20. Power of Central Government to approve certain arrangements.––(1) 1
[A successful bidder
or allottee shall], with the prior approval of the Central Government and in accordance with such rules as
may be prescribed, be entitled to enter into certain agreements or arrangements with other successful
bidder or allottee or coal linkage holder, as the case may be, for optimum utilisation of coal mine for the
same end-uses in the public interest and to achieve cost efficiencies.
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[(2) A successful bidder or allottee may also use the coal mine from a particular Schedule I coal
mine, in any of its plants or plant of its subsidiary or holding company engaged in same specified enduses in such manner as may be prescribed.]