Procedure of hearing appeal

(1) While hearing appeal, the Appellate Authority shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and shall grant opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned. (2) The Appellate Authority shall have the power to call for and summon the records of the case decided by the Regulatory Authority and shall be competent to reverse, modify or set aside the order passed by the Regulatory Authority. The Appellate Authority shall also be empowered after setting aside the order of the Regulatory Authority, to remand the case back to it with direction to pass a fresh order. (3) The Appellate Authority shall not be bound by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) or the Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) and may prescribe its own procedure of hearing the appeal.