State Act

THE TAMIL NADU HINDU RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1959

22. Other powers of Commissioner.—(1) The Commissioner shall have power at any stage— (a) to transfer any proceeding pending before 1[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 2[Joint or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner] for disposal. (2) If the Commissioner is satisfied that 1[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[(3) * * * * *] Omitted. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where the office of 1[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 2[Joint or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner] ; or (b) authorize another 1[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 his representations.