The Gujarat Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2025
Rule 7. Appeals
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(1) The employer/occupier aggrieved by the order of Registering Officer, may appeal against such order before the appellate officer appointed by the State Government for such purpose within thirty days from the date of receipt by him of such order. R) The appeal shall be inthe form of a memorandum and shall set forthconcisely the grounds of objection to the order. A certified copy of the order appealed against shall accompany the appeal.
(3) Where the memorandum of appeal is in order, the appellate officer shall admit the appeal, acknowledge it and intimate admission of such appeal, and shall register the appeal to be kept for the purpose called the register of appeals.
(4) (i) When the appeal has been admitted, under sub-rule (3), the appellate officer shall send the notice of the appeal to the registering officer, against whose order the appeal has been preferred and the registering officer shall there upon send the records of the case to the appellate offficer
(ii) On receipt of the record, the appellate officer shall send a notice to the appellant to appear before him at such date and time as may be specified in the notice for the hearing of the appeal electronically or othervise.
(5) Ifon the date fixed for hearing, the appellant does not appear, the appellate officer may dismiss the appeal for default of appearance of the appellants by sending the copy of the order to the applicant.
(6) Where an appeal has been dismissed, the appellant may apply to the appellate officer for the restoration of the appeal and if the appellate officer is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing, the appelihte officer shall restore the appeal on its original number: Provided that an application for restoration under this rule shall not be entertained by the appellate officer after thirty days from the dlate of such dismissal.
(7) If the appellant is present when the appeal is called on for the hearing, the appellate officer shall proceed to hear the appellant and pass an order on the appeal. confirming. reversing or varying the order appealed against.
(8) The order of the Appellate Officer shall be communicated electronically or otherwise to the appellant and copy thereof shall be sent to the registering offficer against whose order the appeal has been preferred and shall be disposed of within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of appeal.