Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 - Directorate General of ...

31. 4[Retirement age for Managers and Official etc. – (1) No person shall act as a
manger or an official or a blaster or a winding engine man in a mine after attaining the
age of 60 years unless he has obtained, within the preceding one year, a medical
certificate of fitness certifying him fit to carry out the duties prescribed for him in the Act
and in the regulations and orders made thereunder :
Provided that if the Chief Inspector or the Regional Inspector is of the opinion
that a person as aforesaid though less than 60 years’ of age, is medically unfit to carry on
the duties prescribed fo r him in the Act and in the regulations and orders made
thereunder, the Chief Inspector or the Regional Inspector may, by an order in writing,
exceeding three months as he may specify therein; and no such person shall continue to
act in any capacity as aforesaid after the period so specified unless he has obtained a
medical certificate of fitness.
(2) The medical certificate of fitness as aforesaid shall be obtained from such
authority and in such manner and after the payment of such fees as the Board may
prescribe.
1[31. A. Right of the workers’ representative to inspect the register maintained under the
Mines Rules 1955 – The register maintained in Form ‘B’ under the Mines Rules, 1955
shall be made available for inspection to a workers’ representative duly authorized by the
persons employed in the mine on an application made by him in his behalf].
CHAPTER IV – Inspection and Mine Officials
32. Qualifications of Inspectors – (1) After the coming into force of these regulations, no new person shall
be appointed as Chief Inspector unless he holds a degree or diploma in mining engineer of an educational
institution approved by the Central Government and also a First Class Manager’s Certificate granted under
these regulations.
(2) After the coming into of these regulations, no person shall be appointed as in Inspector unless he holds
a degree or diploma in mining engineering of an educational institution approved by the Central
Government and also a First Class Manager’s Certificate granted under these regulations:
Provided that –
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
in relation to electrical machinery installed in mines, a persons holding a degree or diploma in
electrical engineering of an educational institution approved by the Central Government may be so
appointed;
in relation to other machinery or mechanical appliances installed in mines, a person holding a
degree or diploma in mechanical engineering of an educational institution approved by the Central
Government may be so appointed; and
in relation to the provisions of the Act and of the regulations, and of orders made thereunder,
which relate to matters concerning the health and welfare of persons, a person holding a degree or
diploma in medicine, surgery, and/or social science or labour welfare, as the case may be, of an
educational institution approved by the Central Government 2[or a person holding such other
qualifications as the Central Government may approve in this behalf] may be so appointed.