(1) Where an applicant for a grant or renewal of production lease dies before the order granting him a production lease or its renewal is passed, the application for the grant or renewal of a production lease shall be deemed to have been made by his legal representative, in case such legal representative is otherwise qualified for the grant of licence.
(2) In the case of an applicant in respect of whom an order granting or renewing a production lease is passed, but who dies before the deed referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 33 is executed, the order shall be deemed to have been passed in the name of the legal representative of the deceased, in case such legal representative is otherwise qualified for the grant of licence.
27. Refusal of application for grant and renewal of production lease - (1) The administering authority may, after giving an opportunity of being heard and for reasons to be recorded in writing and communicated to the applicant, refuse to grant or renew a production lease over the whole or part of the area applied for.
(2) An application for the grant or renewal of a production lease made under rule 23, shall not be refused by the administering authority only on the ground that Form N or Form O, as the case may be, is not complete in all material particulars, or is not acconpanied by the documents referred to in sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-rule
(2) of rule 23.
(3) Where it appears that the application is not complete in all material particulars or is not accompanied by the required documents, the administering authority shall, by notice, require the applicant to supply the omission or, as the case may be, furnish the documents, without delay and in any case not later than thirty days from the date of receipt of the said notice by the applicant.