(1) Every application by a contractor for the grant of a licence shall be made in triplicate in Form IV, to the licensing officer of the area in which the establishment, in relation to which he is the contractor, is located.
(2) Every application for the grant of a licence shall be accompanied by a certificate by the principal employer in Form V to the effect that the applicant has been employed by him as a contractor in relation to his establishment and that he undertakes to be bound by all the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder in so far as the provisions are applicable to him as principal employer in respect of the employment of contract labour by the applicant.
(3) Every such application shall be either personally delivered to the licensing officer or sent to him by registered post.
(4) On receipt of the application referred to in sub-rule (1), the licensing officer shall, after noting thereon the date of receipt of the application, grant an acknowledgment to the applicant.
(5) Every application referred to in sub-rule (1) shall also be accompanied by a 1[demand draft] showing—
(i) the deposit of the security at the rates specified in rule 24, and
(ii) the payment of the fees at the rates specified in rule 26. 22. Matters to be taken into account in granting or refusing a licence.—In granting or refusing to grant a licence, the licensing officer shall take the following matter into account, namely:—
(a) whether the applicant—
(i) is a minor, or
(ii) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(iii) is an undischarged insolvent, or
(iv) has been convicted (at any time during a period of five years immediately preceding the date of application) of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude;
(b) whether there is an order of the appropriate Government or an award or settlement for the abolition of contract labour in respect of the particular type of work in the establishment for which the applicant is a contractor;
(c) whether any order has been made in respect of the applicant under sub-section (1) of section 14, and, if so, whether a period of three years has elapsed from the date of that order;
(d) whether the fees for the application have been deposited at the rate specified in rule 26; and
(e) whether security has been deposited by the applicant at the rates specified in rule 24.