law: Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 
  
  51.Appeal.-
  Any person aggrieved by the imposition of any
  
  penalty under section 50 may prefer an appeal----
  (a) where the penalty has been imposed by the
  
  Director-General, to the Central Government;
  (b) where the penalty has been imposed by the
  
  Chief Inspector, to the State Government, within a period of three months from
  
  the date of communication to such person of the imposition of such penalty:
  
  Provided that the Central Government or the State Government, as the
  
  case may be, may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by
  
  sufficient cause from preferring an appeal within the aforesaid period of three
  
  months, allow such appeal to be preferred within a further period of three
  
  months.
  (2) The appellant authority may, after giving the appellant an opportunity of
  
  being heard, if he so desires, and after making such further inquiry, if any,
  
  it may consider necessary, pass such order as it thinks fit confirming,
  
  modifying or reversing the order appealed against or may send back the case
  
  with such directions as it may think fit for a fresh decision.