Section 20A(4) in The M.P. Motoryan Karadhan Adhiniyam, 1991
(4)On the date fixed for hearing of the appeal or on such date to which the hearing may be adjourned, the appellate authority shall peruse the record and hear the parties lo the appeal if present in person, or through a legal practitioner and shall thereafter proceed to pass as order of confirmation, reversal or modification of the order of confiscation.