Section 178 : Power to give directive

If the office receives information through any source that any company, its director or officer or other employee has not done any such act as required to be done pursuant to this Act or the memorandum of association or articles of association or the consensus agreement, in the case of a private company, or has committed or is going to commit any act in contravention of this Act or the articles of association of the company, the Office may ,by making or causing to be made an inquiry into the matter, give necessary directive to the concerned company , its director, officer or employee to do, or cause to be done, any act required to be done accordingly or to refrain from doing any prohibited act; and it shall be the duty of the concerned person to comply with such directive .