Appeal

(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made by the officer authorized by the Chief Engineer-Cum-Secretary, Buildings, PHE & Housing Department may prefer an appeal to the Chief Engineer-Cum-Secretary, Buildings, PHE & Housing Department and where such order is made by the Chief Engineer-Cum-Secretary, Buildings, PHE & Housing Department to the Government within thirty days from the date of the communication to him of such order: Provided that the authority before whom an appeal is filed may entertain the appeal after the expiry of thirty days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal within the prescribed period of thirty days. (2) The appellate authority may, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, confirm, set aside or modify the order under appeal.