law: The Energy Conservation Act, 2001
  27. Power to
  
  adjudicate.-
  1.  For
  
  the purpose of adjudging under section 26, the State Commission shall appoint
  
  any of its members to be an adjudicating officer for holding an inquiry in such
  
  manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government, after giving any person
  
  concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard for the purpose of imposing
  
  any penalty.
  2.  While
  
  holding an inquiry the adjudicating officer shall have power to summon and
  
  enforce the attendance of any person acquainted with the facts and
  
  circumstances of the case to give evidence or produce any document which in the
  
  opinion of the adjudicating officer, may be useful for or relevant to the
  
  subject-matter of the inquiry, and if, on such inquiry, he is satisfied that
  
  the person has failed to comply with the provisions of any of the clauses of
  
  the sections specified in section 26, he may impose such penalty as he thinks
  
  fit in accordance with the provisions of any of those clauses of that section:
  
  Provided that where a State Commission has not been established in a State, the
  
  Government of that State shall appoint any of its officer not below the rank
  
  equivalent to a Secretary dealing with legal affairs in that State to be an
  
  adjudicating officer for the purposes of this section and such officer shall
  
  cease to be an adjudicating officer immediately on the appointment of an
  
  adjudicating officer by the State Commission on its establishment in that
  
  State:
  Provided further that
  
  where an adjudicating officer appointed by a State Government ceased to be an
  
  adjudicating officer, he shall transfer to the adjudicating officer appointed
  
  by the State Commission all matters being adjudicated by him and thereafter the
  
  adjudicating officer appointed by the State Commission shall adjudicate the
  
  penalties on such matters.