1 THE HARYANA ELECTRICITY REFORM ACT, 1997 ... - HIPA

Determine consistent with the provision of this Act, subject however, to the followingconditions:-(a) upon the establishment of the Commission, each of the provisional licencesgranted by the State Government shall be placed before the Commissionand shall be deemed to constitute an application for grant of a licence by theCommission under the provisions of this Act; and(b) each provisional licence granted under this section shall cease to be validand effective on the date on which the Commission communicates thedecision.(5) The State Government shall be entitled to confer on the provisional licenseesunder sub-section (4) such powers rights and authorisation as the Commission isentitled to grant to the licensees under this Act.Grant of licences by theCommission.15. (1) The Commission may on an application made in such form and on paymentof such fee, if any, as it may prescribe, grant a licence authorising any person to-(a) transmit electricity in a specified area of transmission and/or(b) supply electricity in a specified area of supply.apply-(2) In respect of the grant of any such licence the following provisions shall(a) any person applying for a licence shall publish a notice of his application insuch manner, and with such particulars as may be prescribed by theCommission within 14 days after making the application;(b) the Commission shall not grant a licence until(i) all objections received relating to the application for the licence havebeen considered by the Commission; provided that no objection shallbe considered by the Commission unless it is received within threemonths of the date of the first publication of the notice under clause(a) above; and(ii)in the case of an application for a licence to supply or transmit in anarea which includes the whole or any part of any cantonment,aerodrome, fortress, arsenal, dockyard or camp or of any building orplace in the occupation of the Central Government for defencepurposes, the Commission has ascertained18