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1 [ 2 [( 1 )[Any registered company or a registered trust or a registered society or a local authority desirous of establishing a new school, such as primary or upper-primary or secondary or higher secondary, or up-gradation of the existing school to upper-primary or secondary, or higher secondary school, as the case may be, shall submit the application online in the format as provided in Schedule A alongwith the documents as specified in Schedule B. The application shall be accompanied with such fees as the State Government may by order, specify, from time to time. ( 1A ) The process of submitting online application under sub-section ( 1 ) shall remain available continuously throughout the year. 3 [( 2 ) The Government may prescribe detailed procedure for processing the applications received under sub-section ( 1 ) including procedure for declaration of eligibility, issuing of Letter of Intent and Letter of Approval. ( 3 ) If, in the Development Plan, the Competent Authority has reserved the plot for education purposes having area less than the area specified in entry ( 12 ) of Schedule A, in such case, the Government may relax the condition regarding area of land specified in entry ( 12 ): Provided that, for the academic year 2013-2014, such relaxation may be made with retrospective effect. ( 4 ) The condition regarding area of land specified in entry ( 12 ) of Schedule A, shall not be applicable for the proposals of up-gradation of schools having complied with the norms and standards required under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (35 of 2009). ( 5 ) 4 [If, any registered company or a registered trust] or a registered society or a local authority has submitted the application for establishing a new school under sub-section ( 1 ) and complied with all conditions, except the requirement of registered documents specified in entry ( 11 ) of Schedule A, in such case, the Government may grant permission to establish a new school applied for, if such trust or society or local authority has submitted the duly registered documents before issuing the Letter of Intent: 5 * * * *]