(1) Any employee' whose services have either been terminated or dispensed with may prefer an appeal to such authority and with i n such time as may be prescribed questioning the validity of such order either on the ground that there was no reasonable cause for dispensing with his services or on the ground that he had not been guilty of misconduct alleged to have been committed by him and as held by the employer or on the ground that the punishment awarded was so severe that it was not in proportion to the misconduct alleged to have been committed.
(2) The appellate authority prescribed under sub-section (1), may, after giving notice in the prescribed manner to the appellant and his respondent, direct the reinstatement of the appellant with or without back wages for the period of non-employment or direct payment of compensation to the appellant by the respondent instead of reinstatement or order reemployment with or without wages for the period of non-employment or grant such other relief as it deems fit in the circumstances of the case in order to meet the ends of justice or dismiss the appeal.
(3) The decision of the appellate authority shall be final and binding on both the parties and cannot be questioned in a Court of Law and shall be given effect to within such time as may be specified in its order.