Power to call for record of proceedings

(1) The State Government may at any time call for the record of any case under this Act pending before, or disposed of by, any officer and may pass such order in relation thereto as in its opinion the circumstances of the case require and as is not inconsistent with any of the provisions contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Commissioner may at any time call for the record of any case under this Act pending before, or disposed of by, any officer, and may pass such order in relation thereto as in his opinion the circumstances of the case require and as is not inconsistent with any of the provisions contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder.

(3) The State Government or the Commissioner shall not under this section pass an order reversing or modifying any proceeding or order of any officer without giving the affected person an opportunity of being heard.