https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106643 The Act and the Rules created a specialised tribunal and confined the Registrar to limited administrative and scrutiny functions. Rule 22 restricted the Registrar to custody of records and functions assigned by the Rules or by separate written order, while Rule 23 allowed only specified additional powers under the Presiding Officer's control. On that scheme, the Registrar could not be given adjudicatory power over interlocutory applications, including substitution of legal representatives, through a general office order. In the absence of express statutory authority, judicial power could not be delegated. The office order was therefore invalid, the consequential order could not stand, and the matter was remitted to the Tribunal for reconsideration in accordance with law. en-us Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:08:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106643 The Act and the Rules created a specialised tribunal and confined the Registrar to limited administrative and scrutiny functions. Rule 22 restricted the Registrar to custody of records and functions assigned by the Rules or by separate written order, while Rule 23 allowed only specified additional powers under the Presiding Officer's control. On that scheme, the Registrar could not be given adjudicatory power over interlocutory applications, including substitution of legal representatives, through a general office order. In the absence of express statutory authority, judicial power could not be delegated. The office order was therefore invalid, the consequential order could not stand, and the matter was remitted to the Tribunal for reconsideration in accordance with law. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106643