(1) The Government may, by notification, constitute a State Empowered Committee to assist Council of Ministers in considering the proposals for benefits as mentioned in section 11 for the purpose of promoting investment and for setting up of enterprises in the State and to consider and dispose of applications for permission required under Rajasthan laws in case the Competent Authority has failed to consider and dispose of such applications within the time limit prescribed under section 12.
(2) The State Empowered Committee shall examine the applications for giving concessions or grant exemption or relaxation from the provisions of any Rajasthan law, take into consideration the comments of the departments, if any, hold discussions with the investors, wherever necessary and make recommendations to the Council of Ministers. The time limit for submitting recommendations to the Council of Ministers shall be such as may be prescribed under section 12.
(3) The Government may, by notification, constitute a District Empowered Committee for each district to consider and dispose of applications for permission required under Rajasthan laws in case the Competent Authority has failed to consider and dispose of such applications within the time limit prescribed under section 12.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Rajasthan law, the State Empowered -Committee or, as the case may be, the District Empowered Committee' shall, in - case the Competent Authority has failed to process and dispose of such applications within the time limit prescribed under section 12, have the power to consider and dispose of applications for permission under any Rajasthan law.' For this purpose, references to the Competent Authority in such law shall be construed as including reference to the State Empowered Committee or, as the case may be, the District Empowered- Committee:
Provided that where the Committee is unable to meet or otherwise unable to consider the application immediately, the Chairperson of the concerned Committee may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, decide the application and report the action taken to the Committee in its next meeting and the decision of the Chairperson, subject to any decision of the Committee, on such application shall for all purposes be deemed to be the decision of concerned Committee under this section.
(5) The State Empowered Committee and the District Empowered Committee may be assigned such other functions as may be prescribed.
(6) Where permission is issued by State Empowered Committee or any of the District Empowered Committees under sub-section (4), State Empowered Committee . or „ District Empowered Committee, as the case may be, may recommend to the Government for appropriate action against the concerned Competent Authority, which has failed to dispose of the application within the time limit prescribed under section 12.