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(1) On receipt of claims application, the Claims Enquiry Officer shall immediately obtain a copy of the FIR, inquest report, post mortem report or certificate of injury, as the case may be, from the concerned authorities and hold enquiry in respect of claims arising out of hit and run motor accidents. (2) It shall be the duty of the Claims Enquiry Officer-- (a) to decide as to who are the rightful claimants, where there are more than one claimants; (b) to submit, as early as possible, and in any case within a period of one month from the date of receipt of application a report in Form III along with duly discharged receipt in Form II and the undertaking in Form V along with his own recommendation. (3) Where the Claims Settlement Commissioner has returned any report to the Claims Enquiry Officer for further enquiry under sub-clause (2) of clause 22, the Claims Enquiry Officer shall make such additional enquiries as may be necessary and resubmit the report to the Claims Settlement Commissioner within 15 days for final order.