(1) The Secretary shall perform such functions as are assigned to him by these Regulations or otherwise by the Commission or the Chairman.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the above provision, the Secretary shall have the following powers and perform the following duties namely:
(a) He shall have the custody of the seal and records of the Commission;
(b) He shall receive or cause to receive all petitions, applications or references on behalf of the Commission;
(c) He shall prepare or cause to be prepared briefs and summaries of all pleadings before the Commission in the discharge of its function in this regard and that such summary shall Indicate the names of the parties and the relief sought in verbatim without going into the merits of the pleading;
(d) He shall assist in the proceedings conducted by the Commission;
(e) He shall issue certified copies of the order passed by the Commission.
(f) He shall ensure compliance of the orders passed by the Commission as stated in Regulation 54 of these regulations.
(g) He shall have the right to collect from the Government of other offices, companies and firms or any other party as may be directed by the Commission, such information as may be considered useful for the purpose of efficient discharge of the functions of the Commission under the Act and place the information before the Commission.
(3) The Secretary may, with the approval of the Commission, delegate to any other officer of the Commission any function required by these Regulations or otherwise, to be exercised by the Secretary.
(4) In the absence of the Secretary, such other officer of the Commission, as may be designated by the Chairman, may exercise all the functions of the Secretary.
(5) The Chairman may delegate to the officers such functions including functions that may be required by these Regulations to be performed by the Secretary on terms and conditions to be specified for the purpose.
(6) The Commission shall at all times have the authority, either on an application made to it by any interested or affected party or suo motu to entertain, review, revoke, revise, modify, amend, alter or otherwise change any order passed or action taken by the Secretary or the officers of the Commission, if the Commission considers the same to be appropriate.