law: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006
  33. Appeals to
  
  Appellate Tribunal.-
  1.  Any
  
  person aggrieved by an order or decision made by the Board under this Act may
  
  prefer an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal: Provided that any person preferring
  
  an appeal against an order or decision of the Board 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 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.
  2.  Every
  
  appeal under sub-section (1) shall be filed within a period of thirty days from
  
  the date on which a copy of the direction or order of decision made by the
  
  Board 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 thirty days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient
  
  cause for not filing it within that period.
  3.  On
  
  receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the Appellate Tribunal may, after
  
  giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as
  
  it thinks fit.
  4.  The
  
  Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order made by it to the parties
  
  to the appeal and to the Board.
  5.  The
  
  appeal filed under sub-section (1) shall be dealt with by the Appellate
  
  Tribunal as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made by it to
  
  dispose of the appeal finally within ninety days from the date of receipt of
  
  appeal: Provided that where any such 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 appeal within the said period.
  6.  
  
    The
  
  Appellate Tribunal may, for the purpose of examining the legality or propriety
  
  or correctness of any order or decision of the Board referred to in the appeal
  
  filed under sub-section (1), either on its own motion or otherwise, call for
  
  the records relevant to disposing of such appeal and make such orders as it
  
  thinks fit.