Procedure for Filing and Disposal of application

(1) Application form and fee for clearance:-- (a) any applicant, who desires to set up an enterprise in the State of Uttarakhand, shall apply in Combined Application Form along with a fee, as may be prescribed by the Government, to the Nodal Agency; (b) the fee, prescribed as above, shall be in addition to the fee, if any, prescribed under any Central law by any authority or department, and shall be submitted along with the form, prescribed by any such authority under that law; (c) suitable exemption from fee may be notified by the Government for applicants belonging to SC/ST/Women/ Physically Handicapped categories and Micro Enterprises may also be exempted from paying the fee. Rates for fee:-- - Small : Rs. 1000/- - Medium : Rs. 5000/- - Large/Heavy : Rs. 10000/- (2) After the receipt of application for clearances, the authorized representative of the Nodal Agency shall satisfy himself that the application given by the applicant is complete in all respect. If it is so, he shall give an acknowledgement in token of the receipt of the application. (3) After an acknowledgement is given by the authorized representative of the Nodal Agency, he shall enter the application for clearances in the register of applications. The register of applications shall be checked up and certified to be correct by the Head of the Nodal Agency at the end of each working day. (4) The relevant parts of the application form shall be sent to the concerned Competent Authority within a period as prescribed under section 10. (5) The concerned Competent Authority shall process application form and communicate its decision to the Nodal Agency within the period, as prescribed under section 10. (6) The concerned department or authority shall provide comments sought by the Nodal Agency, within the period as prescribed, and, if the concerned department or authority fails to provide comments within the aforesaid period, it shall be deemed that the concerned department or authority has no objection regarding the application for clearance. (7) Power of Competent Authority to call for additional information:- (a) before communicating its decision, if the Competent Authority deems it necessary to ask for any additional information from the applicant, it may seek the same within a period as prescribed under section-10 after the receipt of application for clearances under intimation to the Nodal Agency; (b) the additional information, sought, shall be furnished by the applicant direct to the Competent Authority under intimation to the Nodal Agency within the period, specified in this regard by the competent authority. However, such additional information would be sought once only, and not time and again in piecemeal; (c) in the case of seeking any additional information, the period, specified for communicating the decision by the competent authority to Nodal Agency, shall be counted from the date of receipt of additional information; (d) in case, it is found by the Nodal Agency that the additional information, sought by the Competent Authority, is uncalled for or the same is sought after the expiry of the period, specified under clause (a) above, then it shall be construed that the additional information was not required at all, and the period for communicating the decision in this regard, shall be reckoned from the date, the application for clearances was originally submitted; (e) the status report of the applications for clearances shall be placed before The State Empowered Committee, or as the case may be, District Empowered Committee by the respective Nodal Agencies; (f) the State Empowered Committee, or as the case may be, District Empowered Committee shall respectively, communicate its decision of approval or rejection; (g) the status report of the applications for clearances shall be monitored by The State Empowered Committee, or as the case may be, District Empowered Committee once in a month.