(1) On receipt of an application under Section 25 or section 26, the Board may depute any of its officers accompanied by as many assistants as may be necessary, to visit the premises of the applicant, to which such application relates, for the purpose of verifying the correctness (or otherwise of the particulars furnished in the application or for obtaining such further particulars or information as the Board or such officer may consider necessary. Such officer may, for that purp,o_s_e_,_jnspect PJ§F3§$._.WheT-Q wateror sewage ortrade effluentvis discharged by the applicant and also treatment plants, purificationworksand disposal systems of the applicant ‘andmay require the applicant to furnish to him any plans, “Specifications and other data relatingfltosuch treatment plants, purification works or disposal_'systems' or'a‘ny Hair thereof, that he considers necessary. " '
(2) Such officer shall, before visiting any premises “of the applicant for the purpose of inspection under sub-rule The T.N. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1983 19
(1) give notice to the applicant of his intention to do so in Form IV. The applicant shall provide to such officer all facilities that such officer may legitimately require for the purpose.
(3) Such officer may, before or after carrying out an inspection under sub-rule (1) require the applicant to furnish to him, such additional information or clarification, or to produce before him such documents, as he may consider necessary for the purpose of verifying the correctness or otherwise of the particulars furnished in the application and may for that purpose, summon the applicant or his authorised agent to the office of the Board.
CHAPTER VII-A- APPEALS 1[27-A. Form and manner in which appeal may be preferred under Section 28 and the procedure to be followed by the appellate authority.- (1) Every appeal under Section 28 against an order passed by the Board under Section 25, Sect-ion 26 or Section 27 shall be made .
in Form lV—A.
(2) Every appellant shall prefer the appeal separately. No joint appeal preferred on behalf of more than one person shall be entertained by the appellate authority.
(3) (a) Every appeal shall -
(i) be in writing ;
(ll) be signed and verfied by the appellant or by an agent ' duly authorised by the appellant in writing in this behalf; and
1. Inserted by G.O.Ms. No.38, Environment Control, dated 27th August,
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(iii) bear court-fee stampto the value of rupees two.
(b) Every appeal shall be accompanied by -
(i) An authenticated copy of the order against which the appeal is preferred; and
(ii) any document relevant to the appeal.
(c) Every appeal shall be in quadruplicate and shall be presented to the appellate authority by the appellant or his authorised agent in person or sent to such authority by registered post. When the appeal is presented by an authorised agent, it shall be accompanied by a due power-of attorney.
(d)'On receipt of the appeal, the appellate authority shall endorse thereon the date of its presentation or receipt by post and the name of the appellant or his duly authorised agent presenting it, as the case may be.
(4) The appellate authority shall, as soon as may be after the appeal it preferred before it, fix a date, time and place for hearing of the appeal and given intimation of the same to the appellant and the member-secretary in form lV-B by registered post with acknowledgement due or by personal delivery of a copy of the notice to the addressee along with the copy of the appeal memo or of the application after taking his signature on the original. While giving such intimation to the member-secretary, a copy of the appeal together with its enclosures shall also be sent ' to the member-secretary and he shall also be called upon to send to the appellate authority all the relevant records connected with the matter relating to the appeal.‘
(5) Whether the particulars on record are insufficient to enable the appellate authority to come to a definite decision it. may take additional evidence and call for such The T.N. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Flu/es, 1983 21 .
further particulars from the appellant or the membersecretaryas it may deem’ fit. Such additional evidence or particulars shall form part of the record.
(6) Where, on the date fixed for hearing or any date to which the‘hearing of the appeal is adjourned, the appellant or his duly authorised agent does not appear when the appeal is called for hearing, the appeal shall be liable to be dismissed.
(7) Where an appeal is dismissed under sub-rule (6), the appellant may, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of dismissal of the appeal, apply to the appellate authority of restoration of the appeal and if it is shown to the satisfaction of the appellate authority that the appellant had not received the intimation of the date of hearing or the adjourned date of hearing, as the case may be, of the appeal or was prevented by any cause sufficient, in the opinion of the appellate authority, from appearing when the appeal was called for hearing, the appellate authority may restore the appeal on such terms as it may think fit. , .
(8) The order passed by the appellate authority on the appeal shall be in writing and shall state clearly the points before it for determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision. ,—
(9) A copy of the order passed on every appeal shall be supplied by the appellate authority, free of cost, to the appellant and a copy thereof shall also be sent to the member-secretary]; \ ‘ .
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FURNISHING OF INFORMATION RELATING TO ‘ ACCIDENTS, ETC.