Section 16 of The Mizoram Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Ordinance, 2023

Cancellation of permission/certificate of registration . - If the Ground Water Authority is satisfied either on a reference made to it in this behalf or otherwise that: -

1. (1)the permit/ certificate of registration granted, has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation as to an essential fact under sub-section (3) of section 11, or sub-section (3) of section 12;
2. (2)the holder of the permit/certificate of registration has without reasonable cause failed to comply with the conditions subject to which the permission or certificate of registration has been granted or has contravened any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made there under;
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3. (3)a situation has arisen which warrants limiting of the use or extraction of ground water then without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder of the permission or of the certificate of registration may be liable under this Ordinance or any other law, the Ground Water Authority may after giving the holder of the permission, certificate of registration, an opportunity for showing cause, cancel the permit or certificate of registration, as the case may be.