Rule 87. Approval of plans of factory

(1) On receiving an application on portal, if the Inspector-cum-Facilitator is satisfied that the plans, forms and documents are in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the rules made thereunder, he may forward the application to the Chief Inspector-cum- Facilitator for acceptance or may raise the observations and thereafter, forward the same to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator for consideration and further action. The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator after examining the plans, forms and documents shall, if such are in accordance with the requirements of the code and the rules made thereunder, shall either approve the plans or shall return the application to the applicant with observations in writing on portal or agreeing with the report of the Inspector-Cum-Facilitator, return the application to the applicant on portal for resolving the observations raised within thirty days:

Provided that observations, by the authorities under the code, on application have to be raised once only to the extent possible and any further observations may only be raised in case new facts or new documents are submitted along with the resolution of the earlier observations.

(2) The application is liable to be rejected in case the application is resubmitted twice without resolving the observations raised or if the application not resubmitted within sixty days from the date of observations raised.

Provided that plans shall not be deemed to have been submitted under this rule till such time, as they are resubmitted duly modified and corrected.

(3) The plans shall either be approved or rejected within 45 days from the date of receipt of application, if authorities under the code fail to act within the period of forty-five days, then the plans shall be deemed to be approved after expiration of forty-five days.