Chapter III Chapter III

Functions and Powers of the Commission

Functions of the Commission.--

1. (1) The Commission shall examine requests for inclusion of any class of citizens as a backward class in the lists and hear complaints of over-inclusion or under-inclusion of any backward class in such lists and tender such advice to the Government as it deems appropriate.
2. (2) The advice of the Commission shall ordinarily be binding upon the Government.

Powers of the Commission.--The Commission shall, while performing its functions under sub-section

1. (1) of section 9, have all the powers of a civil court trying a suit, in particular, in respect of the following matters, namely:--
   • (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and examining him on oath;
   • (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
   • (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;
   • (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and documents; and
   • (f) any other matter which may be prescribed.

Periodic revision of lists by the Government.--

1. (1) The Government may at any time, and shall, at the expiration of ten years from the coming into force of this Act and every succeeding period of ten years thereafter, undertake revision of the lists with a view to excluding from such lists those classes who have ceased to be backward classes or for including in lists new backward classes.
2. (2) The Government shall, while undertaking any revision referred to in sub-section (1), consult the Commission.