law: Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008
  18. Application for
  
  settlement of disputes and appeals to Appellate Tribunal. -
  1. 
  
   The
  
  Central Government or a State Government or a local authority or any person may
  
  make an application to the Appellate Tribunal for adjudication of any dispute
  
  as referred to in clause (a) of section 17.
  2. 
  
   The
  
  Central Government or a State Government or a local authority or any person
  
  aggrieved by any direction, decision or order made by the Authority may prefer
  
  an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal.
  3. 
  
   Every
  
  appeal under sub-section (2) shall be preferred within a period of thirty days
  
  from the date on which a copy of the direction or order or decision made by the
  
  Authority is received by the Central Government or the State Government or the
  
  local authority or 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 any appeal after the expiry of the
  
  said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause
  
  for not filing it within that period. 
  4. 
  
  
  
   On
  
  receipt of an application under sub-section (1) or an appeal under sub-section
  
  (2), the Appellate Tribunal may, after giving the parties to the dispute or the
  
  appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks
  
  fit.
  5. 
  
   The
  
  Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order made by it to the parties
  
  to the dispute or the appeal and to the Authority, as the case may be.
  6. 
  
   The
  
  application made under sub-section (1) or the appeal preferred under
  
  sub-section (2) shall be dealt with by it as expeditiously as possible and
  
  endeavour shall be made by it to dispose of the application or appeal finally
  
  within ninety days from the date of receipt of application or appeal, as the
  
  case may be: Provided that where any such application or appeal could not be
  
  disposed of within the said period of ninety days, the Appellate Tribunal shall
  
  record its reasons in writing for not disposing of the application or appeal
  
  within that period.
  7. 
  
   The
  
  Appellate Tribunal may, for the purpose of examining the legality or propriety
  
  or correctness, of any dispute made in any application under sub-section (1),
  
  or of any direction or order or decision of the Authority referred to in the
  
  appeal preferred under sub-section (2), on its own motion or otherwise, call
  
  for the records relevant to disposing of such application or appeal and make
  
  such orders as it thinks fit.