CHAPTER XI
                                                         APPEALS AND REVISIONS
                                                   
                           
118 Procedure regarding appeals and application for revision
1 An appeal under sub section (2) of section 98 or an application for revision under section 99 shall be either
presented in person or sent by registered post to the appellate or revising authority.
2 The appeal or the application for revision shall be in form of a memorandum and shall be accompanied by the
original or certified copy of the order appealed from of sought to be revised.
3 Every appeal or application for revision shall.
a specify the name and address of the appellant or applicant and also the name and address of the respondents,
as the case may be.
b state by whom the order appealed from or sought to be revised was made;
c set forth concisely and under distinct heads, the ground of objection to the order appealed from or sought to be
revised together with a memorandum of evidence;
d state precisely the relief which the appellant or the applicant claims; and
e give the date of the order appealed from or sought to be revised.
4 Where an appeal under sub section (2) of section 98 is preferred after the said expiry of sixty days specified in
the sub section (2) of the said section. It shall be accompanied by a petition supported by an affidavit setting forth
the facts on which the appellant relies to satisfy the appellate authority that he had sufficient cause for not
preferring the appeal within the said period of sixty days.
5 On the receipt of the appeal or the application for the revision, the appellate or revising authority shall as soon
as possible examine it and ensure that                        
a  the person presenting the appeal or the application has the locus stand to do so
b  it is made within the prescribed time limit ; and
c it confirms to all the provision of the Act and these Rules.
6 The appellate or revising authority may call upon the appellant or the applicant for revision to remedy the
defects, if any, or furnish such additional information as may be necessary, within a period of fifteen days of the
notice to do so If the appellant or the application for revision fails to remedy the defect or furnish the additional information called  for within the said period, the appeal or the revision petition may be dismissed.
7 The appellate or the revising authority may before passing orders on the application may call for and obtain
from the parties connected with the appeal or revision such further information as is necessary with reference to
the examination of the records of enquiry of proceeding.
8 In the proceeding before the appellate or revising authority, legal practitioners shall be entitled to appear to
represent the parties.
9 The appellate or revising authority shall on the basis of the enquiry conducted and with reference to the records
examined pass such order on the appeal or on the application for revising as may seem just and reasonable
10 Every order of the appellate or revising authority shall be in writing and it shall be communicated to the
appellant, to such other parties as in the opinion of that authority are likely to be affected by the decision or order  and to the officer concerned against whose order the appeal or the application for revision was made.
   
 
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