law: Electricity Act, 2003
  15. Procedure for
  
  grant of licence.-
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    Every
  
  application under section 14 shall be made in such form and in such manner as
  
  may be specified by the Appropriate Commission and shall be accompanied by such
  
  fee as may be prescribed.
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    Any
  
  person who has made an application for grant of a licence shall, within seven
  
  days after making such application, publish a notice of his application with
  
  such particulars and in such manner as may be specified and a licence shall not
  
  be granted--
               
  
   i.        
  
    until
  
  the objections, if any, received by the Appropriate Commission in response to
  
  publication of the application have been considered by it:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  no objection shall be so considered unless it is received before the expiration
  
  of thirty days from the date of publication of the notice as aforesaid;
              
  
   i.        
  
  
              
  
   ii.        
  
    until,
  
  in the case of an application for a licence for an area including the whole or
  
  any part of any cantonment, aerodrome, fortress, arsenal, dockyard or camp or
  
  of any building or place in the occupation of the Government for defence
  
  purposes, the Appropriate Commission has ascertained that there is no objection
  
  to the grant of the licence on the part of the Central Government.
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  3.     
  
    A
  
  person intending to act as a transmission licensee shall, immediately on making
  
  the application, forward a copy of such application to the Central Transmission
  
  Utility or the State Transmission Utility, as the case may be.
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    The
  
  Central Transmission Utility or the State Transmission Utility, as the case may
  
  be, shall, within thirty days after the receipt of the copy of the application
  
  referred to in sub-section (3), send its recommendations, if any, to the
  
  Appropriate Commission:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  such recommendations shall not be binding on the Commission.
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  5.     
  
    Before
  
  granting a licence under section 14, the Appropriate Commission shall--
  a.      publish a notice in
  
  two such daily newspapers, as that Commission may consider necessary, stating
  
  the name and address of the person to whom it proposes to issue the licence;
  b.     consider all suggestions
  
  or objections and the recommendations, if any, of the Central Transmission
  
  Utility or the State Transmission Utility, as the case may be.
  6.     
  
    Where
  
  a person makes an application under sub-section (1) of section 14 to act as a
  
  licensee, the Appropriate Commission shall, as far as practicable, within
  
  ninety days after receipt of such application,--
  a.      issue a licence
  
  subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made there
  
  under; or
  b.     reject the
  
  application for reasons to be recorded in writing if such application does not
  
  conform to the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations made
  
  thereunder or the provisions of any other law for the time being in force:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  no application shall be rejected unless the applicant has been given an
  
  opportunity of being heard.
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  7.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Commission shall, immediately after issue of a licence, forward a
  
  copy of the licence to the Appropriate Government, Authority, local authority,
  
  and to such other person as the Appropriate Commission considers necessary.
  8.     
  
    A
  
  licence shall continue to be in force for a period of twenty-five years unless
  
  such licence is revoked.