Court : Gujarat
Reported in : (2008)3GLR2262
..... 4 empowers state government, with prior consultation with the central government in accordance with rules made under section 18 to undertake reconnaissance, prospecting or mining operations of mineral specified in the first schedule in any area within the state which is not already held under any reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or ..... may, in consultation with the state government, reserve any area not already held under any prospecting licence or mining lease, for undertaking prospecting or mining operations through a government company or corporation owned or controlled by it, and where it proposes to do so, it shall, by notification in the official ..... that any state government, may, after consultation with the central government, in accordance with rules made under section 18 undertake reconnaissance, prospecting or mining operations with respect to any mineral specified in the first schedule in any area within the state which is not already held under any reconnaissance permit, .....
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