2017 (8) TMI 9

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..... dish, AR, For the Respondent ORDER Per: SS GARG The applicant has filed an application seeking condonation of delay of more than 720 days in filing the appeal. It is further stated in the application that the applicant was unaware of the Order-in-Appeal No.529/2013 dated 31.12.2013 issued by the Commissioner of Customs (Appeals). The applicant came to know only when the Office of the Commission .....

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..... pplicant submitted that there was no intentional and deliberate delay in filing the appeal and the delay occurred on account of the fact that the concerned employee after receipt of the impugned order did not bring it to the notice of the management and therefore the appeal could not be filed in time. He further submitted that the impugned order was passed without following the principles of natur .....

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..... he copy of the order but in this case the applicant did not file the appeal within stipulated time limit. He further submitted that there is an inordinate delay in filing the appeal and the reason given for the delay is not satisfactorily explained by the applicant. In support of his submission, he relied upon the following decisions: a) Office of the Chief Post Master General Vs. Living Media In .....

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