How much time does it take to get a fire NOC?

It depends on the state and the stage. Most states allow 15 to 30 days per stage for a complete file: 15 in Uttar Pradesh, 21 in Gujarat, 30 in Madhya Pradesh. A building usually needs two stages, plan and final, so plan on one to two months of fire-service time plus construction. Measured waits run from a 5-day median in Uttar Pradesh to a 41-day median in Bhopal.

How many days does a provisional fire NOC take?

From 3 working days by Andhra Pradesh's circular, 7 days in Telangana for a building up to 15 m, and 7 working days after payment in Maharashtra's Director areas, up to 30 days in Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya and 60 working days for a Karnataka high-rise.

Are fire NOC time limits in working days or calendar days?

It varies. Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and the DNH and DD single window count working days; Puducherry counts calendar days; most other limits just say days. West Bengal's Right to Service law leaves public holidays out of the time limit.

What can I do if my fire NOC is delayed beyond the time limit?

First check the portal for a query or defect, because the clock stops on a defective file. If the file is complete and the limit is notified under a Right to Service law, appeal to the appellate officer the notification names, such as the DIG, Home Guards and Fire Services in Jharkhand.

Is a fire NOC deemed approved if the department does not reply?

Only in a few places: a Category A plan NOC in Puducherry after 21 calendar days, a building-plan fire NOC in Manipur after 15 days, and the DNH and DD single window. Goa says deemed approval does not apply, and Tamil Nadu's deemed licence awaits its 2025 Act.

Why does my fire NOC show pending for so long?

Usually because it is waiting on you. On 24 October 2026 Uttar Pradesh had 32,916 files waiting on applicants against 972 on the department. Look for a query, an inspection date to accept, a payment request or a defect, and answer it in one go.

How long does a fire NOC renewal take?

15 days in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, 14 days in Telangana's Citizen Charter, 20 in Jammu and Kashmir, 21 in Gujarat, 28 in Tripura and 30 in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal and Uttarakhand. File early: the renewal page sets out each state's lead time.

Does any official body publish real fire NOC processing times?

Yes: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and DNH and DD publish average days, Punjab did on its dashboard in 2025, and Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur publish live counts of pending files.

Fire NOC processing time 31 min read

Fire NOC processing time: how long each stage takes in every state, and what happens when it runs late

Updated October 2026By Flamekite Editorial DeskFacts checked against official sources on 24 October 2026

Quick answer

How long a fire NOC takes depends on the state and the stage. The legal limits Flamekite found run from 3 working days for an Andhra Pradesh provisional NOC to 60 working days for a Karnataka high-rise NOC; most states sit between 15 and 30 days per stage, and 32 of 36 states and UTs have a limit in force.

The limit is not the wait. Madhya Pradesh's own dashboard shows Bhopal averaging 60.97 days against a 30 working day promise, while Uttar Pradesh's median is 5 days against 15. The clock usually stops while a file waits on you, deemed approval exists in only a few places, and a missed limit is normally fought by appeal.

States and UTs with a limit in force: 32 of 36; None in Delhi, Ladakh or Mizoram; At a glance
Longest listed limit: 60 working days; Karnataka high-rise NOC; 36-state table
Bhopal average wait: 60.97 days; Against 30 working days promised; Dashboards
UP files waiting on the applicant: 32,916; Against 972 waiting on the department; Queue figures

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How long a fire NOC takes in India, in the official instruments and dashboards read on 24 October 2026.
What	The rule	Source
Is there one national time limit?	No. Each state or UT sets its own, in its fire law, a Right to Service notification, a citizen charter or a portal page	Not stated
States and UTs with a limit in force	32 of 36 (Flamekite count); Delhi, Ladakh and Mizoram publish none, and Andaman and Nicobar's sits in a Regulation not yet started	Gazette notification S.O. 140
Shortest stage limit	3 working days for an Andhra Pradesh provisional NOC, by circular; the Act still says 21 days	AP circular 01.09.2025
Longest stage limit	60 working days for a Karnataka high-rise NOC on Seva Sindhu	Seva Sindhu
Typical limit per stage	15 days (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan) to 30 days (Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Himachal, Jharkhand in working days)	UP Fire dashboard
Working or calendar days	Both are used: Jharkhand, Karnataka and Uttarakhand count working days; Puducherry counts calendar days; West Bengal's RTPS law leaves out public holidays	WB RTPS portal
When the clock stops	While a file is defective or back with the applicant: Kerala's Right to Service list says so in terms, and Lakshadweep's rule 12(1)(b) does not count those days	KFRS Right to Service
Deemed approval	Only in a few places: a Category A plan NOC auto-generated after 21 calendar days in Puducherry, a 15-day deemed plan NOC in Manipur's bye-laws; Goa says none	Puducherry G.O. 61
If the limit passes	Appeal under the state's Right to Service law; an officer can be fined Rs 250 a day up to Rs 5,000 in Madhya Pradesh	Morena district, MP
Measured waits	Medians of 5 days in Uttar Pradesh and 41 days in Bhopal; averages of 10 to 17 days in J&K and DNH and DD	Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh

