(1) A memorandum of appeal to the Appellate Board shall be presented by the appellant in person or by an agent to the Registrar at the headquarters of the Appellate Board at Bhopal or to an officer authorised in this behalf by the Registrar, or sent by registered post addressed to the Registrar or to such officer.

(2) A memorandum of appeal sent by post under sub-rule(1) shall be deemed to have been presented to the Registrar or to the officer authorised by the Registrar, on the day on which it is received in the office of the Appellate Board at Bhopal, or, as the case may be, in the office of such officer.