Power of State Government to depute officers to make inspection or examination and report

(1) The State Government may depute an officer not below the rank of Secretary to the State Government to make an inspection, enquiry or examination of any department, office, officer, service, work, or thing under the control of, any Corporation authority and to report to it the result of such inspection, enquiry or examination.

1. (2) Any officer so deputed may, for the purpose of making such inspection, enquiry or examination, inspect the condition of any part of the City, question any official of the Corporation and may require the Commissioner,—
   • (a) to produce any record, correspondence, plan or other document which is in his possession or under his control or which is recorded or filed in his office or in the office of any officer or servant of the Corporation, or
   • (b) to furnish any report, return, plan, estimate, statement, account, or statistics, file, confidential reports or service record of any official.
2. (3) Every requisition made under this section shall be complied with by the Commissioner without delay.
3. (4) Any such officer appointed by the State Government, upon inspection, enquiry or examination, as the case may be, submit his report to the State Government.