General Instructions

Based on the geographical location of the factory and the no. of employees proposed to be employed, and the application will be routed to the designated Director or Divisional Deputy Director of Factories & Boilers. Prior to applying to this service, if the applicant has applied for PEAL, the first section of the Approval of plan and permission to construct/extend/or take into use any building as a factory under the Factories Act, 1948 will get auto-populated from the PEAL form. Applicant who did not fill the PEAL form, will have to fill all the fields.

Fields marked with ‘*’ are mandatory and should be filled in before submitting the form on the single window portal. Leaving fields blank in the Form is not allowed. In case applicants wish not to enter data in a field, they can put “NA” if it is a text/description field or a “0”, if it is a numeric field. In case of errors, the form will show an error message. The applicant may correct the data and save the form again.

Some of the fields can accept multiple values. If the applicant wishes to furnish more than one item, he may use the “+” button to add more rows. Similarly, if he wishes to remove a row, he may use “x” button.

Applicants can attach documents in digital format as documentary evidences which the department will use for verification. Clicking on the choose button will let them select the document to be uploaded. Before submitting the document, they needs to ensure that all the information furnished by them is satisfactory and correct to the best of their knowledge and understanding. After checking that the information furnished in all the fields are in order, they can submit the application by clicking on the ‘Submit’ button.

After the form is successfully submitted, applicants can pay the required fees based on the installed power (in K.W.) and max. no. of workers employed in a day, either online or offline. If they wish to pay offline, they may choose the ‘Over the Counter’ option on the Cyber Treasury payment gateway. A challan with the account details of the department will then be generated. The applicant will take the hard copy of the challan to the nearest branch of the bank selected and deposit the amount either by Cash, or by means of Demand Draft. Once the fee is processed by the bank, the bank will send a transaction ID via SMS, which then will have to be entered on the Cyber Treasury portal to complete the application process.

Upon payment the applicant will receive an SMS & Email notification with the application number from the single window portal. 

Checklist of Documents

1. Process Description of the Plants to be installed
2. Process Flow Chart of the Plants to be installed
3. List of machinery with K.W. rating
4. Consent to be establish obtained from Odisha State Pollution Control Board
5. NOC from Local authority (Not Required for IDCO Land/Industrial Estate)
6. Self-attested copy of land documents with clear title
7. NOC from district authority in support of fulfilling siting criteria (In case of stone crusher or burnt brick kilns)
8. Memorandum and Article of Association/self-attested Partnership Deed
9. Scanned copy of Signature of Applicant

Timeline

Approval of plan and permission to construct/extend/or take into use any building as a factory under the Factories Act, 1948 is provided within a) 30 working days (for Non-Hazardous Factories), b) 60 working days (for Hazardous Factories), and c) 90 working days (for Major-Accident Hazard Factories) from the date of submission of application. The department can however, raise queries on the application within 7 working days of receipt of application.

Fees

Approval of extension plan is 50% of the fee as per the matrix shown based on manpower and kilowatt in the Page 2 of the Notification subject to max. 30000/-. Click here to check fees.

Field Instructions