3. Non applicability of rules in certain cases.

(a) the departmental extraction for captive purpose of minor mineral by any Department of the Government, municipality or panchayat subject to general or special order or instructions issued by Government from time to time;
(b) the extraction of minor mineral for captive purpose by any person for bonafide purposes in accordance with the provisions of rules 67, 68, 69 and 70 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Rules, 1972 or any rules corresponding to such rules;
(c) the search for and winning of minor minerals on the surface by chipping of outcrops by a gemologist's hammer without involving any disturbance of the soil by way of digging of pits, trenches or otherwise;
(d) the digging of wells for water and foundation for building and disposal of the minor mineral extracted thereof;
(e) removal of mineral to the maximum extent of one hundred tones from the agricultural field for betterment of the agricultural land by the occupant himself:
Chapter - II
Grant of Quarry Leases