(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Controlling Authority refusing the licence under sub-section (4) of Section 7 or renewal under sub-section (3) of Section 8 or order of suspension of licence under sub-section (2) of Section 13 or cancellation of licence under sub-section (1) of that section, may prefer an appeal against that order to the Home Secretary of the State Government within a period of sixty days of the date of such order :
Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiry of the said period of sixty days if the appellant satisfies the State Government that he has sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within that period.
(2) Every appeal under sub-section (1) shall be made in such form as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a copy of the order appealed against.
(3) Before disposing of an appeal, the State Government shall give the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
