7. RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY.- (1) The competent authority shall, after holding such inquiry as he thinks fit and after giving the applicant an opportunity of making his representations against the objections, if any, received within the time fixed under sub-rule (2) of rule 6, make a report to the appropriate government recommending either that the application may be allowed for the whole or any part of the area to which the application relates or that it may be rejected.
(2) The competent authority shall also make his recommendation in the report under sub-rule (1) regarding the persons by whom the whole or any part of the costs of the application including the cost of hearing, if any, shall be borne.
(3) In making his recommendation under sub-rule (1), the competent authority shall have due regard to the following matters, namely, ?
(a) Whether the applicant ordinarily resides in the area in which he proposes to practise as a notary;
(b) Whether, having regard to the commercial importance of the area in which the applicant proposes to practise and the number of existing notaries practising in the area, it is necessary to appoint any additional notaries for the area;
(c) Whether, having regard to his knowledge and experience of commercial law and the nature of the objections, if any, raised in respect of his appointment as a notary, and in the case of a legal practitioner also to the extent of his practise, the applicant is fit to be appointed as a notary;
(d) Where the applicant belongs to a firm of legal practitioners, whether, having regard to the number of existing notaries in that firm, it is proper and necessary to appoint any additional notary from that firm; and
(e) Where applications from other applicants in respect of the area are pending, whether the applicant is more suitable than such other applicants.
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