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"It is well recognised that a statutory functionary exercising such a power cannot be said to have delegated his functions merely by deputing a responsible and competent official to enquire and report. That is the ordinary mode of exercise of any administrative power. What cannot be delegated except where the law specifically so provides is the ultimate responsibility for the exercise of such power"

and relying on Board of Education v. Rice. 1911 A. C. 179 remarked that "a functionary who has to decide an administrative matter, of the nature involved in this case can obtain the material on which he is to act in such manner as may be feasible and convenient... ."