Power to adjudicate.

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....ay penalty or compensation, the Central Government shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), appoint any officer not below the rank of a Director to the Government of India or an equivalent officer of a State Government to be an adjudicating officer for holding an inquiry in the manner prescribed by the Central Government. (1A) The adjudicating officer appointed under sub-section (1)....

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....be prescribed by the Central Government. (4) Where more than one adjudicating officers are appointed, the Central Government shall specify by order the matters and places with respect to which such officers shall exercise their jurisdiction. (5) Every adjudicating officer shall have the powers of a civil court which are conferred on the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (2) of section 58,....