Section 3 — Summoning of witnesses and production of documents.

3. Summoning of witnesses and production of documents.- For the 

purposes of a departmental inquiry in Himachal Pradesh, the officer conducting 

such an enquiry shall be competent to exercise the same powers for the 

summoning of witnesses and for compelling the production of documents as are 

exercisable by a Commissioner appointed for an enquiry under the Public 

Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 (37 of 1850), and all persons disobeying any 

                                                 

1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-

ordinary), dated the 18
th

 October, 1973, p. 1573.  



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process issued by such officer in this behalf shall be liable to the same penalties as 

if the same had issued from a Court.