Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the State Level Dwelling Place Protection Committee may, within thirty working days from the date of receipt of such decision in writing, file an appeal before the Chief Secretary to the Government or an Additional Chief Secretary to the Government nominated by him in this behalf, in such form and manner as prescribed: Provided that if the appellate authority is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not filing the appeal in time, the said authority may entertain the appeal after the expiry of thirty days. (2) The Appellate Authority under sub-section (1), shall after affording the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard, take decision thereon within thirty working days from the date of receipt of the appeal. (3) A decision taken by the appellate authority under sub-section (2) shall be final.