Substitution of Section 51

"27. Substitution of Section 51.- For Section 51 of the Principal Act, the following shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from 1st day of November, 2000, namely:-

"51. Appeal.-

1. (1) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the committee taken under sub-clause (vii), (viii), (ix), (x),
   • (xi) and
   • (xiii) of clause
2. (1) of sub-section
3. (7) of Section 50 may within thirty days from the date of the publication of the final scheme, file the Appeal before the Appellate Authority constituted by the State Government consisting of a person, who has been a district judge or a first class Magistrate, who may call for and examine the decision taken by the Committee and after examining the record, pass such order as he may thinks fit and thereby communicate the said decision to the State Government for its sanction and the State Government may, if it deems fit accept the said modification, and the modification so accepted, will be part of the sanctioned final scheme as if enacted in the Act: Provided that no order shall be passed unless the person affected thereby and the Town and Country Development Authority have been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. Provided further that if no appeal has been presented under sub-section
4. (1) within the statutory period, then the decisions of the committee in respect of matter arising out under sub-clause (vii), (viii), (ix), (x),
   • (xi) and
   • (xiii) of clause
5. (1) of sub-section
6. (7) of Section 50 shall be final and binding on the parties.
7. (2) The State Government shall appoint such other persons, possessing such qualifications and experience, as may be prescribed, for assisting the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal under sub-section (1).
8. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained under sub-section (1), the pendency of Appeal, will not be a ground for not implementing the town development scheme.""