Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any custom, usage, grant, sanad or order or agreement or any law for the time being in force, or in any judgement, decree or order of a court or of other authority, with effect on and from the 1st May, 1960 all mines whether being worked or not and minerals whether discovered or not and all quarries which are situate within the limits of any land, granted or recognised under any contract, grant or law for the time being in force or decree of a court, shall vest in and with all rights over the same or appurtenant there to be the property of the State Government, and the State Government shall, subject to the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 have all powers necessary for the proper enjoyment and disposal of such rights. (2) The rights of the Government to mines and mineral products in land reserved under section 69 or the rights of the Government to mines, minerals and quarries vested under sub-section (1) includes the right of access to land for the purpose of prospecting and working mines and the right to occupy such other lands as may be necessary for purposes of erection of offices, workmen's dwellings and machinery, the stacking of minerals and deposit of refuse, the construction of roads, railways, or tram-lines and any other purposes which the State Government may declare to be subsidiary to prospecting and working mines.