Centre has asked the states that there would be no fresh fresh valuation of the land containing recently auctioned coal mines as ‘there is no scope’ for it. “It has been brought to the notice of this ministry... that in some coal bearing states, the land owned by the prior allottee and vested under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 in favour of the successful bidder or allottee is sought to be valued afresh for the purpose of transfer and mutation,” the coal ministry said.
The Coal Ministry communicated the same through a letter dated October 13 to the Chief Secretaries of the states like Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
The ministry said that in this regard, it is clarified that the entire land owned by the prior allottee, whether the same was previously owned by the Government.