Cancellation of permit/ certificate of registration

If the authority is satisfied either on a reference made to it in this behalf or otherwise that - (a) the permit or certificate of registration granted, under sub- section (3) of section 7 of sub-section (3) of section 8 as the case may be, is not based on facts, (b) the holder of the permit or certificate of registration has without reasonable cause failed to comply with the conditions subject to which the permit or certificate of registration has been granted or has contravened any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made there under, or (c) a situation has arisen which warrants limiting of the use or extraction of ground water, hen without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder of the permit or of the certificate of registration may be liable under this Act, the Authority may after giving the holder of the permit or certificate of registration, an opportunity to show cause, cancel the permit, certificate of registration, as the case may be.