Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985
3. General
(1) The Secretary shall be principal officer of the appellate
Authority who shall exercise his powers and perform his duties under the
control of the Chairman.
(2) The appellate authority, in discharge of its functions under
the Act, may take such assistance from the Secretary as it may deem fit and the
Secretary shall be bound to assist the appellate authority.
(3) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the
provisions of this rule, the Secretary shall exercise the following powers and
perform the following duties, namely:-
(a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary to
assist the appellate authority in making such enquiry as it deems fit in connection
with any appeal before the appellate authority.
(b) The Secretary shall have the right to
collect from the Central Government, the Reserve Bank, any scheduled bank or
any other bank, public financial institutions or State level institutions or other
offices, institutions, companies, firms, such information as may be considered
useful for the purpose of discharge of the functions of the appellate authority
under the Act and place the said information before the appellate Authority,
(c) The official seal of the appellate
authority shall not be affixed to any order, summons, other process or any
certified copy issued by the appellate authority or any other document save
under the authority in writing of the Secretary.
(d) The Secretary shall have the custody of
the records of the appellate authority.
(e) The official seal of the appellate
authority shall be in the custody and control of the Secretary.