REVISION CASES
Under Section 30 of the Mines and Minerals [Development & Regulation] Act, 1957 (MMDR Act, 1957), the Ministry of Mines exercises its revisionary powers in dealing with the revision applications filed by the applicants who are aggrieved by any order passed by the State Government or any other authority in exercise of the powers conferred by the MMDR Act. The Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 (MCR 1960) prescribes the detailed procedure for filing and disposal of revision applications under Rule 54 and 55.
In view of the high pendency, directions of the High Courts in several cases for expeditious disposal, and complaints of delays, new guidelines vide letter/order dated 16.12.2009 have been issued so that the provisions of Section 30 of the MMDR Act, 1957 and Rule 54 and 55 of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 are enforced with reference to procedure and time limits and to obviate scope for delay.
A New software for effective monitoring of the revision applications has been developed by which revision application details, status, final decisions, reports etc. are available on Intramines. The data will be released on to internet by end of June,2010.
A System to monitor the Revision Applications received in the Ministry of Mines has been conceptualized, designed and developed. The system keep tracks of the various stages of the Revision Application filed by various applicants till their final disposal. The system is web enabled and is available on the intranet site of the Ministry. Internet outputs will be available in the first quarter of 2010-11.
A total of 160 revision applications were disposed off during the period from 1.4.2009 to 31.12.2009.
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