Provisions relating to disciplinary proceedings

(1) The State Government may, by notification, invest any authority or officer authorised by any law or the rules made or deemed to have been made under this Act to make an inquiry into the conduct of any member of public service with the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :-

(a) summoning and enforcing the 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 court or office;

(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;

(f) any other matter which may be specified in such notification :