D&A Rule No.21: Form And Contents And Submission Of Appeal

21.  Form And Contents And Submission Of Appeal:-

(1) Every person preferring an appeal shall do so separately and in his own name. An appeal forwarded through or counter-signed by a legal practitioner or an assisting Railway servant or a Railway Trade Union Official shall not be entertained but shall be returned with the direction to submit it under the signature of the appellant only.

(2) The appeal shall be presented to the authority to whom the appeal lies, a copy being forwarded by the appellant to the authority which made the order appealed against. It shall contain all material statements and arguments on which the appellant relies, shall not contain any disrespectful or improper language and shall be complete in itself.

(3) The authority which made the order appealed against, shall, on receipt of a copy of the appeal, forward the same with its comments thereon together with the relevant records to the appellate authority without any avoidable delay and without waiting for any direction from the appellate authority.