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2015 (12) TMI 229 - AT - CustomsSuspension of CHA license - forfeiture of security deposit - imposition of penalty - Held that:- There is no clarity about receipt of an offence report or the date of such receipt hence even if it is assumed that the date of order of immediate suspension is taken for reckoning the time limit for issue of show cause notice, the notice issued on 27.08.2014 is issued almost five months after the due date. Similarly, the inquiry report by the Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner is to be made within ninety days of issue of show cause notice. In the present case, there is a delay of three months after the time limit prescribed under the said Regulation. There is also a delay in issuing the impugned order of revocation which is beyond ninety days of submission of inquiry report. - impugned order of the original authority is issued in violation of the provisions of CHALR, 2004 /CBLR, 2013 and is not legally sustainable. The same is to be set-aside - Decided in favour of appellant.
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