp),       |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || navbharat power pvt ltd (ipp), reliance energy ltd (ipp)    |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 179                                                            | north of arkhapal                                      | strategic energy technology systems limited (setsl)                | orissa          || srirampur                                                      |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 180                                                            | radhikapur(east)                                       | tata sponge iron ltd,scaw industries ltd, sps sponge iron ltd    | orissa          || 181                                                            | chendipada,                                            | uttar pradesh rajya vidut utpadan limited ,                        | orissa          || chattishgarh mineral development corporation limited,          |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || maharashtra state power generation corporation ltd            |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 182                                                            | chendipada-ii                                          | uttar pradesh rajya vidut utpadan limited, chattishgarh            | orissa          || mineral development corporation limited , maharashtra state    |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || power generation corporation ltd                              |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 183                                                            | utkal-c                                                | utkal coal ltd(formerly iccl)                                     | orissa          || 184                                                            | biharinath                                             | bankura dri mining manufacturers co pvt ltd                     | west bengal     || 185                                                            | andal east                                             | bhushan steel ltd, jai balaji industries ltd, rashmi cement ltd | west bengal     || 186                                                            | barjora (north)                                        | damodar valley corporation                                         | west bengal     || 187                                                            | kagra joydev                                           | damodar valley corporation                                         | west bengal     || 188                                                            | kasta (east)                                           | damodar valley corporation                                         | west bengal     || 189                                                            | gourangdih abc                                         | himachal emta power ltd, jsw steel ltd                           | west bengal     || 190                                                            | moira-madhujore                                        | ramsarup lohh udyog ltd,  adhunik corporation ltd,               | west bengal     || uttam galva steels ltd, howrah gases ltd,vikas metal &       |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || power ltd, acc ltd                                           |                                                        |                                                                    |                 || 191                                                            | sarisatolli                                            | calcutta electricity supply corporation ltd,                      | west bengal     ||   1             |          2        |                                          3                 |             4   ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 192             | ardhagram         | sova ispat limited, jaibalaji sponge ltd                  | west bengal     || 193             | tara (west)       | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || 194             | gangaramchak      | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || 195             | barjora           | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || 196             | gangaramchak-     | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || bhadulia        |                   |                                                            |                 || 197             | tara (east)       | west bengal state electricity board                        | west bengal     || 198             | jaganathpur b     | west bengal mineral development & trading corp            | west bengal     || 199             | sitarampur        | west bengal mineral dev &  trading corp ltd             | west bengal     || 200             | trans damodar     | west bengal mineral dev &  trading corp ltd             | west bengal     || 201             | ichhapur          | west bengal mineral dev &  trading corp ltd             | west bengal     || 202             | kulti             | west bengal mineral dev &  trading corp ltd             | west bengal     || 203             | jaganathpur a     | west bengal mineral dev &  trading corp ltd             | west bengal     || 204             | east of damogoria | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || (kalyaneshwari) |                   |                                                            |                 | schedule  ii [see section 3(1)(q)]| sl     | name of coal      |                       name of prior allottee                                   | state where coal   ||---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|| no     | mine/block        | mine/block                                                                     |                    || located |                   |                                                                                |                    || 1       | 2                 | 3                                                                              | 4                  || 1       | namchik namphuk   | arunachal pradesh mineral dev & trading corporation                           | arunachal pradesh  || 2       | gare-palma- iv/4  | jayaswal neco ltd                                                             | chhattisgarh       || 3       | gare-palma-iv/2   | jindal power ltd (now jindal steel & power ltd)                              | chhattisgarh       || 4       | gare-palma-iv/3   | jindal power ltd (now jindal steel & power ltd)                              | chhattisgarh       || 5       | gare-palma-iv/1   | jindal strips limited (now jindal steel & power ltd )                         | chhattisgarh       || 6       | gare-palma-iv/5   | monet ispat ltd                                                               | chhattisgarh       || 7       | chotia            | prakash industries ltd                                                        | chhattisgarh       || 8       | gare-palma-iv/7   | raipur alloys & steel ltd (now sarda energy and mineral limited) chhattisgarh |                    || 9       | parsa east        | rajasthan rajya vidyut utpadan nigam ltd (rrvunl)                             | chhattisgarh       || 10      | kanta basan       | rajasthan rajya vidyut utpadan nigam ltd (rrvunl)                             | chhattisgarh       || 11      | parbatpur-central | electrosteel castings ltd                                                     | jharkhand          || 12      | tokisud north     | gvk power (govindwal sahib) ltd                                               | jharkhand          || 13      | pachwara central  | punjab state electricity board                                                 | jharkhand          || 14      | kathautia         | usha martin ltd                                                               | jharkhand          || 15      | pachwara north    | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl)                     | jharkhand          || 16      | gotitoria (east)  | bla industries ltd                                                            | madhya pradesh     || 17      | gotitoria (west)  | bla industries ltd                                                            | madhya pradesh     || 18      | mandla north      | jaipraskash associates ltd                                                    | madhya pradesh     || 19      | amelia (north)    | madhya pradesh state mining corporation                                        | madhya pradesh     || 20      | bicharpur         | madhya pradesh state mining corporation ltd(mpsmc)                            | madhya pradesh     || 21      | sial ghoghri      | prism cement limited                                                           | madhya pradesh     || 22      | marki mangli-i    | bs ispat ltd                                                                | maharashtra        || 23      | baranj - i        | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                                              | maharashtra        || 24      | baranj - ii       | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                                              | maharashtra        || 25      | baranj - iii      | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                                              | maharashtra        || 26      | baranj - iv       | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                                              | maharashtra        || 27      | kiloni            | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                                              | maharashtra        || 28      | manora deep       | karnataka power corp ltd (kpcl)                                              | maharashtra        || 29      | marki mangli-ii   | shree veerangana steels limited                                               | maharashtra        || 30      | marki mangli-iii  | shree veerangana steels limited                                               | maharashtra        || 31      | belgaon           | sunflag iron & steel co ltd                                                   | maharashtra        || 32      | talabira-i        | hindalco industries ltd                                                       | orissa             || 33      | barjora (north)   | damodar valley corporation                                                     | west bengal        || 34      | kagra joydev      | damodar valley corporation                                                     | west bengal        || 35      | sarisatolli       | calcutta electricity supply corporation ltd,                                   | west bengal        || 36      | ardhagram         | sova ispat limited, jaibalaji sponge ltd                                      | west bengal        ||   1      |          2    |                                          3                 |             4   ||----------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|| 37       | tara (west)   | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || 38       | gangaramchak  | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || 39       | barjora       | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || 40       | gangaramchak- | west bengal power development corporation limited (wbpdcl) | west bengal     || bhadulia |               |                                                            |                 || 41       | tara (east)   | west bengal state electricity board                        | west bengal     || 42       | trans damodar | west bengal mineral dev &  trading corp ltd             | west bengal     | schedule iii [see section 3(1)(r)]| sl          | name of coal                                                 |                       name of prior allottee                                    | state where coal   ||--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|| no          | mine/block                                                   | mine/block                                                                      |                    || located      |                                                              |                                                                                 |                    || 1            | 2                                                            | 3                                                                               | 4                  || 1            | durgapur-ii/                                                 | bharat aluminium company ltd                                                   | chhattisgarh       || taraimar     |                                                              |                                                                                 |                    || 2            | durgapur-ii /sarya                                           | db power ltd                                                                   | chhattisgarh       || 3            | gare-palma sector-iii goa industrial development corporation | chhattisgarh                                                                    |                    || 4            | gare-palma iv/8                                              | jayaswal neco ltd                                                              | chhattisgarh       || 5            | talaipali                                                    | national thermal power ltd                                                     | chhattisgarh       || 6            | chatti bariatu                                               | national thermal power