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Definition :

Linkage, is a clearance to the linked coal company for supplying coal to the unit, subject to 'availability', and in accordance with the directives, if any, from time to time, of the appropriate competent authority regulating 'disposal of stock of coal.'

Linkage does not establish any right for the linked unit to claim coal from any particular coal company/coalfield/source/grade etc. [Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972, s. 2] [Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, s. 1A] [Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951] (Essential Commodities, 1955].