20A. Appeals to Medical Appeal Tribunal
(1) If the insured person or the Corporation is not satisfied with the decision of the Medical Board, the insured person or the Corporation may appeal against such decision to the Medical Appeal Tribunal referred to in sub-section (2) of section 54A by presenting an application within three months from the date of communication of the said decision to the insured person or the Corporation as the case may be:
PROVIDED that the Medical Appeal Tribunal may entertain an application after the period of three months, if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient reasons for not presenting the application within the said period.
(2) The application, referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be in Form 2 and shall contain a statement of the grounds upon which the appeal is made.
(3) The application may be sent to the Chairman of the Medical Appeal Tribunal by registered post or may be presented personally.
