State Act
Section 12. Period within which appeal should be preferred.
THE TAMIL NADU SURVEY AND BOUNDARIES ACT, 1923
12 (a) An appeal under section 11 shall be preferred within three months from the date of service of notice under [section 9 or 10] provided that the time taken to obtain a copy of the decision and of the map shall not be included in the period of *three months allowed for appeal (b). No appeal preferred after the expiry of the said period shall be admitted, provided that the appellate authority may admit an appeal after the expiry of the said period on his being satisfied that the appellant had good and sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within such period Explanation:- The fact that notice under 1[section 9 or 10] was not served personally on the appellant shall be deemed to be good and sufficient cause within the meaning of the above proviso. (c).No appeal shall be admitted under sub-section (b) after the issue of the notification specified in section 13.