(2)[Chief Administrator] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 1836 dated 27.12.2004 (O.A. 12 of 2004).] may with the prior approval of the Committee, make an application for taking up appropriate proceedings under the said Act to the authority competent thereunder and thereupon it shall be lawful for such authority to take action in accordance with the provisions contained in that Act.