Section 5. Application for Permission.

(1) Every person desiring to obtain the permission, referred to in section 4 shall make an application in writing to the Authority or through any agency authorised, in such form and containing such information as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act. (2) The Authority shall, within a period of 7 days of the receipt of application under sub-section (1) decline to accept a plan as sufficient for purposes of granting sanction under this Act if it does not bear the signature and seal of a Registered Architect or a Draftsman registered with the Authority. (3) On receipt of such application the Authority, after making such enquiry as it considers necessary, keeping in view the area and the laws, rules and regulations applicable therein, shall by an order in writing, either grant the permission, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order or refuse to grant such permission, under the State Town Planning Act, 1963 or any Master Plan. (4) Where the permission is refused, the grounds of such refusal shall be communicated to the applicant in writing within a period of 30 days.