Fire NOC processing time in all 36 states and UTs, stage by stage

The time limit each state or UT publishes for the plan-stage NOC, the final certificate and the renewal, and the instrument that sets it, as read on 24 October 2026. 32 of 36 have a limit in force. Not stated means no official figure was found for that stage.
Option	Plan stage	Final certificate	Renewal	Set by	Source
Andaman and Nicobar	Not stated	1 month from a complete application, once the Regulation starts	Not stated	Regulation No. 5 of 2026, section 27(1); the current portal states no time	Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II Section 1, No. 19, 25 May 2026
Andhra Pradesh	21 days in the Act; 3 working days by circular, with no site visit	30 days in the Act; 10 working days by circular	10 working days by circular	Section 13 as amended in 2026; circular of 1 September 2025	AP circular 01.09.2025
Arunachal Pradesh	Not stated separately	1 month in the Act; a 2023 EoDB page says 15 days	Not stated	2026 Act, section 31(i)	Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Assam	7 working days to inspect, 7 more for the recommendation	7 working days to re-inspect, 7 to issue; Sewa Setu lists 28 days	Notified with the same 7-working-day steps	Home (A) office memoranda of March 2013	Assam Home OM
Bihar	15 days once the file is in order	15 days once the file is in order	Not stated; file Form M 45 days before expiry	Bihar Fire Service Rules 2021, Schedule D	Bihar Rules 2021
Chandigarh	30 days for the fire safety layout plan	30 days	Not stated	MC Chandigarh fire wing SOP and citizen charter	MCC fire SOP
Chhattisgarh	30 days at most	30 days at most	30 days at most	Portal process chart (5 + 20 + 5 days); no service guarantee notification found	CG Fire NOC
DNH and DD	30 working days	28 working days	30 working days	UT single window; section 30(1) of the 2026 Regulation says 30 days	DNH and DD single window portal
Delhi	None found	None found	None found	No Right to Service timeline; a 30-day single window turnaround is only reported as a proposal	The CSR Journalnews report
Goa	5, 10 or 15 days by service	5, 10 or 15 days by service	Not stated	Right to time-bound services notification of 3 November 2022	Goa Gazette 2022
Gujarat	21 days for plan approval	21 days for the certificate	21 days	Fire Prevention and Life Safety Regulations 2023; FSCOP guide	Gujarat Fire Safety Compliance Portal
Haryana	60 days on the old ULB route; 15 days at each signing level	60 days on the old ULB route	60 days on the old ULB route	Right to Service Act 2014 (archived page); 2017 delegation memo; the 2022 Act's rules are not made	ULB Haryana
Himachal Pradesh	One NOC, no separate plan stage	30 days	30 days	HP Public Service Guarantee Act 2011	Emerging Himachal single window
Jammu and Kashmir	21 days for the building-permission NOC; 20 on the Single Window	20 days	20 days	S.O. 260 of 12 October 2026 and SRO-493 under the PSG Act 2011	J&K GAD
Jharkhand	30 working days (fire advisory)	30 working days	30 working days	Notification 10473 of 10 October 2017, Right to Guarantee of Services Act 2011	Notification 10473
Karnataka	60 working days (high-rise NOC)	45 working days (Clearance Certificate)	No renewal service listed	Seva Sindhu service pages	Seva Sindhu
Kerala	15 days up to 16 m, 20 above; Right to Service list 18 to 43	15 to 20 days; Right to Service list 20 to 45	15 days	KFRS time-frame sheet; Right to Service Act 2012 list of 2021	Kerala Fire and Rescue Services
Ladakh	None set	None set	None set	Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Rules 2025 contain no time limit	Gazette notification S.O. 140
Lakshadweep	Not stated	30 days; 1 month net of days the file is back with you	Not stated	Regulation section 30(1); Rules 2026, rule 12(1)(b)	Lakshadweep Gazette Extraordinary Vol. LXII No. 42, 3 September 2026
Madhya Pradesh	30 days (Fire Plan Approval)	30 days	30 days	e-Nagar Palika manual; the dashboard says 30 working days	MP e-Nagar Palika manual
Maharashtra	7 working days after the payment UTR (Director areas); 7 days in Nagpur	15 days in Nagpur; no statewide figure	Not stated	MFS E-Approval page; Nagpur list under the 2015 RTPS Act	MFS e-fire
Manipur	15 days on a building plan, then deemed issued	1 month in the Act; EoDB states 7 days	EoDB lists an Auto Renewal service	2026 Act, section 25(1); Model UBBL 2024, bye-law 8(ii)	EoDB Manipur services
Meghalaya	30 days (pre-construction NOC)	Not legible on the published list	Not stated	Right to Public Services Act 2020 list	MRPS service list
Mizoram	None found	None found	None found	No instrument read sets one	Home Department, Mizoram
Nagaland	Not stated	Within a month once the file is complete	Not stated; the Directorate asks for 45 days' notice	Act 5 of 2023, section 25(i)	Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Nagaland
Odisha	30 days (Fire Safety Recommendation)	18 days (Fire Safety Certificate)	Not stated	Fire Safety Rules 2017 as amended in 2019; Order 50908 of 2019	Order 50908 of 2019
Puducherry	21 calendar days, then auto-generated (Category A)	21 calendar days (Category A)	Not stated; the charter gives 15 to 30 days for a NOC or licence	G.O.Ms.No.61 of 10 September 2025	Puducherry G.O. 61
Punjab	Not shown separately	32 days	32 days	Public service delivery law, as the portal dashboard showed in June 2025	Punjab Fire portal
Rajasthan	Not stated	15 days	Not stated	Raj Nivesh single window listing	Raj Nivesh
Sikkim	Not stated	Within a month once the file is complete	Not stated	Fire and Emergency Services Act, section 25	Sikkim Gazette 226
Tamil Nadu	15 days below 18.3 m; 30 days at 18.3 m and above	Fire licence: 15 or 30 days on the same split	Not stated	TNSWP procedure sheets; the 2025 Act has not started	TNSWP
Telangana	7 days up to 15 m; 14 days above	Not stated separately	14 days (Citizen Charter)	Department timeline; section 13 of the 1999 Act allows 60 days	TGFD Fire NOC note
Tripura	21 days (Recommendation)	28 days	28 days; 21 if self-certified	e-District service page	e-District Tripura
Uttar Pradesh	15 days	15 days	15 days	Public Service Guarantee Act; section 27(1) of the 2022 Act says 1 month	UP Fire dashboard
Uttarakhand	15 working days (pre-establishment)	30 working days (pre-operational)	30 days under the Right of Service	Single Window Act 2012; Right of Service list	Invest Uttarakhand single window
West Bengal	15 days in KMC areas, 30 elsewhere	15 days in KMC areas, 30 elsewhere	15 days in KMC areas, 30 elsewhere	RTPS notification 1285 of 30 October 2025	WB RTPS notification

