Section 8(11) in The Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Service (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1988
(11)The inquiring authority shall if an employee fails to appear within the specified time or refuses or omits to plead, require the Presenting Officer to produce the evidence by which he proposes to prove the articles of charge, and shall adjourn the case to a later date not exceeding thirty days after recording an order that an employee may, for the purpose of preparing his defence, -(i)inspect within five days of the order or within such further time not exceeding five days as the inquiring authority may allow, the documents, specified in the list referred to in sub-rule (3); and(ii)submit a list of witnesses to be examined on his behalf;Note :- If an employee applies orally or in writing for the supply of copies of the statements of witnesses mentioned in the list referred to in sub-rule (3), the inquiring authority shall furnish him with such copies as early as possible and in any case not later than three days before the commencement of the examination of the witness, on behalf of the punishing authority.(iii)give a notice within ten days of the order or within such further time not exceeding ten days as the inquiring authority may allow for the discovery or production of any documents which are in the possession of the Board or the Committees, as the case may be but not mentioned in the list referred to in sub-rule (3).Note :- An employee shall indicate the relevance of the documents required by him to be discovered or produced by the Board or the Committee, as the case may be.
