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

Provided further that the Chief Inspector may, by an order in writing and subject to such conditions as he
may specify therein, permit or require the appointment of assistant managers or underground managers in
variation with these provisions.
NOTE. – For the purpose of this regulation, the expression “assistant manger or underground manager”
shall include persons such as safety officers who hold equivalent qualifications.
36. Appointment of engineers – (1) At every mine where machinery is used, an engineer or other
competent person not less than 23 years of age shall be appointed to hold general charge of such
machinery, and to be responsible for its installation, maintenance and safe working.
Provided that nothing in this sub-regulation shall be deemed to ;prohibit the employment of two or
more engineers or competent persons at one mine so long as the jurisdiction and sphere of responsibility of
every such engineer or competent person is defined by the manager in his letter of appointment :
Provided further that after such date as the Central Government may notify in this behalf in the Official
Gazette, no person (unless he holds 1[a degree or diploma in mechanical engineering or equivalent
qualification] approved for the purpose by the Central Government) shall, except with the previous
permission in writing of the Chief Inspector and subject to such conditions as he may specify therein, be
appointed in an open cast mine worked by heavy earth-moving machinery in which the aggregate h.p. of all
the machinery used exceeds 750, or in any other mine in which the aggregate h.p. of all the machinery used
exceeds 250.or shall continue to act as an engineer or competent person as
(2) A notice of every such appointment, giving the name and full particulars of the qualifications and
experience of the person so appointed, shall be sent to the Regional Inspector within seven days of
such appointment :
(3) No person shall undertake the duties of an engineer of more than one mine without the previous
permission in writing of the Regional Inspector and subject to such conditions as he may specify therein.
The Regional Inspector may at any time, by an order in writing, vary or revoke such permission.
(4)Where by reason of temporary absence by any cause, the engineer, or competent person appointed under
sub-regulation (1) is unable to perform his duties, the manager shall authorise in writing a person whom he
considers competent to act in his place:
Provided that –
(a) notice of every such authorisation shall be sent to the Regional Inspector forthwith;
(b) no such authorisation shall have effect for a period in excess of 30 days except with the previous
written consent of the Regional Inspector and subject to such conditions as he may specify therein; and
(c) the Regional Inspector may by an order in writing, revoke any authority so granted.
37. Appointment and qualifications of senior officials – (1)(a) At every mine, one or more overman shall
be appointed to hold charge of the different districts of the mine on each working shift.
(b) The mine or district assigned to a Forman shall not be of such a size, nor shall any additional duties
other than his duties under thes e regulations be such, as are likely to prevent him from carrying out in a
thorough manner the duties prescribed for him under these regulations and in case any doubt arises as to the
foregoing duties it shall be referred to the Chief Inspector for decision.
(2) Every person employed under sub-regulation (1) (a) as an official subordinate to the manager or to an
assistant manager or underground manager and superior to the Mining Mate shall hold either a Manager’s
Certificate or an Forman’s Certificate.
38. Appointment of surveyors – (1) At every mine having workings belowground and at such other mines
or classes of mines as may be notified from time to time by the Central Government a person not less than