How long a fire NOC takes for a whole project, drawings to certificate

Check the height and use against your state's trigger
The trigger decides whether you face a fire clock at all and which officer runs it: in Tamil Nadu 18.3 m moves the file from a District Officer's 15 days to the Director's 30, and in Kerala each height band has its own limit.
Prepare fire drawings before the plan is filed
Most plan-stage NOCs sit inside the building permit. Kerala's Site NOC is attached to the permit application, and Jammu and Kashmir sends every plan through auto scrutiny that gives 15 days to fix a deficiency.
File the plan-stage NOC and pay at once
The clock starts on a complete, paid file. Maharashtra counts its 7 working days from the payment's UTR number, so a late payment is a late start.
Expect 7 to 60 days for the plan stage
Telangana targets 7 days for a building up to 15 m; Karnataka lists 60 working days for a high-rise. Answer every query in one reply, because a defective file stops the clock in Kerala and Lakshadweep.
Build to the approved fire drawings
Construction time is yours, but a change costs fire time: Delhi's recommendations hold only for the plan they were given on, so a revision goes back to the fire service, and Telangana prosecutes deviations.
Apply for the final certificate on completion
Expect 18 days in Odisha, 21 in Gujarat, 28 in Tripura and the DNH and DD single window, and 45 working days for a Karnataka Clearance Certificate. An inspection always falls inside this stage.
Then the occupancy certificate and utilities
These follow the fire certificate: 15 days for J&K's occupancy-cum-completion certificate, 8 working days in Jharkhand, and in DNH and DD electricity in 15 days and water in 7.
Diary the renewal lead time
Renewal has its own clock: 15 days in Kerala, 30 in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. File early: Bihar wants Form M 45 days before expiry and Tripura opens its window 30 days ahead.

Fire NOC processing time promised against measured on official dashboards

Five governments publish how long their fire files actually take. Read on 24 October 2026 (Punjab from an archived June 2025 copy), the averages sit well inside the limit in four of them and at twice the promise in Madhya Pradesh's two biggest cities.

	Promised	Average	Median	Slowest file or volume
Bhopal, MP (since April 2020) Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh	30 working days	60.97 days	41 days	304 days; 634 applications
Indore, MP Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh	30 working days	59.84 days	37 days	453 days; 617 applications
Gwalior, MP Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh	30 working days	48.64 days	29 days	335 days; 316 applications
Jabalpur, MP Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh	30 working days	27.78 days	15 days	191 days
Uttar Pradesh, provisional NOC UP Fire dashboard	15 days	8 days	5 days	60,996 applications
Uttar Pradesh, final NOC UP Fire dashboard	15 days	11 days	5 days	114,690 applications
Uttar Pradesh, renewal UP Fire dashboard	15 days	12 days	5 days	48,279 applications
DNH and DD, provisional NOC (2026) DNH and DD F&ES dashboard	30 working days	15 days	Not recorded	366 received
DNH and DD, final NOC (2026) DNH and DD F&ES dashboard	28 working days	17 days	Not recorded	172 received
DNH and DD, renewal (2026) DNH and DD F&ES dashboard	30 working days	16 days	Not recorded	431 received
Jammu and Kashmir, provisional NOC J&K Single Window Clearance System	20 days	11 days	Not shown	Slowest delayed file 23 days
Jammu and Kashmir, final or renewal J&K Single Window Clearance System	20 days	10 days	Not shown	Slowest delayed file 26 days
Punjab, registration or renewal (June 2025) Punjab Fire portal	32 days	12 days	20 days	Slowest 30 days; 93,123 received

Uttar Pradesh's dashboard prints a minimum of 7 or 8 days beside a median of 5, which cannot both be right; the figures are shown as printed. Punjab's median above its average is also as printed. The DNH and DD dashboard carries medians that Flamekite did not copy.

Where fire NOC processing time is lost: queue figures from 7 portals

Queues show who holds a late file. On 24 October 2026 Uttar Pradesh had 32,916 applications waiting on applicants and only 972 waiting on the department.

