(1) If the application for grant of Scheduled Tribe Certificate is rejected by the Competent Authority, the applicant may prefer an appeal against the order of rejection to the respective Appellate Authority within a period of thirty days from the date of the rejection order.
(2) The Appellate Authority shall examine the grounds on which the appeal is filed and also receive or call for further documents and call for fu(her records of the Competent Authority if considered necessary, and pass such orders within a period ofthree months as the Appellate Authority considers fit and proper in the matter.
(3) The Appellate Authority shall pass an order as deems fit after giving the applicant proper oppotunity of being heard.
(4) A copy of the order so passed by the Appellate Authority shall be communicated to the applicant and to the concerned Competent Authority with a direction to take action as per the order.