(1) In each District. there shall be a committee to be known as the Dispute Redressal Committee consisting of the following·-
(a) ;i Chairperson. wi10 has been a civil judge or a judicial magistrate;
(b) two Members , on� a retired officer. who had experience of serving in a Munici;:,al Corporation or a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat for at/east ten years and the second. a social worker. who had t�en doing social work for more than ten years, who are nominated as such by the Regional Deputy Director Urban Local Bodies concerned.
(2) In each Municipal Corporation there shall be such number of Dispute Redressal Committees as may be determined by the Director from time to time keeping in view the density of population and the largeness of the area of that Corporation and all these Dispute Redressal Committees shall consist of the persons mentioned in sub-rule (1), and their jurisdiction shall be such as is determined by the Director:
Provided that in the case of a Municipal Corporation, the persons mentioned in clause (b) shall be nominated by the Director.
(3) A Street Vendor, who has any grievance or dispute, may apply. in writing, by way of application in Form Ii on plain paper, to the respective Dispute Redressal Committee.
(4) On receipt of application 1.; .. der sub-rule (3), the Dispute Redressal Committee may provide an opportunity of hearing to the applicant and, if need be, also to the authority or· person against whom that grievance or dispute has been raised.
(5) If need be, the cause and subject matter of the dispute may be physically verified by the Dispute Redressal Committee, either by deputing one of its members or by deputing an official of the local authority and the member or official so deputed shall submit his report to the Dispute Redressal Committee on the same day on which he was deputed or in case of failure to do so then definitely on the next day.
(6) After considering the report submitted under sub-rule (5), the Dispute Redressal Committee shall redress the grievance or resolve the dispute to the best satisfaction of the appellant as per its ability and judgment immediately or not exceeding fifteen days from the receipt of the application under sub rule (3).
6. Application against Ole decl;jion of Dispute Redressal Committee.
(1) Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Dispute Redressal Committee may prefer an appeal to' the local authority concerned within a period of thirty days of the said r.'JCiaion, in writing by way of application in Form IIl on a plain paper.
(2) A self attested copy of the decision under appeal shall be annexed with the application of appeal by the appellant.
(3) No appeal shall be entertained by the local authority unless a fee of rupees fifty is deposited in cash by the appellant in the office of the local authority against a receipt and a copy thereof is also annexed with the application of appea I.
(4) Any appeal f iled after the expiry of the stipulated period specified in sub rule ( 1) shall not be entertained:
Provided that the local authority may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time, entertain an appeal after the expiry of the period stipulated for preferring appeal under this rule. ' '
(5) The appeal filed before a loca; &uthorfty under sub-rule (1) or entertained by a local authority under sub-rq!e (4) shall be disposed of by it within a period of thirty days from the dale 'of r4ceipt of such appeal:
Provided that before dispo�ing of the appeal, an opportunity of hearing shall be provided to the appellant.
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