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Definition :

Designated authority, shall mean such officer of the Central Government not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government, or such officer of the State Government not below the rank of Secretary to the Government, as the case may be, as may be specified by the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government, by a notification published in the Official Gazette. [Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2000 (15 of 2000), s. 2 (b)]

If a authority has been designated by a statute enjoining him to perform statutory duties indisputably it is he who has to do the same, A. Sudhakar v. Postmaster General Hydrabad, (2006) 4 SCC 348.