34 to 1
Uttar Pradesh: files waiting on the applicant for every file waiting on the department (32,916 against 972; Flamekite arithmetic) UP Fire dashboard
43
Arunachal Pradesh Fire Safety Certificates approved within the stated time, out of 109 approved EoDB Arunachal dashboard
356
Kerala renewals still pending, of 15,779 filed on the renewal portal (2.26%) KFRS renewal portal
3,612
Kerala Site and Final NOC files pending or processing, of 24,517 on the main portal Kerala Fire and Rescue
18
Manipur Fire Safety Certificate files pending, of 736 on EoDB Manipur EoDB Manipur
125
DNH and DD renewals rejected in 2026, of 402 processed: a rejection restarts the wait DNH and DD F&ES dashboard
453 days
The slowest Indore fire file on Madhya Pradesh's dashboard since April 2020 Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh

Inside the fire NOC processing time: what each day is spent on

The limit is a sum of desk times. These 7 stops are taken from the states that publish the split, from receipt to signature.

1. Receipt at the station: 3 days
In Kerala the Station Officer must take in every file within 3 days, whatever the height; above 16 m that is all the station does before the file moves up. Kerala Fire and Rescue Services
2. Document check: 5 days
Jharkhand's State Fire Officer has 5 of the 30 days to check the uploads; the Fire Station Officer then has 3 days to inspect and 2 to report with 5 photographs. JFS advisory SOP
3. Site inspection: up to 20 days
Chhattisgarh gives the inspection team 20 of its 30 days to visit and file a report, after 5 days on the Director's desk. CG Fire NOC
4. Inspection report: 48 working hours
Meghalaya's Station Officer uploads the report within 48 working hours, with photographs of anything missing, and the applicant can download it. Invest Meghalaya
5. Review up the ranks: 1 to 14 days a desk
West Bengal's Order 1410 times each desk: outside Kolkata the Head Assistant has 4 days, the Inspector 14 and the Divisional Fire Officer 11; inside Kolkata the Inspector has 5. WB F&ES order 1410
6. Decision: 5 working days
Andhra Pradesh's 2025 circular gives 5 working days to inspect and 5 more to issue an occupancy or renewal NOC. AP circular 01.09.2025
7. Signature and download
In Madhya Pradesh an approved file still passes Waiting for digital sign, stage 9 of 11, before it can be downloaded. MP e-Nagar Palika manual

Deemed approval: where a fire NOC is treated as issued after its processing time

Deemed approval means silence counts as yes. Flamekite found it for the fire NOC in 3 places, in draft or not yet in force in 3 more, and expressly ruled out in Goa.

In force
Puducherry: 21 calendar days, then auto-generated
For a Category A plan NOC, if the Fire Service Department sends no reply to the Planning Authority within 21 calendar days, G.O.Ms.No.61 of 10 September 2025 has the NOC generated automatically. Puducherry G.O. 61
In force
Manipur: the plan NOC after 15 days
Bye-law 8(ii) of the Model Manipur Unified Building Bye-Laws, 2024 gives outside agencies, the Fire Services Department first, 15 days on a building plan; after that the NOC is deemed issued for the plan. Manipur UBBL 2024
In force
DNH and DD: the Single Window Agency
The UT single window names the Single Window Agency as the deemed-approval authority for the provisional and final fire NOC. DNH and DD single window portal
Not yet in force
Tamil Nadu: deemed licence in the 2025 Act
Section 27(5) of the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025 escalates a late file to a higher officer and then auto-generates the licence online, but the Act had not commenced by 24 October 2026. Government of Tamil Nadu, Gazette Extraordinary No. 263, 6 June 2025
Reported, order not read
Tamil Nadu: 15 days in planning permission
A 2024 Housing and Urban Development order, as reported in November 2024, gives the fire service 15 days on non-high-rise NOCs inside planning permission, with the NOC deemed given if missed. Constrofacilitatornews report
Draft
Bihar: 30-day deemed approval in draft bye-laws
The draft Bihar Building Bye-laws 2026, as Patna Press reported on 28 June 2026, carry a 30-day deemed approval for building maps and drop a separate fire NOC for self-certified buildings; they are still a draft. Patna Pressnews report
Ruled out
Goa: no deemed approval
The fire directorate's BRAP 2024 sheet says deemed approval and auto-renewal are not available for the fire NOC, so a missed limit in Goa leads to an appeal. Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Goa

When fire NOC processing time runs out: appeal, wait or reapply

What to do on day 31 depends on why the file is late and which law sets the limit. These 7 branches cover the cases the state instruments describe.

If The portal shows a query, defect or resubmission request
The clock is not running. Kerala's Right to Service list does not apply to a defective application; answer every point in one reply and the limit starts again from there. KFRS Right to Service
If The limit is notified under a Right to Service law and the file is complete
File the first appeal with the appellate officer the notification names. In Jharkhand that is the DIG, Home Guards and Fire Services, who has 15 working days, then the Director General, with 15 more. Fire NOC Jharkhand Notification 10473
If You are in West Bengal
Appeal to the Additional Director General for a recommendation, or the Senior Special Secretary for a certificate, who has 30 days; a review follows within 30 more. Fire NOC West Bengal WB RTPS notification
If You are in Jammu and Kashmir and 21 days have passed
S.O. 260 names the Director General, Fire and Emergency Services, for the first appeal and the Administrative Secretary, Home Department, for the second. Fire NOC Jammu and Kashmir J&K GAD
If Your Gujarat application was rejected rather than delayed
Appeal online to the Director within 15 days at 50% of the application fee; after that you must file afresh. Fire NOC Gujarat Gujarat Fire Safety Compliance Portal
If Your state publishes no limit (Delhi, Ladakh, Mizoram)
There is no service-guarantee appeal to file. Write to the fire service quoting your application number and keep the reply. In Delhi, check the shortcomings DFS has recorded against a pending certificate on its website first. Fire NOC Delhi DFS
If Your file is in Puducherry, Category A, at plan stage
After 21 calendar days with no reply the NOC is auto-generated; nothing to appeal. Fire NOC Puducherry Puducherry G.O. 61

Fines on officers who miss the fire NOC processing time

Right to Service laws fine the officer, not the applicant. These 5 lines were verified; the amount goes against the officer named for the service.

