law: Electricity Act, 2003
  111. Appeal to
  
  Appellate Tribunal.-
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.