Section 2(1)(a) in Bihar Minerals (Concession, Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation & Storage) Rules, 2019
(a)in the case of grant of quarrying permits in land notified as reserved and protected forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Central Act XVI of 1927), where the actual mining operation involved is merely removal from the surface or from a depth not exceeding five feet and to a limit of 10,000 cubic feet only, Divisional Forest Officer of the reserved and protected areas concerned, and;