Section 71(1) in The M.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1956
(1)The Corporation may at any time require the Commissioner-(a)to produce any record, correspondence, plan or other document which is in his possession or under his control as Commissioner, or which is recorded or filed in his office or in the office of any municipal officer or servant subordinate to him;(b)to furnish any return, plan, estimate, statement, account or statistics concerning or connected with any matter appertaining to the administration of this Act or the municipal government of the city;(c)to furnish a report by himself, or to obtain from the head of the department subordinate to him and furnish, with his own remarks thereon a report upon any subject concerning or connected with administration of this Act or the municipal government of the city.
