Whether a separate license for blasting works in Quarry, other than the license to conduct quarry?

It is always a an answer unaware to public that whether a separate license for blasting -FORM 22 license under Mines and Minerals Act - for quarrying operations.

The settled position of law (Rajmohan Nair & Others V. State of Kerala & Others- ILR 1997 (1) Ker.268) is that separate license is needed for blasting and quarry operations. As per the provisions of Mines Act and the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, the quarry operator is bound to take a license in form 22 for obtaining and using explosives for blasting purpose in the quarry. A separate license is required for the quarry unit other than the license contained for the stone crushing factory which has to be treated as a separate unit established nearby the quarry.