Section 34A(8)(a) in The Tobacco Board, Rules, 1976
(a)In registering or renewing the registration or refusing to register or renew the registration of a person as a curer of Virginia tobacco, regard shall be had to -(i)the equipment and other facilities which the applicant has and the experience of the applicant in curing Virginia tobacco;(ii)the production policy of the Board regulating production;(iii)the total quantity of tobacco expected to be cured in a particular region;(iv)the total number of persons seeking registration as curers; and(v)such other factors as the Committee may deem fit.