(1) The Licensing Authority shall on receipt of an application under rule 24, notify, at the cost of the applicant, to the public of such intention by publication in two local newspapers one in Kannada language and one in English having wide circulation in the area, inviting objections. Such notice shall be in Form ‘C’ and the period within which the objections shall be sent to the Licensing Authority shall be fifteen days from the date of such publication. The Licensing Authority shall simultaneously forward copies of the application, with its enclosures or documents furnished by the applicant to Town Planning Officer in City Corporation /Urban Development Authority/ Planning Authority/Assistant Director, Town and Country Planning of the district as the case may be, District Health and Family Welfare Officer, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department of the district and the Superintendent of Police of the district/ Commissioner of Police of the city/ District Fire Officer of Fire and Emergency Services of the Electrical Inspector of the District or area for the purpose of obtaining their views regarding suitability or otherwise of the proposed site for the location of a permanent cinema or multiplex.
(2) The Licensing Authority shall, as early as possible and in any case within a period not exceeding thirty days after the expiry of period specified in sub-rule (1), take a decision regarding the suitability or otherwise of the proposed site for the location of the permanent cinema or multiplex. The different authorities mentioned in sub-rule (1) shall furnish their views to the Licensing Authority as early as possible and in any case within a period of thirty days after the expiry of period mentioned in sub-rule (1). If no views are furnished by the authorities specified within the prescribed period, the Licensing Authority shall presume that there is no objection to the grant of No Objection Certificate.
(3) The Licensing Authority shall, before taking a decision regarding the suitability or otherwise of the site for the location of the permanent cinema or multiplex take into consideration the opinion of the different authorities mentioned in sub rule (1) and objections, if any received in response to the publication under sub-rule (1).