"6. So far as the first reason is concerned, the Competent Authority seems to be under the impression that it has no jurisdiction. or power to , summon Respondent 1, for crossexamination. It is true that the Competent Authority in exercising its jurisdiction under See, 19 of the Slum Areas Act is not a Court in the strict sense of the term, and the provisions of the Code of Civil procedure are .not in terms attracted as held by V. S. Deshpande, J. in Mohinder Singh v. Competent Authority: AIR 1974 Delhi 219 . It is also true that inquiry by the Competent Authority under Section 19 of the Slum Areas Act is of a summary nature. But. as held by a Division Bench of this Court (I. D. Dua, C. J. and V. S. Deshpande. J.) in Ashok Kumar V. Competent Authority, Civil Writ Petition No. 896-D of 1966 decided on August 14, 1968 (Delhi) the Dower of the Competent Authority under Section 19(3) of the Slum Areas Act to hold such summary inquire as it thinks fit includes the power to summon witnesses and documents. V. S. Deshpande, J., who spoke for the Court, observed that without exercising such a power it could not be said that the Competent Authority would be enabled in every case to hold such a summary inquiry. The learned Judge further observed that the Dower to hold the summary inquire as it thinks fit clearly gives the Competent Authority the power to call for witnesses or for documents to complete the inquire before it to its own satisfaction. The said view of the Division Bench was based on
