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Appeal.—(1) Any person, who does not receive the required service within the stipulated time or whose application is rejected under sub-section (1) of section 5, may file an appeal to the first appellate authority, within thirty days from the date of rejection of the application or on the expiry of the stipulated time limit, in such manner and on payment of such fee, as may be prescribed: Provided that the first appellate authority may admit the appeal after the expiry of the period of thirty days if the authority is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not filing the appeal in time. (2) The first appellate authority may direct the designated officer to provide the service within a specified period or may reject the appeal. (3) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be disposed of within a period equivalent to that of the stipulated time limit. (4) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the first appellate authority may prefer an appeal to the second appellate authority within sixty days from the date of decision of the first appellate authority, in such manner and on payment of such fee, as may be prescribed: Provided that the second appellate authority may admit the appeal after the expiry of the period of sixty days if that authority is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not filing the appeal in time. (5) The second appellate authority may direct the designated officer to provide the service within a specified period or he may reject the appeal. (6) Where the second appellate authority finds that there is no sufficient reason for not giving the service within the stipulated time limit he may, along with the direction to provide the service, impose penalty as provided in section 8. (7) An appeal under sub-section (4) shall be disposed of within a period equivalent to that of the stipulated time limit. (8) Where the designated officer does not comply with the direction given by the first appellate authority under sub-section (2) of this section, the person aggrieved by such non- compliance may file an application directly to the second appellate authority and such an application shall be disposed of in the same manner in which a second appeal is to be disposed of under this Act. (9) Where the designated officer does not comply with the direction for providing the service under sub-section (5) of this section, then the person aggrieved by such non- compliance may file an application directly to the second appellate authority and such an application shall be disposed of in the same manner in which a second appeal is to be disposed of under this Act.