Chapter VI RENT AUTHORITIES, THEIR POWERS AND APPEALS

The District Collector or the District Magistrate shall, with the previous approval of the Administrator, appoint an officer, not below the rank of Deputy Collector, to be the Rent Authority within his jurisdiction.

The Rent Authority shall have all the powers as are vested in the Rent Court under this Regulation and the procedure as laid down in sections 35 and 36 shall also be applicable to it.

Any person aggrieved by the order of the Rent Authority may prefer an appeal to the Rent Court having territorial jurisdiction within a period of thirty days from the date of the order of the Rent Authority: Provided that the Rent Court may entertain the appeal after expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by a sufficient cause from preferring the appeal in time.