The Ministry Of Coal on December 24, 2025, issued the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2025 to further amend the Colliery Control Rules, 2004.
The following amendments have been stated:
• 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 the Board of the company:
Provided that while according such approval, the Board 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 Coal Controller Organisation within 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 not a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013(18 of 2013), 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).
They shall come into force on December 24, 2025.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 917(E)]
