Contact Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
15. Appeal
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made under section 7,
section 8, section 12 or section 14 may, within thirty days from the date on
which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to an appellate
officer who shall be a person nominated in this behalf by the appropriate
government:
PROVIDED that the appellate officer may entertain the
appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if he is satisfied
that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in
time.
(2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate
officer shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard dispose
of the appeal as expeditiously as possible.