Section 3 in Orissa Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 2004
3. Restriction on prospecting/mining/quarrying operation.
(1)No person shall undertake any prospecting or mining or quarrying operations for minor minerals in any area except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a prospecting licence or a quarry/mining lease or auction of source or a quarry permit, as the case may be, granted under these rules :Provided that extraction, collection and/or removal of minor minerals by a person from his own land for normal agricultural operations or other bona fide domestic consumptions shall not be construed as quarrying operations.Provided further that nothing in this sub-rule shall affect any quarrying operations undertaken in any area in accordance with the terms and conditions of a quarry lease or quarry permit or auction sale before commencement of these rules which is in force at such commencement.(2)No persons shall transport or store or cause to be transported or stored any minor minerals for the purpose of selling or trading otherwise than in accordance with these rules.(3)In the interest of mineral development, preservation of natural environment, prevention of pollution or to avoid danger to public health or communication or to ensure safety to building, monuments or other structures, or for such other purposes, the competent/controlling authority may, by order in respect of any minor mineral, make premature termination of a prospecting license or mining/quarry lease after giving the holder of license or lease a reasonable opportunity of being heard.Provided that the Deputy Director, Mines/Mining Officer/Tahasildar/ Divisional Forest Officer having 'jurisdiction, may in an emergent situation or in case of irreparable loss, pass necessary orders as deemed proper in the interest of mineral development, preservation of natural environment, prevention of pollution or to avoid danger to public health or communication or to ensure safety to building, monuments or other structures, or for such other purposes.
