TMI Blog2016 (3) TMI 389X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o appear before the Court along with Sri S. Bhowmick, Under Secretary, Department of Revenue on 5-1-2016 and explain the hurdles, which they are facing in not establishing a permanent Bench of the CESTAT at Allahabad, (2) The onerous duty of establishing a Bench of CESTAT is upon the CESTAT and they have not done their duty on their part seriously. So, the Registrar, CESTAT is also directed to app ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Dawar for the petitioner, Sri Ashok Mehta, the learned senior counsel for the Union of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue assisted by Sri B.K.S. Raghuvanshi, Sri R.C. Shukla, the learned counsels appearing for the Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi and Sri Manish Goyal for the Registrar, CESTAT. 2. By our last order dated 16-11-2015, we h ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d not appear before the Court. Non-appearance amounts to contempt of the order of the Court. The respondent was required to appear in order to assist the Court since no affidavits were being filed and the Court was not getting any assistance from their Advocates. Earlier the affidavits that were supposed to be filed were defective and were not filed. Such delaying tactics adopted by the Department ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to establish a permanent Bench. Further, they have chosen to ask the Court to give a reasonable time to vacate the premises. The Central Government had taken a decision in the year 2013 for establishing a Bench of CESTAT at Allahabad. More than two years have elapsed and no steps has taken. Even after the filing of the writ petition, the exercise, if any, appears to be a perfunctory exercise. 5 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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