Provided also that a distribution licensee shall not require a licence to undertake trading in electricity.

1. (1) 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.

1. (2) Any person who has made an application for grant of 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 -

1. (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

1. (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.

1. (3) A person intending to act as a transmission licensee shall,

be.

1. (4) The Central Transmission Utility or the State Transmission

Provided that such recommendations shall not be binding on the Commission.

1. (5) Before granting a licence under section 14, the Appropriate Commission shall - Conditions of licence. Licensee not to do certain things.
   • (a) publish a notice in two such daily newspapers, as that Commission may consider necessary, stating the name 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 Util

ity or State Transmission

Utility, as the case may be.

1. (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, -

1. (a) issue a licence subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder; or
2. (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.

1. (7) The Appropria te Commission shall, immediately after issue of

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.

1. (8) A licence shall continue to be in force for a period of twenty- five years unless such licence is revoked.