ltd                                                     | jharkhand          || 7            | mahan                                                        | essar power ltd, hindalco industries ltd                                      | madhya pradesh     || 8            | mandla south                                                 | madhya pradesh state mining corporation ltd                                    | madhya pradesh     || 9            | dongeri tal-ii                                               | madhya pradesh state mining corporation ltd (mpsmc)                            | madhya pradesh     || 10           | kosar dongergaon                                             | chaman metaliks ltd                                                            | maharashtra        || 11           | nerad malegaon                                               | gupta metallics & power ltd, gupta coalfields & washeries ltd                 | maharashtra        || 12           | marki mangli-iv                                              | shree veerangana steel limited                                                 | maharashtra        || 13           | jamkhani                                                     | bhushan ltd                                                                    | orissa             || 14           | utkal b 1                                                    | jindal steel & power ltd                                                       | orissa             || 15           | utkal-b 2                                                    | monet ispat ltd                                                                | orissa             || 16           | mandakini                                                    | monet ispat energy ltd, jindal photo ltd, tata power                          | orissa             || company ltd |                                                              |                                                                                 |                    || 17           | utkal-c                                                      | utkal coal ltd (formerly iccl)                                                 | orissa             || 18           | brinda                                                       | abhijeet infrastructure pvt ltd                                               | jharkhand          || 19           | sasai                                                        | abhijeet infrastructure pvt ltd                                               | jharkhand          || 20           | meral                                                        | abhijeet infrastructure pvt ltd                                               | jharkhand          || 21           | moitra                                                       | jayaswal neco ltd                                                              | jharkhand          || 22           | jitpur                                                       | jindal steel & power ltd                                                       | jharkhand          || 23           | rohne                                                        | jsw steel ltd, bhushan power & steel ltd, jai balaji industries ltdjharkhand |                    || 24           | dumri                                                        | nilachal iron & power ltd, bajrang ispat pvt ltd                             | jharkhand          || 25           | kerandari                                                    | national thermal power ltd                                                     | jharkhand          || 26           | sitanala                                                     | steel authority of india ltd                                                   | jharkhand          || 27           | ganeshpur                                                    | tata steel ltd, adhunik thermal energy                                         | jharkhand          || 28           | badam                                                        | tenughat vidyut nigam limited                                                   | jharkhand          || 29           | tara                                                         | chhattisgarh mineral development corporation  ltd                              | chhattisgarh       || 30           | lohari                                                       | usha martin ltd                                                                | jharkhand          || 31           | dulanga                                                      | national thermal power corporation                                              | orissa             || 32           | manoharpur                                                   | orissa power generation corporation                                             | orissa             | schedule  iv (see section 28) part a the coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973 (26 of 1973)amendment of section 1a1 in the coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973 (herein referred to as the principal act), in sub-section (1) of section 1a, after the word and figure "section 3", the word, figure and letter ", section 3a" shall be inserted2 after section 3 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 3a'3a (1) notwithstanding anything contained in this act, any person being—miningoperation bycompany and others(a) a government company or corporation or a joint venture company formed by such company or corporation or between the central government  or the state government, as the case may be,  or any other company incorporated in india; or(b) a company or a joint venture company formed by two or more companies, may carry on coal mining operations in india, in any form either for own consumption, sale or for any other purpose in accordance with the prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be (2) the central government may, with a view to rationalise such coal mines so as to ensure the coordinated and scientific development and utilisation of coal resources consistent with the growing requirements of the country, from time to time, prescribe—(i) the coal mines or coal bearing areas and their location; (ii) the minimum size of the coal mine or coal bearing areas; (iii) such other conditions, which in the opinion of that government may be necessary for the purpose of coal mining operations or mining for sale by a company18 of 2013explanation—for the purposes of this section, "company" means a company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the companies act, 2013'amendment of section 343 in section 34 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(aa) the coal mines or coal bearing areas and their location, the minimum size of the coal mine or coal bearing areas, and such other conditions which may be necessary for the purpose of coal