(1) For the purposes of the Act and these rules the appellate authority to whom an appeal shall lie from an order of the ’[licensing or other authority] specified in column (1) of the Table below shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof :
TABLE ’[Authority] Appellate authority
(1) (2) District Magistrate.(a) Tehsildar; or 1st or 2nd Class Magistrate or 4fSub-divisional Magistrate].
’[(b) Additional District Magistrate, Dis trict Magistrate.
(c) Commissioner of Police
(d) “[Commissioner of the Division in a Union Territory.
(e) Head of Indian Mission, or Political Officer.
(f) Other specially empowered officer.
’[(i)Commissioner of Division or in Union territory, the Administrator thereof, or
(ii) In the States of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8[Tamil Nadu], Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, the Board of Revenue, or
(iii) In the States of Jammu and Kashmir 7[***] West Bengal, Gujarat and in any other State not being a State mentioned in entry (ii) above, in which there is no post of Commissioner of a Division, the State Government.]
State Government.
The Administator] <• Central Government Authority that empowered.
1. Ins. by G.S.R. 1567, dated 20th August, 1968.
2. Added by G.S.R. 1011 (A), dated 7th August, 1972.
3. Subs, by S.O. 1470, dated 23rd May, 1963.
4. Subs, by G.S.R. 1567, dated 20th August, 1968.
5. Subs, by G.S.R. 755, dated 11th May, 1964.
6. Subs, by G.S.R. 733, dated 1st July, 1974.
7. Omitted by G.S.R. 681 (E), dated Uth November, 1991.
8. Subs, by G.S.R. 1377, dated 9th August, 1963.
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(2) For the purpose of sub-section (6) of section 17 of the Act the licensing authority shall be deemed to be subordinate to the appellate authority.