Offence	Penalty	Law
Delay in a notified service, Madhya Pradesh	Rs 250 a day, up to Rs 5,000, and compensation to the applicant	MP Lok Sewaon ke Pradan ki Guarantee Adhiniyam, 2010 Morena district, MP
Delay in a notified service, West Bengal	Rs 250 a day, up to Rs 1,000; failure without cause Rs 250 to Rs 1,000	West Bengal Right to Public Services Act, 2013 WB RTPS portal
A Kerala fire officer missing the limit without cause	Rs 500 to Rs 5,000	Kerala State Right to Service Act, 2012 Kerala Police
Delay under Karnataka's Sakala Act (fire coverage unconfirmed)	Rs 20 a day rising to Rs 100 a day, capped at Rs 1,500, as reported	Karnataka's Sakala Act, as amended (news report) NewsBytesnews report
Unjustified delay under Nagaland's 2026 Bill (introduced 1 September 2026)	Rs 250 a day, up to Rs 5,000; Rs 500 to Rs 5,000 for failure without cause	Nagaland Right to Public Services Bill, 2026 (not reported as passed) The Morung Expressnews report

Flamekite could not read the penalty sections of the Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand guarantee Acts of 2011: India Code refused the downloads on 24 October 2026. West Bengal's Order 1410 adds that an officer who misses a desk deadline is personally liable.

Who hears an appeal when fire NOC processing time is missed

The appellate officers named in 7 states' service notifications, as published. Quote your application number and the date the limit ran out.

Deputy Inspector General, Home Guards and Fire Services, Jharkhand Notification 10473
First appeal on the fire advisory, NOC and renewal; decides in 15 working days
Address
Agnishaman Seva Mukhyalay, Ranchi
Director General, Fire and Emergency Services, J&K J&K GAD
First appeal on the 21-day building-permission NOC; second appeal to the Administrative Secretary, Home
Department of Fire and Emergency Services, West Bengal WB RTPS notification
Appeals to the Additional Director General (FSR) or Senior Special Secretary (FSC) within the RTPS system
Address
New Town Fire Station Building, CF-7, Action Area 1C, New Town, Kolkata 700156
Director, State Fire Prevention Services, Gujarat GujFireSafety CoP
Appeals against FSCOP rejections, filed online within 15 days
Address
Block 13, Dr Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Sector 10, Gandhinagar 382011
Phone
079-23257022; 079-23257040
Website
gujfiresafetycop.in
Office of the Divisional Fire Officer, Puducherry Puducherry Fire charter
Appellate authority for service 54, issue of NOC or licence
Address
Housing Board's Circular Shopping Complex, Lawspet, Puducherry 605 008
Phone
0413-2251677
Website
fire.py.gov.in
Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana ULB Haryana
First appeal on the legacy 60-day ULB fire route
Address
Bays 11-14, Sector 4, Panchkula
Phone
0172-2580700 (IT help)
Home Department, Government of Kerala KFRS Right to Service
Appeal on Site and Completion NOCs above 24 m, which the Director General decides

How long a fire NOC takes: 6 worked projects

Flamekite’s working from the official rules; no government publishes this figure.

Flamekite's arithmetic on the published limits and dashboards, adding the fire service's clocks only. Construction, the plan sanction itself and your replies to queries come on top.

Case 1
A 30 m apartment tower in Kochi
Flats above 24 m and up to 45 m, Kerala.
What applies Site NOC from the Director General within 20 days on the time-frame sheet, or 43 on the Right to Service list; Final NOC within 15 to 20, or 45. The fire clocks add up to 35 to 40 days, or 88 on the older list. KFRS Right to Service
Case 2
A 24 m apartment tower in Chennai
Multi-storeyed building in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
What applies The Director's NOC in 30 days, the fire licence in 30 more after the compliance certificate, and CMDA's completion certificate within 30 days of the fire certificate: 90 days of official clocks before the compliance stage, whose time the sheets do not state. TNSWP
Case 3
A factory in Silvassa
Industrial unit on the DNH and DD single window.
What applies Provisional NOC in 30 working days and final NOC in 28: 58 working days on paper. At the 2026 Dadra and Nagar Haveli averages of 14 and 18 days, about 32 days, before electricity (15 days) and water (7). DNH and DD F&ES dashboard
Case 4
A shopping building in Ranchi
Commercial building needing the fire advisory, NOC and occupancy certificate.
What applies Advisory 30 working days, NOC 30 working days, then the municipal occupancy certificate in 8: 68 working days, with a 15-working-day appeal at each stage if a limit is missed. Notification 10473
Case 5
A hospital in Bhopal
Fire Plan Approval, then the Fire Safety Certificate, on e-Nagar Palika.
What applies 30 days each are promised, 60 in all. If both files run at Bhopal's median of 41 days, the fire stages take 82; at its average of 60.97 days, about 122. Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh
Case 6
A warehouse in Lucknow
Provisional and final NOC on the UP Fire portal.
What applies The limit is 15 days a stage, 30 in all. At the dashboard median of 5 days a stage, about 10; at the averages of 8 and 11 days, about 19. UP Fire dashboard

How long real fire NOC files took: 6 dated certificates

Certificates that their holders publish carry dates. Read side by side, 6 of them took from 7 to 54 days.