mining operations including mining for sale by a company under sub-section (2) of section 3a" part b the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 (67 of 1957)1 in the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 (herein referred to as the principal act), for section 11a, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 11agranting of reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease'11a (1) notwithstanding anything contained in this act, the central government may, for the purpose of granting reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of  any area containing coal or lignite, select any of the following companies through auction by competitive bidding, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, namely:—(a) a government company or corporation or a joint venture company formed by such company or corporation or between the central government  or the state government, as the case may be,  or any other company incorporated in india; or(b) a company or a joint venture company formed by two or more companies, may carry on coal mining operations in india, in any form either for own consumption, sale or for any other purpose in accordance with the permit, prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be (2) the central government may, with a view to rationalise coal  and lignite mines referred to in sub-section (1), so as to ensure the coordinated and scientific development and utilisation of resources consistent with the growing requirements of the country, from time to time, prescribe—(i) the details of  mines and their location;(ii) the minimum size of such mines;(iii) such other conditions, which in the opinion of that government may be necessary for the purpose of mining operations or mining for sale by a company (3) the state government shall grant such reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of any area containing coal or lignite to such company as selected through auction by competitive bidding or otherwise under this section:provided that the auction by competitive bidding under this section shall not be applicable to an area containing coal or lignite—(a) where such area is considered for allocation to a government company or corporation or a joint venture company formed by such company or corporation or between the central government or the state government, as the case may be;(b) where such area is considered for allocation to a company or corporation or that has been awarded a power project on the basis of competitive bids for tariff (including ultra mega power projects)18 of 2013explanation—for the purposes of this section, "company" means a company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the companies act, 2013'2 in section 13 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of section 13"(d) the terms and conditions of auction by competitive bidding, the details of mines and their location, the minimum size of such mines and such other conditions which may be necessary for the purpose of coal mining operations including mining for sale by a company under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 11a" statement of objects and reasonshon'ble supreme court in writ petition (criminal) no 120 of 2012 (manoharlal sharma vs principal secretary & ors) and writ petition (civil) no 463 of 2012 (common cause vs uoi & ors) and other connected public interest litigations, vide its judgment dated25th august, 2014 has held that allocation of coal blocks made through the screening committee and government dispensation route as arbitrary and illegal the supreme court pronounced its order on 24th september, 2014 cancelling allocation of 204 coal blocks out of a total of 218 allocated since 1993 in case of 42 coal blocks (37 producing and 5 ready to produce), cancellation will take effect from 31st march, 2015 and in respect of the others, with immediate effect the court has also directed that an additional levy of rs295/- per metric ton be paid by these 42 coal block allocatees for the coal extracted since commencement of production till 31st march, 20152 in light of the judgment and order of the hon'ble supreme court, it was considered expedient in public interest by the central government to take immediate action so as to ensure energy security of the country the need for promulgation of the ordinance was felt to overcome the acute shortage of coal in core sectors such as steel, cement and power utilities, which are vital for the development of the country  further, to mitigate the hardships on household consumers, medium and small enterprises, cottage industries, as well as to overcome the overall shortage of coal in the country  and  augment its production  by allocating coal mines to new allocatees, the   coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973 was amended by inserting section 3a and  the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 was amended by inserting section 11a, thereby removing the restriction of end use from the eligibility to undertake coal mining, in the national interest3  as parliament was not in session and immediate action was required to be taken by the central government to implement the judgment and order of the supreme court and to address the above objectives, an ordinance namely, the coal mines (special provisions) ordinance, 2014 was promulgated by the president on 21st october, 2014 under article 123 of the constitution4  subsequent to the promulgation of the aforesaid ordinance, certain issues were raised and after considering all such issues, it has been decided to include certain additional provisions in the bill replacing the ordinance and accordingly to modify the ordinance5 the bill provides for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees though a transparent bidding process with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for promoting optimum utilisation of coal resources consistent with the requirement of the country in national interest further the bill, having regard to the coordinated and scientific development and utilisation of coal resources consistent with the growing requirement of the country, prescribe the conditions to rationalise the coal sector for mining operations, consumption and sale6  the notes on clauses explain in detail the various provisions contained in the bill 7 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivespiyush goyalnew delhi;the  5th  december, 2014 president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter f no 54018/2/2014-ca-ii dated 5 december, 2014 from shri piyush goyal, minister of state (ic) for coal, power and mnre to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the proposal coal mines (special provisions) bill, 2014, recommends to the house the introduction and consideration of the bill under article 117(1) and (3) of the constitution of india notes on clausesclause 1—this clause provides the short title and