Right of appeal by the public servant

(1) Any public servant aggrieved by the order passed by the competent officer in accordance with sections 10 and ll shall be entitled to file an appeal to the appellate authority against such order within a period not exceeding thirty days of the receipt of the impugned order. The order of the appellate authority shall be final and binding. (2) For the purpose of this Act, the Government shall appoint an officer to be the appellate authority to hear and decide appeals against the order passed by the competent officer. The appellate authority shall be an officer not below the rank of the Deputy Secretary to Government or its equivalent rank.