Section 12 — Procedure for granting clearances.

12. Procedure for granting clearances.- Notwithstanding anything 

contained in any other law, the following procedure will be followed by the 

applicants and all Departments for granting clearances for setting up of 

industrial undertakings in the State,- 

(a)  All applicants shall apply through e-applications; 

(b)  All e-applications shall be assigned a reference number by the 

system automatically which may be used by the applicants to 

check the status of the same online; 

(c)  The applicants will be kept informed at all stages of 

processing of applications by way of Short Message Service 

(SMS) or email or both; 

(d)  All e-applications, complete in all respects, received by the 

State Single Window Nodal Officer will be initially examined 

by him in the State Investment Promotion and Facilitation 

Cell; 

(e)  The e-applications will thereafter be forwarded electronically 

to the concerned Departmental Nodal Officer; 

(f)  The Departmental Nodal Officer shall access the e-

application through the web-portal, the link of which shall be 

made available to him by the State Investment Promotion and 

Facilitation Cell; 

(g)  The Appropriate Authority shall also notify the procedure for 

the grant of required clearances and publish the same in their 

respective Departmental websites; 

(h)  The Departmental Nodal Officer may work in his 

Department or may be deputed to the State Investment 

Promotion and Facilitation Cell. He may have assistance of 

such officials, as may be provided to him, by his parent 

Department; 

(i) The approvals or observations, if any, by the Departmental 

Nodal Officer will be sent electronically to the State Single 

Window Nodal Officer and will be accessible to the 

applicants also; 

(j)  The applicants, in case of observations, will send their reply 

to the State Single Window Nodal Officer who will forward 

the same to the concerned Departmental Nodal Officer. All 

observations of the Department will be conveyed by the 

Departmental Nodal Officer in one go. Any subsequent 

clarification(s), if found absolutely necessary, will be 

obtained and settled within seven working days, and the final 

decision will be conveyed to the State Single Window Nodal 

Officer within the time period specified; 



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(k)  While processing and granting clearance, the Appropriate 

Authority may ask for any additional information from the 

applicants : 

Provided that such additional information shall be 

sought by the Appropriate Authority within the period 

prescribed for granting such clearance and that any additional 

information shall be called for only once; 

(l)  In case, additional information is sought for clearance (s), the 

e-application shall be disposed of within the stipulated period, 

which shall be counted from the date of receipt of the 

additional information; 

(m)  The e-applications shall be disposed of at the earliest and 

under no circumstances later than such period, as may be 

prescribed; 

(n)  In case of rejection of e-application by the Departmental 

Nodal Officer, the same shall be conveyed within given time 

frame to the State Single Window Nodal Officer, by giving 

detailed reasons of rejection; 

(o)  The approval shall be conveyed by the Departmental Nodal 

Officer electronically to the applicant(s) and the clearance 

letter duly signed electronically or manually shall be 

uploaded on the web portal for information and downloading; 

(p)  The provision will also be made in the web portal for 

verification of clearance(s); and  

(q)  The applicant(s) shall be liable to make payments, as may be 

prescribed for all the required clearances.