Electricity Act, 2003
111. Appeal to
Appellate Tribunal.-
1.
Any
person aggrieved by an order made by an adjudicating officer under this Act
(except under section 127) or an order made by the Appropriate Commission under
this Act may prefer an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity:
Provided
that
any person appealing against the order of the adjudicating officer levying any
penalty shall, while filing the appeal, deposit the amount of such penalty:
Provided
further that
where in any particular case, the Appellate Tribunal is of the opinion that the
deposit of such penalty would cause undue hardship to such person, it may
dispense with such deposit subject to such conditions as it may deem fit to
impose so as to safeguard the realisation of penalty.
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Every
appeal under sub-section (1) shall be filed within a period of forty-five days
from the date on which a copy of the order made by the adjudicating officer or
the Appropriate Commission is received by the aggrieved person and it shall be
in such form, verified in such manner and be accompanied by such fee as may be
prescribed:
Provided
that
the Appellate Tribunal may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said
period of forty-five days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause
for not filing it within that period.
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On
receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the Appellate Tribunal may, after
giving the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such
orders thereon as it thinks fit, confirming, modifying or setting aside the
order appealed against.
4.
The
Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order made by it to the parties
to the appeal and to the concerned adjudicating officer or the Appropriate
Commission, as the case may be.
5.
The
appeal filed before the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (1) shall be dealt
with by it as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made by it to
dispose of the appeal finally within one hundred and eighty days from the date
of receipt of the appeal:
Provided
that
where any appeal could not be disposed of within the said period of one hundred
and eighty days, the Appellate Tribunal shall record its reasons in writing for
not disposing of the appeal within the said period.
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The
Appellate Tribunal may, for the purpose of examining the legality, propriety or
correctness of any order made by the adjudicating officer or the Appropriate
Commission under this Act, as the case may be, in relation to any proceeding,
on its own motion or otherwise, call for the records of such proceedings and
make such order in the case as it thinks fit.