law: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006
  19. Grant of
  
  authorisation.-
  1.  When,
  
  either on the basis of an application for authorisation for laying, building,
  
  operating or expanding a common carrier or contract carrier or for laying,
  
  building, operating or expanding a city or local natural gas distribution
  
  network is received or on suo motu basis, the Board forms an opinion that it is
  
  necessary or expedient to lay, build, operate or expand a common carrier or
  
  contract carrier between two specified points, or to lay, build, operate or
  
  expand a city or local natural gas distribution network in a specified
  
  geographic area, the Board may give wide publicity of its intention to do so
  
  and may invite applications from interested parties to lay, build, operate or
  
  expand such pipelines or city or local natural gas distribution network.
  2.  The
  
  Board may select an entity in an objective and transparent manner as specified
  
  by regulations for such activities.