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1) Where in its opinion the public interest so permits, the State Government, on the application, of the licensee or otherwise and, after consulting the State Electricity Board, and if the licensee is not a local authority, also the local authority, if any, concerned, may make such alterations and amendments in the terms and conditions of a licence, including the provisions specified in Sec. 3, sub- section (2), Cl. (f), as it thinks fit :
Provided that no such alterations or amendments shall be made except with the consent of the licensee unless such consent has, in the opinion of the State Government, been unreasonably withheld.
2) Where the licensee has made an application under sub-section (1) proposing any alterations or amendments in his licence, the following provisions shall have effect, namely:
(a) the licensee shall publish a notice of the application in the prescribed manner and with the prescribed particulars ;
(b) the State Government shall not make any alterations or amendments until all objections received by it with reference to the application within three months from the date of the first publication of the notice have been considered ;
(c) in the case of an application proposing alterations or amendments in the area of supply comprising the whole or any part of any cantonment, aerodrome, fortress, arsenal, dockyard or camp or of any building or place in the occupation of the Government for defence purposes, the State Government shall not make any alterations or amendments except with the consent of the Central Government.
(3) Before making any alterations or amendments in a licence other- wise than on the application of the licensee, the State Government shall publish the proposed alterations or amendments in the prescribed manner and with the prescribed particulars and consider all objections received by it with reference to the proposed alterations or amendments within three months from the date of the first publication of the notice, and where alterations or amendments have been proposed in an area of supply such as is referred to in Cl.
(c) of subsection (2), the State Government shall not make any alterations or amendments except with the consent of the Central Government.]