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Repealed words by section 6(b) and7 of the Uttrakhand Act no. 17 of 2015. Procedure to be regulated by the Commission 9 (1) The Commission shall meet as and when necessary at such time and place as the chairman may think fit. (2) The Commission shall regulate its own procedure. (3) If the office of the Chairman becomes vacant or if the Chairman is for any reason absent or unable to discharge the duties of his office, those duties shall, until he or the New Chairman assumes office, as the case may be, be discharged by the [Vice-Chairman]1 as directed by the State Government. (4) All orders and decisions of the commission shall be authenticated to the Secretary or any other officer of the Commission duly authorized by the Secretary in this behalf. [(5) If the offices of both Chairman and Vice-Chairman become vacant, the duties of the office of Chairman shall be discharged by such member, as the State Government may, by order, direct.]2 State Govern- ment to consult Commission 10 The State Government shall consult the Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Castes {***}3. CHAPTER-III FUNCATIONS AND POWER OF THE COMMISSION Duties and the functions of the Commission 11 (1) It shall be the duty of the Commission: (a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes {***}3 under the constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the State Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards. (b) to enquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes {***}3. (c) to participate and advice on the planning process of socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes {***}3and to evaluate the progress of their development. (d) to present to the State Government annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards. (e) to make in such reports recommendation as to the measures that should be taken by the State Government for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare, and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes {***}3. (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection welfare, development and advancement of the Scheduled Castes {***}3 as may be referred to it by the State Government. (2) The State Government shall cause the reports of the Commission to be laid before the State Legislature along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations and the reasons for the non acceptance, if any, of the such recommendations.