Section 18
Prospecting and mining to be done by Central Government in conformity with the Mineral Concession Rules.
The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957
About this Act
An Act to establish in the economic interest of India greater public control over the coal mining industry and its development by providing for the acquisition by the State of unworked land containing or likely to contain coal deposits or of rights in or over such land, for the extinguishment or modification of such rights accruing by virtue of any agreement, lease, licence or otherwise, and for matters connected therewith.
Where prospecting is done under this Act by or on behalf of the Central
Government in any land situate within the jurisdiction of a State Government or where the Central
Government or a Government company has become the lessee of a State Government in respect of any
land under this Act, the terms and conditions under which the prospecting can be done or rights under the
lease exercised shall, as far as may be, be the same as the terms and conditions applicable to prospecting
licences and mining leases under the Mineral Concession Rules; and in case of doubt or dispute, shall be
settled by arbitration or in such other manner as the Central Government and the State Government may
decide.