Appeal to appellate authority

(1) The Government or any person aggrieved by any order of the Land Tribunal under sub-section (2) of section 7, sub-section (3) of section 8A, section 15, section 29, sub-section (2) of section 32 (where the amount of arrears of rent claimed exceeds Rs. 500), section 37, section 53, sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 54, sub-section (3) of section 55, sub-section (5) of section 74, section 80H, section 81, sub-section (2) of section 85, section 88B, sub-section (4) of section 100, section 116 or section 116A may appeal against such order within such time as may be prescribed to the appellate authority having jurisdiction as determined under sub-section (3) of section 109A.

(2) The appellate authority may admit an appeal presented after the expiration of the period prescribed under sub-section (1) if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not presenting it within that period.

(3) In deciding appeals under sub-section (1), the appellate authority shall exercise all the powers which a court has and follow the same procedure which a court follows in deciding an appeal against the decree of an original court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908).

(4) Where there has been any modification in an appeal from any decision or order of the Land Tribunal, such decision or order shall be modified accordingly.