(1)Every summon or notice shall be issued inForm 3 or Form 4 or Form 5 or Form 6, as the case may be, signed by the Registrar or Administrative Officer. '
(2) Every summon and notice shall be served in the same manner as provided in Order V of Schedule I of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (5 of 1908), and the provisions of that Order shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the proceedings before the Adjudicating Authority:
Provided that there shall be no requirement of an application as provided under sub-rule (1) of rule 9A of the Order V of Schedule I of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (5 of 1908) for the purpose of service of summon or. I notice, as the case may be:
Provided further that there shall be no requirement of an order of the Adjudicating Authority as provided under rule 20 of the Order V of Schedule I of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (5 of 1908) for effecting substituted service,
(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-regulation (2), a summon or notice \ may be communicated through electronic mode as provided in section 13 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) and transmission of such communication shall be regarded as valid service.
I