1. This order shall govern the disposal of Civil Revision Nos. 1978,2009, 2010 and 2063 of 1995 also.

2. In all these revisions, common question of law is involved whether the Claims Tribunal constituted under the Motor Vehicles Act has power to review its award under Order 47 Rule 1 C.P.C. in exercise of inherent powers.

3. The applicant filed an application for review of the order passing interim award. This application for review under Order 47 Rule 1 C.P.C. has been rejected by the Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal holding that provisions of Order 47 Rule 1 C.P.C. are not applicable to the claim petition.

4. Section 169 of the Motor Vehicles Act provides for the powers of the Claims Tribunal and procedure to be followed by it. Section 169 of the Act is reproduced below:

"169. Procedure and powers of Claims Tribunals-

(1) In holding any inquiry under sectiQn168, the Claims Tribunal may, subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, follow such summary procedure as it thinks fit.

(2) The Claims Tribunal shall have all the powers of the a Civil Court for the purpose of taking evidence on oath and of enforcing the attendance of witnesses and of compelling the discovery and production of documents and material objects and for such other purposes as may be prescribed; and the Claims Tribunal shall be deemed to be a Civil Court for all the purposes of section 195 and deemed to be a Civil Court for all the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).

(3) Subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, the Claims Tribunal may, for the purpose of adjudicating upon any claim for compensation, choose one or more persons possessing special knowledge of any matter relevant to the inquiry to assist it in holding the inquiry."

5. Shri R.P. Agrawal, learned counsel for the applicant has drawn my attention to the provisions of section 11 of the Industrial Disputes Act which relate to analogous provision pertaining to procedure to be followed by the arbitrator to decide the dispute under the Industrial Disputes Act. Section 11 of the Industrial Disputes Act reads thus:

"11. Procedure and powers of conciliation officers, Boards, Courts and Tribunals:-

(1) Subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, an arbitrator, a Board, Court Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal shall follow such procedure as the arbitrator or other authority concerned may think fit.

(2) A conciliation officer or a member of a Board or Court or the Presiding Officer of a Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal may for the purpose of inquiry into any existing or apprehended industrial dispute, after giving reasonable notice, enter the premises occupied by any establishment to which the dispute relates.

(3) Every Board, Court, Labour Court, Tribunal and National Tribunal shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908). When trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely

(a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;

(b) compelling the production of documents and material objects;

(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses;

(d) in respect of such other matters as may be prescribed;

and every inquiry or investigation by a Board, Court, Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal, shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).;

(4) A conciliation officer may enforce the attendance of any person for the purpose of examination of such person or call for and and inspect any document which he has ground for considering to be relevant to the industrial dispute or to be necessary for the purpose of verifying the implementation of any award or carrying out any other duty imposed on him under this Act, and for the aforesaid purposes, the conciliation officer shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil Court u