(1) Any person, whose application has been rejected under sub-section (4) of section 5, or who does not receive the public service within the specified time limit, or where the service received by him is deficient in any manner, may prefer to file an appeal to such officer as may be notified by the Government to be the first appellate authority, within thirty days from the date of such rejection or expiry of the time limit or receipt of deficient service, as the case may be :
Provided that the first appellate authority may admit an appeal after the expiry of the period of thirty days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
(2) The first appellate authority shall dispose of the appeal preferred under sub-section (1) within a period of forty-five days from the date of presentation of appeal.
(3) The first appellate authority may direct the designated officer to provide the public service within such time as it may specify or to remove the deficiency in the service provided to the appellant or pass such other order, including rejection of the appeal, as it may deem fit :
Provided that before passing any order under sub-section (3), the appellate authority shall provide an opportunity of being heard to the appellant as well as the designated officer.