(1) Any person including a State or Central Government Department intending to erect a hoarding shall apply to the District Collector in Form I for obtaining a provisional permission.
(2) Every application for a licence under sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied by –
(a) the licence fee as specified in rule 13;
(b) a plan of the hoarding to be erected indicating the height and other dimensions and the material proposed to be used as approved by a qualified Engineer;
(c) a no objection certificate from the owner of the land where the hoarding is to be erected in a private land or a no objection certificate from the competent officer of the State or Central Government Department concerned, if the hoarding is to be erected on the land of State or Central Government or a no objection certificate from the Executive Authority concerned if the hoarding is to be erected on lands of a village panchayat;
(d) a certificate from a Police Officer not below the rank of Inspector of Police of the jurisdiction of the area in which it is proposed to erect hoardings, that the proposed hoarding would not be a diversion or an obstruction to free and safe movement of traffic, pedestrians and vehicles; and
(e) a topo sketch indicating the proposed location of the hoarding.
(3) The District Collector shall on receipt of such application under subrule (1), scrutinize the same and inspect or cause to be inspected by an Officer not below the rank of Commissioner of Panchayat Union, the place where the hoarding is proposed to be erected.
(4) After such scrutiny and inspection, if the District Collector is satisfied that the hoarding proposed to be erected conforms with the particulars specified in the application form and other documents furnished by the applicant, fulfill the requirements of sub-rule (2), the District Collector may grant a provisional permission in Form-II with such conditions as may be necessary for erection of a hoarding in that place which shall be valid for thirty days from the date of grant thereof:
Provided that on representation from the applicant, the period of thirty days may be extended by the District Collector for another period of thirty days.
(5) Within thirty days from the date of receipt of such provisional permission or within such extended period under the proviso to sub-rule (4), the applicant shall erect the hoarding in accordance with the conditions, if any, specified in the provisional permission and shall apply in Form-III for a licence along with a certificate of structural stability issued by a qualified Engineer.
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(6) On satisfying that the hoarding has been erected in accordance with the condition specified in the provisional permission granted under sub-rule (4), the District Collector may grant a licence in Form-IV with such condition as may be necessary or refuse the same after recording the reason therefor.