Validity of sanction

(1) The sanction permitting supply of water under this Act shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of its issue and if the person in whose name such sanction is issued fails to get the pipes fitted with the connection within the said period of six months, or such further period as the competent authority may, by order, grant, the sanction shall lapse. Provided that the sanction which may become inoperative may be revalidated for a further period not exceeding three months on payment of a fee of rupees twenty five.