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(10) On receipt of the minutes of the
meeting and the report under sub-section (9), the
prescribed authority shall, within next five
working days, take such action as he may deem
fit and the entire process commencing from
submission of motion to the prescribed authority
up to the action finally taken by him shall be
completed within thirty days.”
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14. It is also evident from the language of
Section 12(4) that the meeting referred to under
Section 12(2) shall not be held beyond 15 working
days from the date of receipt of motion by the
prescribed authority. By the time the order was
passed, the period prescribed under 12(4) as also
12(10) had expired. The language used in section
12(4) makes the time period of 15 working days
for holding the meeting mandatory, except under
certain circumstances.
