Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has approved an amnesty scheme for three months for the department of mines for outstanding cases of dead rent, royalty, penalty, royalty recovery contracts and short-term permission letter and contractors of construction department.
As part of the scheme, the administrative department will make sure that minimum 90% of the arrears are recovered. This scheme will be applicable in cases of fixed balance, surcharge, penalty, arrears of royalty collection contracts or excess royalty collection contracts (RCC or ERCC), dues of STP and construction department contractors and other department arrears except for 31 principal minerals as notified by Government of India on February 10, 2015.
The scheme will include those cases in which the orders for demand have been issued till March 31, 2019, regarding the arrears and other arrears of mining leases and contracts and arrears of contractors of STP and construction department.
Cases in which the borrower has withdrawn his suit from the court and submitted an undertaking that he will not challenge any court in respect of arrears of cases settled under this scheme, can also be considered.
The benefit of the scheme will be applicable only to those outstanding amount to be deposited till the date of implementation of the scheme. The amount deposited earlier will be considered subject to the liabilities of that time and will not be adjusted in the plan.
If any of the defaulters had already deposited the principal amount of all outstanding stationary, surcharge, excess surcharge or other arrears and only the interest is remaining, the interest amount may be waived by the mineral engineer or assistant mineral engineer concerned.
