Hearing of Appeal

The Registrar fixes a time and place for the hearing of the appeal and gives at least 14 days' notice to the parties.

Parties attend hearing either in person or by a lawyer. See  section 25(1). 

The procedure at the hearing of any proceedings shall be such as Appeals Board may determine, subject to the following:

1. at the hearing, you shall begin, and if you fail to make out a case, on the face of the material presented, that the Collector of Land Revenue's award is inadequate, the Appeals Board may dismiss the appeal without calling the Collector of Land Revenue, and may make such order as to costs as may be just; and
2. the Appeals Board shall take note of all evidence and exhibits put in evidence at the hearing.

(Regulation 11(1) of the Land Acquisition (Appeals Board) Regulations).