The fastest files Flamekite traced are Odisha's. A Cuttack developer's Fire Safety Recommendation for four 69.45 m towers was filed on 25 March 2023, inspected 3 days later and issued on 1 April, 7 days against a 30-day limit. A university's renewal in Gunupur took 10 days against the 18-day limit for a certificate.

Assam's three certificates, counted from the compliance report, took 12, 30 and 48 days, against 7 working days for each step in the 2013 memoranda. The slowest, in Guwahati, straddled the October 2025 rule change.

The Himachal file is the clearest overrun: an institute near Shimla applied on 30 November 2023, was inspected on 10 January 2024 and received its NOC on 23 January, 54 days against a 30-day guarantee.

Six dated fire certificates and their processing time
What	The rule	Source
Odisha, Cuttack, Fire Safety Recommendation (2023)	7 days; limit 30	OFES Form-II, Cuttack
Odisha, Gunupur, certificate renewal (2023)	10 days; limit 18	OFES Form-V, Gunupur
Assam, Karimganj school (January 2025)	12 days after the compliance report	Assam Form-G, Karimganj
Assam, Nagaon college (July 2024)	30 days after the compliance report	Assam Form-G, Nagaon
Assam, Guwahati school (December 2025)	48 days after the compliance report	Assam Form-G, Guwahati
Himachal Pradesh, Shimla institute (January 2024)	54 days; limit 30	HP Fire NOC copy

What slows fire NOC processing time, and the fix

Uttar Pradesh's queue says most late files are waiting on the applicant. These 7 causes are written into the states' own rules.

If An open defect or query
Kerala's procedures sheet says its timelines do not apply to a defected application. Reply to every point at once, so the file goes back into the clock in one round. Kerala Fire and Rescue
If Time with the applicant in Lakshadweep
Rule 12(1)(b) gives 1 month but leaves out the days the file is back with you for compliance, so every round trip moves the deadline. Lakshadweep Gazette Extraordinary Vol. LXII No. 42, 3 September 2026
If A deficiency left on the J&K portal
Auto scrutiny gives 15 days to fix it, then auto-rejects; revival is possible within 90 days, or you start again. J&K H&UDD
If A plan correction ignored in Bihar
Rule 14(h) lets a plan be rejected if the change the Wing asked for is not made in 30 days. Bihar Rules 2021
If Refusing inspection dates in West Bengal
After 3 rounds of date changes the application may be rejected; accept or propose a date promptly in Departmental Updates. WB e-District manual
If Paying late in Maharashtra's Director areas
The 7 working days for a provisional NOC count from the payment's UTR number, not from the application. MFS e-fire
If A file rejected for gaps
DNH and DD rejected 61 of 322 provisional files and 125 of 402 renewals it processed in 2026; a rejection means a new file and a new clock. DNH and DD F&ES dashboard

Before the fire NOC processing time starts: 7 things a complete file needs

Several laws start the clock only on a complete application. These items are what that word means in the texts.

Every document, design, map and completion certificate the form asks for: Nagaland's section 25(i) runs the month only from then Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Nagaland
The same full set in Sikkim, where section 25 counts the month from a complete application Sikkim Gazette 226
The fee paid inside the portal: Maharashtra's 7 working days start at the payment's UTR number MFS e-fire
Every detail checked before Confirm Submit: Chhattisgarh's portal allows no change after it CG Fire NOC manual
Drawings on the right template: Kerala has required the A1 sheet with a 10 cm by 8 cm QR space since 14 July 2025 Kerala Fire and Rescue
The right officer's service for your height: Tamil Nadu sends 18.3 m and above, or more than 1 basement, to the Director Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services
A verified account: Uttar Pradesh lets no one log in until both the e-mail and the mobile number pass an OTP check UP applicant manual

Planning around fire NOC processing time: do and don't

Most fire limits are 15 to 30 days a stage; the measured waits in some cities are twice that. Plan on both numbers.

Do

Plan an opening on the median, not the promise: 41 days in Bhopal and 37 in Indore against 30. Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh
Check whether your limit counts working days: Karnataka's 60 working days are about 12 calendar weeks. Seva Sindhu
Track the file on the public turnaround page where one exists: J&K marks each fire file on track or delayed against 20 days. J&K Single Window Clearance System
File the renewal inside the state's window: Tripura's rule 8 opens it 30 days and closes it 14 days before expiry. Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Tripura
Note the date the limit ends: under Nagaland's 2026 Bill, for one, the first appeal is due within 30 days of a missed service. The Morung Expressnews report

Don’t

Don't count from the day you start a draft: Uttar Pradesh issues the NOC-UID only on Final Submit. UP applicant manual
Don't assume silence is approval: Goa rules it out, and Tamil Nadu's deemed licence is not yet in force. Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Goa
Don't rely on a consultant's day count over the instrument: Andhra Pradesh's Act says 21 days, its circular 3 working days. Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Don't leave a renewal to the last month in Bihar: Form M is due 45 days before expiry. Bihar Rules 2021

