Chapter IX APPEALS AND REVISIONS

Provisions for appealing decisions. (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by a Prohibition Officer other than the Commissioner, or the Deputy Commissioner under this Act, may within sixty days from the date of communication of such order appeal to the Deputy Commissioner. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Deputy Commissioner under this Act, other than an order under sub-section (1), may within ninety days from the date of the communication of the order, appeal to the Commissioner. (3) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Commissioner under this Act, other than an order under sub-section (2), may within ninety days from the date of communication of the order appeal to the State Government. (4) Subject to the foregoing provisions, appeals under this section shall be subject to the rules which the State Government may make in this behalf.

Power of higher authorities to revise orders. The State Government may call for and examine records of any proceedings before any Prohibition Officer including those relating to the grant or refusal of a licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted or applied for under this Act, for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the correctness, legality or propriety of any order passed in, and as to the regularity of such proceedings and may either annul, reverse, modify or confirm such order or pass such other order as it may deem fit: Provided that no order shall be annulled, reversed, or modified, except after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the person aggrieved thereby.