RAJA RAM Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) D. C. Srivastava, J. Rejoinder-affidavit filed be kept on record.

(2.) HEARD learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel.

(3.) SECTION 31 of the Act deals with the powers of Competent Authority. It provides that not all the provisions but certain provisions in the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings before the Competent Authority. The provision for appeal is contained in Sec tion 33 of the Act. The proviso to SECTION 33 provides for entertaining appeal which is filed beyond thirty days of the com munication of the order passed by the Competent Authority. Sub-section (2) of SECTION 33 of the Act provides that on receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate authority shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such order thereon as it deems fit as expeditiously as possible.