Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(i) An appeal shall lie from every order made by the Deputy Commissioner under sub-section (i) of Section 6 or under Section 7 in respect of any Public Land to an Appellate Officer who shall be the Commissioner of’ the State of Nagaland or in any case or class of case specified by the Commissioner in this behalf the Additional Commissioner of State of Nagaland. “(i) (a) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) the Commissioner Of the State of NAGALAND may, for reasons to he recorded by him in writing, transfer any appeal pending before him to the Additional Commissioner of the State of Nagaland who shall dispose of the appeal as an Appellate Officer under this section.” (ii) Every appeal referred to in sub-section (1) shall he preferred within fifteen days from the date of service of the order on the person concerned. Provided that where the Appellate Officer is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the said period of fifteen days, he may allow the appeal to he preferred within a further period of thirty days. (iii) The Appellate Officer may stay the operation of any order, made by the Deputy- Commissioner under subsection (1) of section 6 or under section 7 for such period and on such conditions as he may deem fit (iv) Every appeal preferred under this section shall he disposed of as expeditiously as possible in accordance with such procedure as may he prescribed. (v) The appellate Officer may, after hearing the appeal, confirm, modify or reverse the order appealed from. (vi) The cost of every appeal preferred under this section shall be in the discretion of the Appellate Officer Finally of orders