(1) The 3[1[Commissioner]1]3 may call for and examine the records and proceedings before the Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner 2[the Committee of management or the executive officer]2 for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the correctness of the finding or order recorded or passed by the Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner 2[the Committee of management or the executive officer]2 and may either annul, reverse, modify or confirm the said finding or order or may direct the Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner 2[the Committee of management or the executive officer]2 to make further enquiry or take such additional evidence as he may think necessary or he may himself take the additional evidence :
Provided that the 3[1[Commissioner]1]3 shall not record or pass any order without giving the party affected thereby an opportunity of being heard.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall entitle the 3[1[commissioner]1]3 to call for and examine the record of any case during the period in which an appeal can lie or after an order has been passed by him on such appeal.
1. Substituted by Act 17 of 2007 w.e.f. 5.1.2007.
2. Inserted by Act 27 of 2011 w.e.f. 04.05.2011.
3. Substituted by Act 12 of 2012 w.e.f. 5.3.2012.