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If no defect is found on inspection or the defects noticed earlier are found on re-inspection, to have been rectified, the licensee shall sanction the load determined in accordance with Annexure-7 to the Code or the load applied for, whichever is higher, and issue within the timeline specified below, a demand note to the applicant under acknowledgment, intimating him to remit the recoverable expenditure and security deposit:-- Table I - Timeline for issue of demand note If extension of distribution mains is not required within seven days from the date of receipt of application form. If extension of distribution mains is required (a) In case of LT service connections within fifteen days from the date of receipt of application form. (b) In case of HT service connections within thirty days from the date of receipt of application form. (c) In case of EHT service connections within forty five days from the date of receipt of application form. Provided that, in case the licensee does not carry out site inspection or re-inspection within [seven working days] from the date of receipt of application form or from the date of intimation about the rectification of defects, the load applied for shall be deemed to have been sanctioned and the licensee shall not deny grant of connection on this ground: Provided further that the time taken by the applicant in rectifying the defects or deficiencies found at his premises shall not be included in the timeline specified above: Provided also that wherever the involvement of the transmission licensee is required in the process for time and cost estimation, the time taken by the transmission licensee shall not be included in the timeline specified above. Substituted by Kerala Electricity Supply (Amendment) Code, 2020 published in K. G. Ext. No. 1504 dt. 19/06/2020. Prior to the substitution it reads "five working days"