17. It shall be the duty of all Government Departments, Government Corporations, co-operative societies, cultivation committees, rural development societies, praja mandalayas and other non-religious private organizations which receive or have received funds from the Government, and of any private wholesale or retail trading establishment dealing in essential commodities: -
| (a) to assist and co-operate with the Committee in the discharge of its powers and functions; |
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| (b) to maintain a special register and record therein all the complaints received from the Committee and the action taken on each such complaint; |
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| (c) to take action without delay on representations and complaints made by the Committee and communicate its decisions to the Committee; |
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| (d) to state reasons in such communication if such decision does not give effect to the demand or request of the Committee or does not accept the truth of any statement made by the Committee; |
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| (e) to permit the Committee to take copies of any documents (other than those the contents of which are by any written law prohibited from being divulged to the public) and to have them certified by an appropriate officer of the Department or institution concerned, without payment of a fee; |
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| (f) to provide all facilities to the Committee for the inspection of any buildings, machinery, equipment and stores, including any books, documents or records owned or possessed by them; and |
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| (g) to furnish all information required and answer all oral questions asked by the Committee in the exercise of its powers. |
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