commencement of the proposed legislationclause 2—this clause is a declaration as to expediency of union action clause 3—this clause provided for the definition  of the expressions words used in the proposed legislationclause 4—this clause provides for eligibility to participate in auction and payment of feesclause 5—this clause empowers the central government to allot a schedule - i coal mine to a government company or corporationclause 6—this clause provides the central government to act through a nominated authority and its powers and functionsclause 7—this clause empowers the central government to classify certain schedule-i coal minesclause 8—this clause empowers the nominated authority to issue vesting order or allotment order in respect of schedule i and schedule ii coal mines in the manner as prescribed thereinclause 9—this clause provides that the proceeds arising out of land and mine infrastructure in relation to a schedule i coal mine shall be disbursed maintaining, inter alia, the priority of payments in accordance with such rules as may be prescribedclause 10—this clause provides for the procedure for utilisation of movable property used in coal mining operation in the manner as prescribed thereinclause 11—this clause provides for discharge or adoption of third party contracts with prior allottees clause 12—this clause provides for provisions in relation to secured creditors clause 13—this clause provides that any and all alienations of land and mine infrastructure and creation of any encumbrances of whatsoever nature thereon which relate to the schedule i coal mines, made by any prior allottee after the 25th day of august, 2014 shall be void, save and except any registered security interest and charge over the land and mine infrastructure as registered by a bank or a financial institution or any other secured lenderclause 14—this clause provides for liabilities of prior allottees clause 15—this clause empowers the central government to appoint a commissioner of payments for the purposes of disbursing the amounts payable to  prior allottees of the schedule i coal mines  sub-clauses provide the powers and functions of the said commissionerclause  16—this clause provides for the valuation of compensation for payment to prior allotteeclause  17—this clause provides that on and from the appointed date, the central government or a company owned by the central government shall be deemed to have become the lessee or licensee of the state government in relation to each of the schedule ii coal mines, in respect of which a mining lease or prospecting license has been granted prior to the date of commencement of the proposed legislation, as if a mining lease or prospecting license in relation to such coal mine had been granted to the central government or a company owned by the central government and the period of such lease or license shall be the maximum period for which such lease or license could have been granted by the state government under the mineral concession rules, 1960, and thereupon all the rights under such mining lease, including surface, underground and other rights shall be deemed to have been transferred to, and vested in, the central government or a company owned by the central governmentclause  18—this clause provides that on and from the appointed date, if the auction or allotment of schedule i coal mines is not complete, the central government shall appoint any person as a designated custodian for such coal mines as may be notified by the central government to manage and operate such notified coal minesclause  19—this clause and its sub-clauses provide for the powers and functions of the designated custodian in respect of schedule ii coal minesclause 20—this clause provides that a successful bidder or allottee or coal linkage holder shall, with prior approval of the central government and in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed, be entitled to enter into certain agreements or arrangements with other successful bidder or allottee or coal linkage holder, as the case may be, for optimum utilisation of coal mine for the same end uses in the public interest and to achieve cost efficiencies it further provides that a successful bidder or allottee may also use the coal mine from a particular schedule i coal mine for any of its plants engaged in common specified end uses, in accordance with such rules as may be prescribedclause 21—this clause provides for the procedure for acquisition of land clause 22—this clause provides for realisation of additional levy from the prior allottee of schedule ii coal mineclause 23—this clause provides for penalties for certain offences clause 24—this clause provides for penalty for failure to comply with the  directions of  the central governmentclause 25—this clause provides for the procedure for penalty against the offences committed by a companyclause 26—this clause provides that no court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this bill or any rules made thereunder except upon complaint in writing made by a person authorised in this behalf by the central government or nominated authority or the designated custodianclause  27—this clause provides an alternate dispute resolution forum for barring the jurisdiction of civil courts and other courts (except the supreme court and high courts) in relation to any matter connected with the proposed legislationclause 28—this clause provides for protection of action taken in good faith by the central government, nominated authority, commissioner of payment, or designated custodian or any person acting on their behalfclause 29—this clause provides that the provisions of the proposed legislation shall have effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any such lawclause 30—this clause provides that on and from the date of commencement of the proposed legislation, the coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973 and the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 shall stand amended in the manner as provided thereinclause 31—this clause provides that the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the provisions of the proposed legislationclause 32—this clause provides that if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the proposed legislation, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the proposed legislation, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty, provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of the proposed legislation and every order made under this clause shall be laid before each house of parliament financial memorandumsub-clause (1) of clause 6 of the bill provides that the central government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of joint secretary to the government of india as the nominated authority who shall act for and on behalf of the central government for the purposes of the proposed legislation2 sub-clause (2) of