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2013 (11) TMI 1826
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....re from the mines and stockyards in the State of Goa shall remain suspended, as recommended in the Commission's Report. In the course of hearing of the Writ Petition and all other connected matters, we were informed by the learned Advocate General of the State of Goa, Mr. Atmaram N.S. Nadkarani, through his written arguments, that presently approximately 11.48 million tons of excavated mineral ores are lying in different mines and stockyards in the State of Goa, of which inventory has been fully taken by the Department of Mines and Geology. Government of Goa. Mr. Nadkarani submitted that these excavated mineral ores cannot be put back and if these are allowed to remain in the mines/stockyards, the environment would be polluted and, ther....
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....ignated account(s) in nationalized bank and (vi) any other issues related with verification of mineral, e-auction, release of mineral, receipt of money and related matter. (b) the sale proceeds/export proceeds retained by the Monitoring Committee may be released only after a final decision regarding legality of the iron ore is taken and after deducting the value of the illegally removed mineral from the over burdened dumps etc., and after obtaining permission by this Hon'ble Court; and (c) the Monitoring Committee may comprise (a) a senior officer of the Mines Department, nominated by the Chief Secretary Goa, not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India (ii) Dr. U.V. Singh, Member, Monitoring Commit....
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....t to the last pay drawn by him for the period he works as a Member of the Monitoring Committee and the other two Members will be paid their salary (as if they are on duty) during the period of their work as Members of the Monitoring Committee, The Members of the Monitoring Committee will also be entitled to all travel allowances as per actuals and daily allowances at the rates applicable to Secretary, Government of India, for their work as members of the Monitoring Committee and will be provided with secretarial assistance by the State Government of Goa. The remuneration and allowances of the Monitoring Committee will be paid by the State of Goa for the time being and will be reimbursed to the State Government of Goa out of the sale proceed....
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....ng shall be decided by the State Government depending upon and pursuant to the report of the environmental audit/EIA study by NEERI. Until than the capacity of 20 Million Tons for fresh excavation and 25 Million Tons for dumps, shall be on ad hoc capacity. * Such Capping shall be area wise and based on capacity of the road. * Such road Capacity to be determined by a Committee to be headed by Principal Secretary (Mines). 7. Mr. Harish Salve, learned Amicus Curiae, similarly submitted that in order to ensure that mining is done with due regard to the sustainable development principles, this Court may consider a ceiling or a cap on the total amount of production of the iron ore from all the leases in the State of Goa. 8....
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....sed on 18th November, 2013 when the matter will be listed for this limited purpose. Each Member of the Expert Committee, who is not working in Government Department or Government Agency would be entitled to the last pay drawn by him and daily allowances at the rate applicable to Secretary, Government of India, and travel expenses as per actuals and will submit his bill to the Registry of this Court which will be paid out of the Ad-hoc CAMPA funds. The Expert Committee will also submit an interim report by 15.02.2014 on the ceiling/capping to be prescribed for excavation of iron ore in Goa. 10. A copy of this order will be sent by the Registry to every member of the two Committees and after receipt of the interim reports of both the Co....