Power of appellate authority

(1) The appellate authority may either admit the appeal or after calling for the records and giving the appellant an opportunity to be hard summarily reject it: Provided that the appellate authority shall not be bound to call for the records where the appeal is time-barred or does not lie. (2) if the appeal is admitted, a date shall be fixed for hearing and notice shall be served on the respondent. (3) After hearing the parties, if they appear, the appellate authority may confirm, vary of reverse the order appealed against; or may direct such further investigation to be made, or such additional evidence to be taken, as it may think necessary; or may itself take such additional evidence or may remand the case for disposal with such direction as it thinks fit.