Section 44. (1) The appropriate Government or the competent authority or any person aggrieved

by any direction or order or decision of the Authority or the adjudicating officer may prefer
an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal.
(2) Every appeal made under sub-section (1) shall be preferred within a period of sixty
days from the date on which a copy of the direction or order or decision made by the
Authority or the adjudicating officer is received by the appropriate Government or the
competent authority or the aggrieved person and it shall be in such form and accompanied
by such fee, as may be prescribed:
Provided that the Appellate Tribunal may entertain any appeal after the expiry of sixty
days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filling it within that period.
(3) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section ( 1), the Appellate Tribunal may after
giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders, including interim orders,
as it thinks fit.
(4) The Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order made by it to the parties
and to the Authority or the adjudicating officer, as the case may be.
(5) The appeal preferred under sub-section (1), shall be dealt with by it as expeditiously
as possible and endeavour shall be made by it to dispose of the appeal within a period of
sixty days from the date of receipt of appeal:
Provided that where any such appeal could not be disposed of within the said period
of sixty days, the Appellate Tribunal shall record its reasons in writing for not disposing of
the appeal within that period.
(6) The Appellate Tribunal may, for the purpose of examining the legality or propriety
or correctness of any order or decision of the Authority or the adjudicating officer, on its own
motion or otherwise, call for the records relevant to deposing of such appeal and make such
orders as it thinks fit.