Other powers of Commissioner

Other powers of Commissioner “trustee” means any person or body by whatever designation known in whom or in which the administration of a religious institution is vested and includes any person or body who or which is liable as if such person or body were a trustee; (1) The Commissioner shall have power at any stage— (a) to transfer any proceeding pending before a Joint or a Deputy or an Assistant Commissioner to his own file and dispose of it himself, or (b) to transfer it to another Joint or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner for disposal. (2) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a Joint or a Deputy or an Assistant Commissioner has failed to exercise any power or discharge any duty which he ought to have exercised or discharged, the Commissioner may himself exercise such power or discharge such duty. (3) [Omitted] (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where the office of a Joint or a Deputy or an Assistant Commissioner is vacant, the Commissioner may, until the vacancy is filled— (a) himself exercise the powers conferred and discharge the duties imposed by this Act or the rules made thereunder on the Joint or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner ; or (b) authorize another Joint or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner to exercise the said powers and discharge the said duties. (5) Any party aggrieved by an order of the Commissioner under sub-section (1)(a), (2) or (4) (a), not being an order against which a suit or an appeal to a Court is provided in this Act, may appeal to the Government within three months from the date of receipt of the order by him : Provided that the Government shall not pass any order prejudicial to any party unless he has had a reasonable opportunity of making their representations.