Fire NOC processing time myths, checked against the rules

You may have read
A fire NOC takes 30 days everywhere.
Myth
What the sources say
Limits run from 3 working days in Andhra Pradesh's circular to 60 working days in Karnataka, and Delhi, Ladakh and Mizoram publish none. Seva Sindhu
You may have read
The clock starts the day I apply.
Myth
What the sources say
It starts on a complete file and stops on a defect: Kerala's Right to Service list excludes defective applications. KFRS Right to Service
You may have read
If the department misses its deadline, the NOC is automatic.
Myth
What the sources say
Only Puducherry, Manipur and the DNH and DD single window describe a deemed fire NOC; elsewhere you appeal. Puducherry G.O. 61
You may have read
The Act's limit is the one that applies.
Myth
What the sources say
Not always: Uttar Pradesh's Act says a month, but its service guarantee gives 15 days, and Andhra Pradesh's circular is far shorter than its Act. UP Fire dashboard
You may have read
An average on a dashboard is what my file will take.
Myth
What the sources say
Madhya Pradesh's averages are dragged up by a tail: Indore's median is 37 days, its average 59.84 and its slowest file 453. Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh

Fire NOC processing time terms: working days, deemed approval and more

The 9 words that decide how long a fire NOC may take, as the state instruments use them.

Stipulated time limit: The days a notified service must be delivered in; West Bengal's 2025 notification sets 15 in Kolkata and 30 elsewhere. WB RTPS notification
Working days: Days the office is open; Jharkhand's 30 working days and Karnataka's 60 run longer than the same number of calendar days. Notification 10473
Calendar days: Every day counts; Puducherry's G.O. gives 21 calendar days for a Category A plan or occupancy NOC. Puducherry G.O. 61
Designated officer: The officer a service notification makes answerable for the limit; in J&K the Joint Director, Fire and Emergency Services. J&K GAD
First and second appellate authority: The two officers above the designated officer who hear a delay; in Jharkhand the DIG and then the Director General, 15 working days each. Notification 10473
Deemed approval: A NOC treated as issued when the deadline passes in silence; Manipur's bye-law 8(ii) applies it after 15 days. Manipur UBBL 2024
Defective application: A file with an open objection; Kerala's time limits do not run on it. Kerala Fire and Rescue
Turnaround time benchmark: The J&K Single Window's 20-day yardstick, against which each fire file is shown as on track or delayed. J&K Single Window Clearance System
Median: The middle file's time; Uttar Pradesh's is 5 days at every stage, well below its averages of 8 to 12. UP Fire dashboard

Kerala's rule that stops the fire NOC processing time on a defective file

Kerala's Right to Service list of November 2021 sets 18 to 45 days by height, then adds one sentence most states leave unwritten.

Word for word

Time limit as per Right to Service Act is not applicable in case of Defective Applications.

Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, service information under the Kerala State Right to Service Act, 2012 (list uploaded November 2021) KFRS Right to Service

The procedures sheet on the NOC portal repeats it: "Timeline is not applicable for defected application." Lakshadweep writes the same idea into rule 12(1)(b) of its 2026 Rules, which leave out the days a file spends back with the applicant.

Fire NOC processing time changes, 2010 to 2026

2010
Madhya Pradesh's Public Services Delivery Guarantee Act brings in the Rs 250 a day fine on late officials, up to Rs 5,000. Morena district, MP
10 October 2017
Jharkhand notification 10473 makes the fire advisory, NOC and renewal 30-working-day services. Notification 10473
6 December 2017
J&K's SRO-493 sets 10 days for fire reports and 20 for fire safety recommendations. J&K Gazette
8 March 2018
Andhra Pradesh cuts industry provisional NOCs from 21 days to 7 working days. AP Fire Services
6 March 2019
Odisha's amendment cuts the Fire Safety Certificate limit to 18 days. Odisha Rules 2019
15 December 2020
West Bengal's Order 1410 gives every desk on a fire file its own deadline. WB F&ES order 1410
3 November 2022
Goa notifies 36 fire services with 5, 10 or 15-day limits. Goa Gazette 2022
1 September 2025
Andhra Pradesh sets 3 working days for a provisional NOC and 10 for occupancy or renewal. AP circular 01.09.2025
10 September 2025
Puducherry's G.O.Ms.No.61 sets 21 calendar days and an auto-generated plan NOC. Puducherry G.O. 61
30 October 2025
West Bengal's notification 1285 restates 15 days in Kolkata and 30 elsewhere. WB RTPS notification
1 December 2025
J&K's S.O. 304 moves every building NOC online on a 21-day clock. J&K H&UDD
12 October 2026
J&K's S.O. 260 fixes 21 days for the fire NOC for building permission. J&K GAD

Fire NOC processing time in the news, 2026

From news reports, not yet an official source.

News reports, not notified rules, read on 24 October 2026. Each changes or claims a time; check the instrument before relying on it.

