An application to the Registrar under Section 27 for the cancelling, expunging or varying of any entry relating to a geographical indication or of the Statement of Case referred to under rule 32(1) recorded in the Register of Geographical Indication or an authorised user in the register shall be made in triplicate on Form GI-6 or Form GI-5 , as the case may be, shall be accompanied by a statement in triplicate setting out fully the nature of the applicant's interest, the facts upon which he bases his case and the relief which he seeks.
Where the application is made by a person who is not the registered proprietor of the geographical indication in question, the application and the statement aforesaid shall be left at the Geographical Indications Registry in triplicate. In case there are authorised users, such application and statements shall be accompanied by as many copies thereof as there are authorised users on the register or alternatively furnish proof of publication in leading national newspapers circulated widely in the definite territory, region or locality to which the geographical indication relates notifying to the general public of proposed application for rectification or removal with full particulars thereof. A copy each of the application and statement shall be transmitted within two months by the Registrar to the registered proprietor and to any other person who appears from the register to have an interest in the geographical indication or makes a request for the same. The application shall be verified in the manner prescribed under Rule 42 for verification of notice of opposition.