Chapter II maharashtra state Commission For sCheduled tribes

The honorarium and allowances payable to the Chairperson and Members and the administrative expenses, including salaries and allowances and other terminal benefits payable to the officers and other employees referred to in section 5, shall be paid out of the grants referred to in section 12.

No act or proceedings of the Commission shall be invalid merely on the ground of existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Commission or any defect in the nomination of a person acting as the Chairperson or as a Member, or any irregularity in the procedure of the Commission, including issuing of notice for holding of a meeting, not affecting merits of the case.

(1) The Commission shall meet as and when necessary, at such time and place as the Chairperson decides: Provided that, the Commission shall meet at least once in three months. (2) The Commission shall regulate its own procedure and may, for this purpose, frame regulations consistent with the provisions of this Act and rules made thereunder. (3) All orders and decisions of the Commission shall be authenticated by the Member-Secretary or any other officer of the Commission duly authorized by the Member-Secretary in this behalf.

(1) The Commission shall, while inquiring into complaints under this Act, have all the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely :— (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of the State 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 and documents ; and (f) any other matter which may be prescribed. (2) If required, the Commission shall send a copy of its inquiry report alongwith its recommendations to the Government or concerned authority, as the case may be and the Government or concerned authority shall, forward its compliance on the report, including the action taken or proposed to be taken thereon, within the time limit fixed by the Commission.