Section 18(9)(i) in Inter-State Migrant Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Punjab) Rules, 1983
(i)If the appellant is present when the appeal is called on for hearing, the appellate officer shall proceed to hear the appellant or his authorised agent and any other person summoned by him for the purpose, and pronounce judgment on the appeal either confirming, reversing or modifying the order appealed from.