(1) The commission shall perform all or any of the following functions, namely---
(a) the commission shall examine requests for inclusion of any class of citizens as an other backward class on the Schedule and hear complaints of wrong inclusion or non-inclusion of any other backward class in the Schedule and tender such advice to the state Government as it deems appropriate;
(b) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Other Backward Classes under any law for the time being in force or under any order of the State Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards;
(c) to enquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Other Backward Classes.
(d) to participate and advice on the planning process of socio-economic development of the Other Backward Classes and to evaluate the progress of their development.
(e) to present to the State Government annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards.
(f) to make in such reports recommendation as to the measures that should be taken by the State Government for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare, and socio-economic development of the Other Backward Classes; and
(g) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection welfare, development and advancement of the Other Backward Classes as may be referred to it by the State Government.
(2) The State Government shall cause the reports of the Commission to be laid before the State Legislature along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations and the reasons for the non acceptance, if any, of the such recommendations.
1. Sub. by section 4 of Uttaranchal Act No. 02 of 2006.
2. Sub. by section 4 of Uttarakhand Act No. 05 of 2016.
Powers of the Commission
10. The Commission shall, while performing its functions under sub-section (1) of section 9, have all the powers of a Civil court trying a suit and in particular in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any office;
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and documents; and
(f) any other matter which may be may be prescribed.
Periodic revision of the Schedule by the State Government