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Procedure for granting clearances.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, the following procedure will be followed by the applicants and all Departments for granting clearances for setting up of industrial undertakings in the State,- (a) All applicants shall apply through e-applications; (b) All e-applications shall be assigned a reference number by the system automatically which may be used by the applicants to check the status of the same online; (c) The applicants will be kept informed at all stages of processing of applications by way of Short Message Service (SMS) or email or both; (d) All e-applications, complete in all respects, received by the State Single Window Nodal Officer will be initially examined by him in the State Investment Promotion and Facilitation Cell; (e) The e-applications will thereafter be forwarded electronically to the concerned Departmental Nodal Officer; (f) The Departmental Nodal Officer shall access the e- application through the web-portal, the link of which shall be made available to him by the State Investment Promotion and Facilitation Cell; (g) The Appropriate Authority shall also notify the procedure for the grant of required clearances and publish the same in their respective Departmental websites; (h) The Departmental Nodal Officer may work in his Department or may be deputed to the State Investment Promotion and Facilitation Cell. He may have assistance of such officials, as may be provided to him, by his parent Department; (i) The approvals or observations, if any, by the Departmental Nodal Officer will be sent electronically to the State Single Window Nodal Officer and will be accessible to the applicants also; (j) The applicants, in case of observations, will send their reply to the State Single Window Nodal Officer who will forward the same to the concerned Departmental Nodal Officer. All observations of the Department will be conveyed by the Departmental Nodal Officer in one go. Any subsequent clarification(s), if found absolutely necessary, will be obtained and settled within seven working days, and the final decision will be conveyed to the State Single Window Nodal Officer within the time period specified; THE HIMACHAL PRADESH SINGLE WINDOW (INVESTMENT, PROMOTION 11 AND FACILITATION) ACT, 2018 (k) While processing and granting clearance, the Appropriate Authority may ask for any additional information from the applicants : Provided that such additional information shall be sought by the Appropriate Authority within the period prescribed for granting such clearance and that any additional information shall be called for only once; (l) In case, additional information is sought for clearance (s), the e-application shall be disposed of within the stipulated period, which shall be counted from the date of receipt of the additional information; (m) The e-applications shall be disposed of at the earliest and under no circumstances later than such period, as may be prescribed; (n) In case of rejection of e-application by the Departmental Nodal Officer, the same shall be conveyed within given time frame to the State Single Window Nodal Officer, by giving detailed reasons of rejection; (o) The approval shall be conveyed by the Departmental Nodal Officer electronically to the applicant(s) and the clearance letter duly signed electronically or manually shall be uploaded on the web portal for information and downloading; (p) The provision will also be made in the web portal for verification of clearance(s); and (q) The applicant(s) shall be liable to make payments, as may be prescribed for all the required clearances.