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7. What needs to be examined is whether denial of an opportunity to defend ones reputation before a commission of Inquiry appointed in exercise of the executive power of the State can be justified on any legally tenable ground. Page 2540 This would in turn depend upon whether the recommendations made by a commission under the Commission of Inquiry Act are in any way different from those made by a commission appointed under the general executive power of the State. The recommendations made by both the Commissions are however simply recommendatory upon which the Government may or may not take any action. The Commission, it is well settled, has no power to enforce its recommendations (see Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Justice Tendulkar ). The recommendations may nevertheless contain findings which adversely affect the reputation of an individual and thereby cause irreparable injury to him. In L.K. Advani's case (supra), their Lordships held that just because the Government had not initiated any action on the basis of the recommendations did not mean that the affected person cannot seek redress against the findings recorded by the Commission. The Court observed: