Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Council under section 48 or penalty imposed by the adjudicating officer under section 70 may file an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal in such form and manner and accompanied by such fee, as may be prescribed. (2) Any appeal to the Appellate Tribunal shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date on which a copy of the order referred to in sub-section (1) is received by the appellant: Provided that the Appellate Tribunal may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing it within the stipulated period. (3) On receipt of an appeal under this section, the Appellate Tribunal may, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit. (4) The Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order passed by it to the parties and to the Council or the adjudicating officer, as the case may be. (5) The Appellate Tribunal may, for the purposes of examining an appeal under this section, on its own motion or otherwise, call for the records relevant for the disposal of such appeal.