clause 6 provides that the nominated authority may engage any expert having such qualifications and experience to make recommendations to the authority for the conduct of auction and in drawing up of the vesting order or allotment order in relation to the schedule i coal mines3 sub-clause (6) of clause 6 provides for the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the nominated authority and such other officers and staff appointed thereunder4 sub-clause (1) of clause 15 provides that for the purposes of disbursing the amounts payable to prior allottees of the schedule i coal mines, the central government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of joint secretary to the government of india, to be the commissioner of payments5 sub-clause (2) of clause 15 provides that the central government may appoint such other officers and staff as it may think fit to assist the commissioner and thereupon the commissioner may authorise one or more of such officers to also exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by him under this bill6 sub-clause (4) of clause 15 provides for the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the commissioner and other officers and staff appointed thereunder7 the manpower requirement and the total financial implication in terms of recurring and non-recurring expenditure as well as the modalities involved would however, be determined after appointment of the nominated authority or commissioner of payments hence, it would be difficult to work out the exact expenditure, both recurring and non-recurring at this stage memorandum regarding delegated legislationsub-clause (1) of clause 29 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules by notification in the official gazette, subject to the condition of previous publication for carrying out the provisions of the bill for all or any of the  matters as specified under sub-clause (2) which includes the manner of allocation of schedule i coal mines by way of public auction and details of fees under sub-section (1) of section 4; the terms and conditions for granting reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease and the manner and conditions of competitive bidding under sub-section (2) of section 4; norms to become eligible to bid in an auction and the amount of investment in respect of a company having a coal linkage under sub-section (3) of section 4; the period within which the payment of additional levy by the prior allottee under sub-section (4) of section 4; the allotment order to make allocations to a government company or corporation under sub-section (3) of section 5; the powers of the nominated authority under sub-section (1) of section 6; the powers of the nominated authority under sub-section (2) of section 6; the powers of the nominated authority under sub-section (4) of section 6; the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the nominated authority and other officers and staff under sub-section (6) of section 6; the manner of notifying the particulars of schedule i coal mines to be auctioned and furnishing of required information by the prior allottees under sub-section (1) of section 8; the manner of conducting auction and drawing of a vesting order under sub-section (3) of section 8; the determination of floor price or reserve price by the nominated authority under sub-section (5) of section 8; the form and manner of furnishing of bank guarantee and the time within which such furnishing of bank guarantee under sub-section (6) of section 8; the manner of disbursement of priority payments under section 9; the manner of establishing title of movable property by the prior allottee or third party who has a contract with the prior allottee for the movable property under the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 10; the manner of receiving compensation from the sale proceeds of the movable property under the second proviso to sub-section (5) of section 10; the manner in which the secured creditor paid out of the compensation in respect of any prior allottee under sub-section (2) of section 12; the manner of collection of additional levy by the central government from the prior allottees of schedule ii coal mines under sub-section (5) of section 14; the salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the commissioner of payments and other officers and staff under sub-section (4) of section 15; the manner of  determination of compensation payable to prior allottee and the lodging of registered sale deeds with the nominated authority under sub-section (1) of section 16; the method of  determination of compensation for mine infrastructure in relation to schedule i and its reflection in the statutorily audited balance sheet under sub-section (2) of section 16; the manner of transfer of the management and operation of any schedule ii coal mines by the designated custodian under sub-section (6) of section 19; the manner of providing agreements or arrangements for optimum utilisation of coal mined for specified end uses under sub-section (1) of section 20; the manner of usage of coal mine by a successful bidder or allottee for any of its plants under sub-section (2) of section 20; any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed sub-clause (3) provides that every such rule made by the central government shall be laid before each house of parliament2 clause 30 of the bill further empowers the central government that if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this bill, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty and every such order made under this clause shall be laid before each house of parliament3 the matters in respect of which the rules may be made are generally matters of procedure and administrative detail and it is not practicable to provide for them in the bill itself the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character memorandum explaining the modifications contained in the bill to replace 'the coal mines (special provisions) ordinance, 2014''the coal mines (special provisions) bill, 2014', which seeks to replace the 'the coal mines (special provisions) ordinance, 2014', proposes to make the following modifications apart from modifications of consequential or drafting nature in the provisions contained in the said ordinance, namely:—(i) in section 3, in sub-section (1), in clause (l),  the words "and the expression"notify" shall be construed accordingly" have been omitted(ii) in section 3, in sub-section (1), in clause (n), the following explanation has been  inserted:—"explanation—in case a mining lease has been executed in favour of a third party, subsequent to such allocation of schedule i coal mines,  then, such third party shall also be deemed to be the prior allottee" (iii) in section 3, in sub-section (1), in clause (r),  the word "notified", has been substituted with the words "as may be notified"(iv) in section 5, in sub-section (1), the