11. Appeals.- (1) (i) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Public Information Officer may, within thirty days from the date of receipt of such order; or (ii) any person who has not received any communication within the period of fifteen working days as specified in sub-section ( 2 ) of section 6 or the extended period as specified in the second proviso to the said sub-section (2) , from the date of making such application; may, appeal to the appellate authority, within a period of thirty days of the lapse of such period in such form and with such fees, as may be prescribed: Provided that, when the order of the Public Information Officer is passed under clause (a) of section 7 with the approval of the Committee referred to in the proviso to the said clause (a), the appeal against such order shall lie only to the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayuktas. (2) The appellate authority may, after giving the person or persons affected a reasonable opportunity of being heard, pass such order as it deems fit. (3) Any person aggrieved by the order of the appellate authority under sub-section (2), may within thirty days from the receipt of such order, prefer second appeal to the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayuktas, as the case may be, of the State. (4) The appeals referred to in sub-sections (1) and (3) shall, as far as possible be disposed of within thirty days of the receipt of such appeals or within such extended period not exceeding a further period of thirty days, after recording the reasons for such extension of period. (5) The decision of the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayuktas, as the case may be, in appeals shall be final. | 
