Procedure for seeking permission to invoke the provisions of the Act by the inquiry Officer

The production of documents before a departmental inquiry shall ordinarily continue to be secured in the manner as hitherto provided. If wherein the case of a departmental inquiry the inquiring authority is satisfied that it is necessary to summon a person as a witness or to call for a document from him and that the attendance of such person as a witness or production of such document cannot otherwise be secured, it may, after recording the reason for doing so, make a reference to the State Government seeking authorisation under section 4 of the Act to exercise the powers specified in section 5 in relation to such person.