State Act

The Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act.

153. Inquiry by officers of 12[State Government].— 13[(1) The State Government may order an inquiry to be held by any Officer appointed by it in this behalf into any matters concerning the village administration of any panchayat or any matters with respect to which the sanction, approval, consent or order of the State Government is required by this Act.] (2) The officer holding such inquiry shall have the powers of a Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908) to take evidence and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents for the purposes of the inquiry. (3) The State Government may make orders so to the cost of inquires under sub-section (1) and as to the parties by whom and the funds out of which they shall be paid and any such order may, on the application of the State Government or of any person named therein, be executed as if it were a decree of a civil court.