Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Every existing user of ground water in the notified area shall within a period of one hundred and twenty days from the date specified in the notification under sub- section (4) of section 5, apply to the Ground Water Authority for the grant of a certificate of registration recognising its existing use in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed; Provided that the Ground Water Authority may entertain any such application after the expiry of the said period of one hundred and twenty days, if it is satisfied that the user was prevented by sufficient cause from filing application in time. (2) The details to be furnished in an application under sub-section (1) shall include the following, namely:- (i) the description of the source of ground water, such as type of well, its exact location; (ii) the device used for lifting water; (iii) the quantity of ground water withdrawn and hours of operation per day; (iv) the total period of use in each year; (v) the purpose or purposes for which ground water is being extracted; (vi) in case of irrigation well, the location and extent of area irrigated; (vii) in the case of water supply, schemes undertaken by the Government or other local authorities, the details of services involved in addition to the quantities of ground water extracted. The diversion or the pumping points and their locations; and (viii) in the case of industries, the details such as daily water requirement for various purposes, type of well structure, lifting device used, etc. 374 (3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), if the Ground Water Authority is satisfied that it shall not be against the public interest to do so, it may grant, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified, a certificate of registration authorising the continued use of ground water: Provided that no person shall be refused a certificate of registration unless he has been given an opportunity of being heard. (4) The decision regarding the grant or refusal of the certificate of registration shall be intimated by the Ground Water Authority to the applicant within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the application. (5) In granting or refusing a certificate of registration under sub-section (3), the Ground Water Authority shall have regard to, - (a) the purpose or purposes for which ground water is to be used; (b) the existence of other competitive users; (c) the availability of ground water; (d) quality of ground water with reference to use; (e) spacing of ground water structures keeping in consideration the purpose for which ground water is to be used; (f) long-term ground water level behaviour; (g) quantity of ground water utilised with reference to land use in the area; and (h) any other factors relevant thereto. (6) The certificate of registration shall be in such form as may be prescribed. (7) Pending the communication by the Ground Water Authority of the decision on an application under sub-section (1), every existing user of ground water in the notified area shall be entitled to the continued use of ground water in the same manner and to the same quantity as he was entitled prior to the date of his application. (8) If a registered well becomes defunct, this fact should be immediately brought to the notice of the Ground Water Authority by the user of ground water. Registration of user of new wells in non-notified area