(1) Every appeal under clause (a) of section 24 of the Act shall be—
(a) in the form of a memorandum signed by the appellant;
(b) accompanied by a copy of the order appealed from; and
(c) presented to the district magistrate, or additional district magistrate or executive magistrate or district collector or an officer of equivalent rank as may be notified in the Official Gazette by the Election Commission, within the period of fifteen days of the order appealed from or sent by registered post so as to reach him within that period:
Provided that such magistrate, collector or officer may condone the delay in presentation of the appeal to him, if he is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not presenting it within the specified time.
(2) Every appeal under clause (b) of section 24 of the Act shall be—
(a) in the form of a memorandum signed by the appellant;
(b) accompanied by a copy of the order appealed from; and
(c) presented to the chief elecltoral officer within a period of thirty days from the date of the order appealed from or sent by registered post so as to reach him within that period:
Provided that the chief electoral officer may condone the delay in presentation of the appeal to him, if he is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not presenting it within the specified time.
(3) For the purposes of sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), an appeal shall be deemed to have been presented when the memorandum of appeal is delivered by, or on behalf of, the appellant to the concerned magistrate, collector, officer or, as the case may be, the concerned chief electoral officer, or to any other officer appointed by him in this behalf.]