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2020 (1) TMI 208 - HC - CustomsDelay in adjudicating the case - breach in time limit as prescribed under Regulation 22 of the Customs House Agent’s Licensing Regulations (CHALR), 2004 - HELD THAT:- By exceeding the time limit, the order of the Commissioner did not become invalid or non est. There is no provision in this behalf in the Customs Act, 1962, or in the rules or regulations framed thereunder. To hold that this kind of an effect would follow would be a very adventurous and incorrect interpretation of the intention of the Legislature. If an officer has made an undue delay in the adjudication of the case, the department might take disclipinary action against him. The procedure followed by him might also be attacked before an appellate or revisional forum. Matter remanded to the Tribunal by setting aside its said impugned order by directing it to adjudicate the case by hearing the parties and by a speaking order within three months of communication of this order - appeal disposed off.
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