law: Employee's Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
  19. Delegation of powers
  The appropriate government may direct that any
  
  power or authority or jurisdiction exercisable by it under this Act, the Scheme
  
  183[, the 127[Pension] Scheme or the Insurance Scheme]
  
  shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions, if any, as
  
  may be specified in the direction, be exercisable also:
  (a) where the appropriate government is the
  
  Central Government, by such officer or authority subordinate to the Central
  
  Government or by the State Government or by such officer or authority
  
  sub-ordinate to the State Government, as may be specified in the notification;
  
  and
  (b) where the appropriate government is a
  
  State Government, by such officer or authority subordinate to the State
  
  Government as may be specified in the notification.]