DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 22
Appeal to Appellate Tribunal
- Status
- Not yet in force
- Commencement
- 13 May 2027 · computed date, presented as interpretation until officially confirmed (how it is computed)
- Source
- Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) · G.S.R. 846(E) · Gazette page 31
- Last verified
- 17 August 2026
What Rule 22 says, in plain English
Plain English
Not yet in force; the computed date is 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed. The summary below is what the provision says, not what is in force today. Status last checked 28 September 2026 against the MeitY library and India Code.
Anyone aggrieved by an order or direction of the Board can appeal to the Appellate Tribunal, filing digitally and paying the same fee as appeals under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, unless the Tribunal's Chairperson reduces or waives it. The Tribunal follows natural justice rather than civil court procedure and operates as a digital office.
How 13 May 2027 is computed, and why it could be 1 day later
Publication date 13 November 2025 printed on Gazette issue No. 760, plus eighteen months. The eGazette portal lists this document with a code embedding 14112025 and the Government's own PIB release states 14 November 2025, which would move the computed date by 1 day; the printed masthead date is used, and the interpretation label carries that uncertainty. The corrigendum wording change does not affect this computation.
Official text of Rule 22
Rule 22. Appeal to Appellate Tribunal.(1) Any person aggrieved by an order or direction of the Board, may prefer an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, it shall be filed in digital form as the Appellate Tribunal may decide. (2) An appeal filed with the Appellate Tribunal shall be accompanied by fee of like amount as is applicable in respect of an appeal filed under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), unless reduced or waived by the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal at her discretion, and the same shall be payable digitally using the Unified Payments Interface or such other payment system authorised by the Reserve Bank of India. (3) The Appellate Tribunal — (a) shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the provisions of the Act, may regulate its own procedure; and (b) shall function as a digital office which, without prejudice to its power to summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine her on oath, may adopt techno-legal measures to conduct proceedings in a manner that does not require physical presence of any individual.
Commencement basis · Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23
“Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 shall come into force eighteen months after the date of publication in the Official Gazette.”
Wording as corrected by corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E).
Sources cited on this page
- [1]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 22, p. 31. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Not yet in force; the computed date is 13 May 2027, which is interpretation until officially confirmed
- [2]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (English section of Gazette No. 760) (G.S.R. 846(E)), r. 1, (4), p. 24. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Printed text, since corrected by G.S.R. 892(E); quoted as published · Verified 16 August 2026In force since 13 November 2025
Rules 3, 5 to 16, 22 and 23 shall come into force eighteen months after the date of publication of this Gazette.
As printed. Corrigenda G.S.R. 892(E) item (i)(b) corrects the closing words to read in the Official Gazette; the computation is unaffected. - [3]Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E)), p. 1. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Interpretation, requires judgment · Verified 16 August 2026Document status: published; text subject to corrigendum G.S.R. 892(E)The calendar date 13 May 2027 is computed from the printed publication date and is presented as interpretation until officially confirmed.