Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2026 — prior approval to open a coal mine, seam or section

No- MPS-17023/3/2025-MPS [E- 364632] भारत सरकार /Government of India ***** To,

1. DG, DGMS

2. CMD, CIL

3. CMD, NLCIL

4. CMD, SCCL

5. Coal Controller, CCO

6. DVC Subject: Gazette Notification on the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2026-reg.

Sir, I am directed to forward herewith a copy of the Gazette Notification on the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2026, for information and compliance.

Encl- a/a.

Copy to:-

1. Director (T/NA):- for circulation to all companies except those mentioned above.

2. Director (NIC):- with a request to upload on the website of the Ministry of Coal.

MPS-17023/3/2025-MPS I/41468/2026 6066 GI/2026 (1) REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 xxxGIDHxxx xxxGIDExxx EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY सं. 646] No. 646] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026/SHRAVAN 15, 1948 CG-DL-E-07082026-275259 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

MINISTRY OF COAL NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th August, 2026 G.S.R. 710(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 18 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Colliery Control Rules, 2004, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2026.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Colliery Control Rules, 2004, for rule 9, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- “9. Requirement of prior approval to open a coal mine, seam or section of a seam.— (1) No owner of a colliery shall open a coal mine or a seam or a section of a seam, without prior approval of -

(a) the Board of the company, where the owner is a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013); or

(b) The Governing Authority ( Board or committee, etc.) of statutory corporations established by or under any Central or State Act, where such corporation is the owner :

Provided that while according such approval, the Board or Governing Authority or committee, etc. shall ensure that all requisite permissions have been obtained and compliances done, as prescribed by the Central Government, the State Government and statutory bodies:

Provided further that an intimation shall be sent to the Coal Controller Organisation within a period of fifteen days of opening the coal mine or the seam or a section of the seam:

Provided also that the Coal Controller Organisation may prescribe a form for this purpose.

(2) No owner of a colliery, which is neither a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) nor a statutory corporation established by or under any Central or State Act, shall open a coal mine or a seam or a section of a seam, without prior approval of the Coal Controller Organisation.

(3) The provisions of sub-rules (1) or (2), as the case may be, shall also be applicable as regards commencement of mining operation in a mine or a seam or a section of a seam where operation has been discontinued for a period of one hundred and eighty days or more.

(4) The Coal Controller Organisation shall maintain an indicative list of permissions required from the Central Government, the State Government and statutory bodies for the purposes of sub-rules (1) and (2). " [F. No. MPS-17023/3/2025-MPS] SANOJ KUMAR JHA, Addl. Secy.

Note:- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Seb-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 540(E), dated the 25th August, 2004 and was last amended vide number G.S.R. 917(E), dated the 23rd December, 2025.

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KUMER CHAND MEENA Digitally signed by KUMER CHAND MEENA Date: 2026.08.07 12:09:02 +05'30'