Warehouse licence applications must use the prescribed form; decisions issued within 30 days with centralized verification. Board-prescribed application Form for licences under the Public/Private/Special Warehousing Licensing Regulations, 2016 standardises required information and declarations for new bonded warehouse applicants, functions as a premises and security checklist, and must be published on Commissionerate websites. The Bond Officer must examine and report within 15 days and the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner must decide within the next 15 days (target 30 days). Centralized post-verification via DRI (HQ) and DGCEI (HQ) is to be used without delaying grant; licences remain valid until surrender or cancellation, with annual insurance and solvency submissions required.