words "which is not a joint venture with private company", have been substituted with the words "or to a joint venture between two or more government companies or corporations"(v) in section 5, in sub-section (1) after the existing proviso the following provisos have been  inserted:—"provided further that no company other than a government company or corporation shall hold more than twenty six per cent of the paid-up share capital in the government company or corporation or in the joint venture between a government company or corporation, either directly or through any of its subsidiary company or associate company:provided also that a joint venture of any two or more government companies or corporations shall be prohibited from alienating or transferring any interest, except by way of taking loans or advances from a bank or  financial institution, in the joint venture of whatsoever nature including ownership in favour of a third party" (vi) in section 5, the sub-section (2) has been omitted(vii) in section 6, after sub-section (6), the following sub-section has been inserted:—"(7) the nominated authority shall be bound by the written direction given by the central government on the question of policy" (viii)in section 8, in sub-section (2), the words  "the notification", has been substituted with "such notice"(ix)in section 9, after the words "in accordance with", the words "the relevant laws and" have been inserted:—(x) in section 10, in sub-sections (1) and (5) the word  "schedule ii", has been substituted with the word "schedule i"(xi) in section 18, in sub-section (1),  the words "for such coal mines as may be notified by the central government to manage and operate such notified coal mines", have been substituted with the words,  "to manage and operate such coal mines as may be notified  by the central government"(xii) in section 19, after sub-section (6), the following sub-section has been inserted :—"(7) the designated custodian shall have rights, liabilities and obligations as a prior allottee or a successful bidder in respect of coal mines entrusted to it under section 18, to be exercised and discharged in such manner as may be prescribed" (xiii) after section 26, the following new sections have been  inserted:—"27 dispute settlement and bar of jurisdiction of civil courts— (1) any dispute arising out of any action of the central government, nominated authority or commissioner of payment or designated custodian, or any dispute between the successful bidder or allottee and prior allottee arising out of any issue connected with the act shall be adjudicated by the tribunal constituted under the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development)  act, 1957 (20 of 1957)(2) where the central government is of opinion that any dispute arising out of any issue connected with the act exists or is apprehended and the dispute should be adjudicated by the tribunal referred to in sub-section (1), then, the central government may by order in writing, refer the dispute or any matter appearing to be connected with, or relevant to, the dispute, to the tribunal for adjudication(3) the tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) shall, after hearing the parties to the dispute, make an award in writing within a period of ninety days from the institution or reference of the dispute(4) on and from the commencement of the act, no court or other authority, except the supreme court and a high court, shall have, or be entitled to exercise, any jurisdiction, powers or authority, in relation to matters connected with the act28 protection of action taken in good faith—no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the central government, nominated authority, commissioner of payment, or designated custodian or any person acting on their behalf, in respect of anything which is done or intended to be done in good faith under this act" (xiv) in section 29, in sub-section (2), after clause (u), the following clause has been  inserted as a consequential amendment:—"(v) the manner of exercising and discharging the rights, liabilities and obligations of the designated authority and the manner of entrusting coal mines to it under sub-section (6) of section 18;" annexure extracts from the coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973 (26 of 1973)1a  (1) it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the union should take under its control the regulation and development of coal mines to the extent hereinafter provided in sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 3 and sub-section (2) of section 30declaration as to expediency of union control34  (1)                                                                                                       power to make rules(2)   in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters,namely:—                                                ________ the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 ( 67 of 1957)procedure in respect of coal or lignite11a the central government may, for the purpose of granting reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of an area containing coal or lignite, select, through auction by competitive bidding on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, a company engaged in,—(i) production of iron and steel; (ii) generation of power; (iii) washing of coal obtained from a mine; or(iv) such other end-use as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify, and the state government shall grant such reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of coal or lignite to such company as selected through auction by competitive bidding under this section:provided that the auction by competitive bidding shall not be applicable to an area containing coal or lignite,—(a) where such area is considered for allocation to a government company or corporation for mining or such other specified end-use;(b) where such area is considered for allocation to a company or corporation that has been awarded a power project on the basis of competitive bids for tariff (including ultra mega power projects)1 of 1956explanation—for the purposes of this section, ''company" means of a company as defined in section 3 of the companies act, 1956 and includes a foreign company within the meaning of section 591 of that act 13 (1)     (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—power of central government to make rules in respect of minerals(d)  the terms and conditions of auction by competitive bidding for selection of the company under section 11a;———— a billto provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and overthe land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for promoting optimum utilisation of coal resources consistent with the requirement of the country in national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri piyush goyal, minister of state for coal)gmgipmrnd—3386ls(s3)—08-12-2014