'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [‎72v] (151/322)

{c) A description of the distinguishing mark on the pegs, cairns or
mounds constructed to mark out the boundaries of the con
cession applied for.
(d) The date of marking out the concession applied for.
(3) The application shall be accompanied by a deposit at such rate or
rates as the Local Government may by general order prescribe to
meet the cost of survey of the area.
(4) Unless the Collector is of opinion that it is not expedient to grant
the license, he shall, as soon as possible after the receipt of the .
application, cause the land applied for to be surveyed at the
expense of the applicant, and the area and all other details ascer
tained in the course of such survey shall be presumed to be
correct. Provided that the Collector may at his discretion
dispense with such survey, if the boundaries of the area applied
for conform to boundaries already ascertained in a Government
survey, ^he boundaries of survey numbers in a revenue
survey.
19. On receipt of any application under rule 16 or rule 18 the Collector,
or such officer as he may authorise to do so, shall note thereon the date and
hour of its receipt, and shall deliver to the applicant an acknowledgment stating
the date and hour of receipt.
20. The Collector shall then, as soon as practicable, inquire whether the
grant of the license applied for is inexpedient, either on the ground that the
land described in the application is required for a public purpose or otherwise.
21. Should the Collector be of opinion that it is not expedient to £rant
the license, he shall refuse to grant it. An appeal shall lie from the order ot
the Collector to the next higher revenue authority.
22. Subject to the control of the Local Government, the Collector, if he
finds that the applicant is in possession of a valid ceitificate of approval and
that there is no objection to the grant of the license applied for, may grant
the applicant a license in such form as may be prescribed.
21 In the case of two or more applications affecting the same land, the
prior right to a license shall, subject to any^ order to the contrary which the
Local Government may in its discretion pass in any particular case, be deemed
to lie with the applicant, who being the holder of a valid cert.Hea e of approval
and after compliance with the procedure prescribed by the rules, shall have
been the first to file his application with the Collector.
24. Every applicant shall, before the license is granted, deposit as security
in respect of such license, a sum of Rs. 100 per square mile or part of a square
mile of the area covered by the license, or, with the Co lector s permission, giv
security to a like amount to the satisfaction of the Collector.
2( r Subject to such deduction on account of compensation for surface
damage penalty, or otherwise as the Collector may order, the amount o any
deposit made under the foregoing rule, should the depositor afterwards be & An '
ed a mining lease, will be carried to his credit as part of the rents, royalties or
deposTt monev payable under the lease. Or should he dechne to receive or fad
to obtain any such lease as aforesaid, the amount will be returned to him en
his satisfying the Collector that the condition in rule 30 {vtn) has been
complied with and on his furnishing the Collector with the information
required by rule 33.
26. If a license is not executed within three months ^ ft f r Iea ^ e , h ^ s
granted for it, the right of the applicant to such license shall be held t0 ^
lapsed, unless the Local Government, for special reasons consents to grant the
same notwithstanding the delay or considers that the delay is not attnbutabl
to the applicant.