Section 20 in The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015
20. Power of Central Government to approve certain arrangements.—
(1)A successful bidder or allottee shall, with the 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.(2)A successful bidder or allottee may also use the coal mine from a particular Schedule I coal mine, in any of its plants or plant of its subsidiary orholding company engaged in same specified end-uses in such manner as may be prescribed.