14 October 2026
Tamil Nadu: a law setting a 21-day deadline for industrial approvals came into force after the Governor's assent. Whether fire NOCs fall under it is not confirmed. DT Nextnews report
12 October 2026
Jammu and Kashmir fixed a 21-day timeline for fire NOCs for building permission, with the Joint Director as designated officer. Kashmir Observernews report
2 September 2026
Nagaland: the Right to Public Services Bill, 2026, introduced on 1 September, proposes Rs 250 a day for delay up to Rs 5,000 and two 30-day appeals; fire services are not named. The Morung Expressnews report
25 August 2026
Puducherry: the Business Reforms Bill, 2026 proposes auto-generated acknowledgement certificates and an auto-appeal, while keeping fire safety safeguards. News On AIRnews report
18 August 2026
Telangana: the fire department says a system-cleared Provisional NOC could issue within 48 hours, and targets 15 days for Final and 7 days for Renewal NOCs; its Citizen Charter still says 14 days for renewal. Deccan Chroniclenews report
24 July 2026
Patna: a fire officer is quoted saying a NOC can come in 7 to 10 days once deficiencies are fixed; the Rules' Schedule D says 15. Patna Pressnews report

Where to watch fire NOC processing time live

These 7 official pages publish counts or days without a login, read on 24 October 2026.

Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh Fire NOC MIS
Average, median, fastest and slowest days for any urban body from 1 April 2020 Urban Administration and Development Department, Madhya Pradesh
enagarpalika.mp.gov.in/public/firenocmis
Uttar Pradesh
UP Fire and Emergency Services dashboard
Applications, approvals and average and median days at the provisional, final and renewal stages UP Fire dashboard
upfireservice.gov.in/upfire/dashboard_brap
Jammu and Kashmir
J&K Single Window turnaround times
Each fire file against its 20-day benchmark, on track or delayed J&K Single Window Clearance System
singlewindow.jk.gov.in/turn_around_time
DNH and DD
DNH and DD fire department dashboard
Received, approved and rejected files with average and median days, by year and district from 2019 DNH and DD F&ES dashboard
fes.ddd.gov.in/OnlineService/Page/66
Kerala
Kerala renewal portal dashboard
Total, approved, pending and rejected renewals, with percentages KFRS renewal portal
nocrnwl.fire.kerala.gov.in/appln_dashboard
Arunachal Pradesh
EoDB Arunachal citizen dashboard
Fire applications received, approved, rejected, under process and approved within time EoDB Arunachal dashboard
eodb.arunachal.gov.in/citizen-dashboard
Manipur
EoDB Manipur Home Department
Live counts of approved, rejected and pending Fire Safety Certificate files EoDB Manipur
eodbmanipur.mn.gov.in/department/home

Questions about how long a fire NOC takes

How much time does it take to get a fire NOC?: It depends on the state and the stage. Most states allow 15 to 30 days per stage for a complete file: 15 in Uttar Pradesh, 21 in Gujarat, 30 in Madhya Pradesh. A building usually needs two stages, plan and final, so plan on one to two months of fire-service time plus construction. Measured waits run from a 5-day median in Uttar Pradesh to a 41-day median in Bhopal.
How many days does a provisional fire NOC take?: From 3 working days by Andhra Pradesh's circular, 7 days in Telangana for a building up to 15 m, and 7 working days after payment in Maharashtra's Director areas, up to 30 days in Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya and 60 working days for a Karnataka high-rise.
Are fire NOC time limits in working days or calendar days?: It varies. Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and the DNH and DD single window count working days; Puducherry counts calendar days; most other limits just say days. West Bengal's Right to Service law leaves public holidays out of the time limit.
What can I do if my fire NOC is delayed beyond the time limit?: First check the portal for a query or defect, because the clock stops on a defective file. If the file is complete and the limit is notified under a Right to Service law, appeal to the appellate officer the notification names, such as the DIG, Home Guards and Fire Services in Jharkhand.
Is a fire NOC deemed approved if the department does not reply?: Only in a few places: a Category A plan NOC in Puducherry after 21 calendar days, a building-plan fire NOC in Manipur after 15 days, and the DNH and DD single window. Goa says deemed approval does not apply, and Tamil Nadu's deemed licence awaits its 2025 Act.
Why does my fire NOC show pending for so long?: Usually because it is waiting on you. On 24 October 2026 Uttar Pradesh had 32,916 files waiting on applicants against 972 on the department. Look for a query, an inspection date to accept, a payment request or a defect, and answer it in one go.
How long does a fire NOC renewal take?: 15 days in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, 14 days in Telangana's Citizen Charter, 20 in Jammu and Kashmir, 21 in Gujarat, 28 in Tripura and 30 in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal and Uttarakhand. File early: the renewal page sets out each state's lead time.
Does any official body publish real fire NOC processing times?: Yes: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and DNH and DD publish average days, Punjab did on its dashboard in 2025, and Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur publish live counts of pending files.

Keep reading

Fire NOC in India: the complete guideWho needs a fire NOC, the law and portal in every state.
Apply for a fire NOC onlineHow each state portal works, from sign-up to download.
Fire NOC renewalWhen to file, and how long a renewal takes in each state.
Documents required for a fire NOCA complete file is what starts the clock.
Fire NOC penaltiesWhat running a building without the certificate costs.
Buildings that need a fire NOCThe height and use triggers that decide your clock.
Fire NOC checkerCheck in a minute whether your building needs one.
Fire NOC renewal date calculatorCount back your state's lead time from the expiry date.

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Fire NOC processing time at a glance

Fire NOC processing time in all 36 states and UTs, stage by stage

How long a fire NOC takes for a whole project, drawings to certificate

Check the height and use against your state's trigger

Prepare fire drawings before the plan is filed

File the plan-stage NOC and pay at once

Expect 7 to 60 days for the plan stage

Build to the approved fire drawings

Apply for the final certificate on completion

Then the occupancy certificate and utilities

Diary the renewal lead time