Unquantified duty demand cannot sustain an adjudication order; matter remanded for fresh determination and opportunity to the party.

An adjudication order that left the duty demand unquantified could not be sustained, because quantification was required to be done by the adjudicating authority itself and not left for later determination by another officer. The Tribunal held that fresh determination was necessary after giving the party an opportunity, and the matter was remanded to the original authority for quantification of duty and a new order.

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Issues: Whether the adjudication order was liable to be set aside and the matter remanded because the duty demand had not been quantified by the adjudicating authority.

Analysis: The duty amount was not quantified in the impugned order, and quantification was treated as a matter required to be done by the authority passing the adjudication order rather than being left to another officer. The Tribunal accordingly found that the adjudication could not stand in its present form and that fresh determination of the duty amount was necessary after giving the party an opportunity.

Conclusion: The appeals were allowed by way of remand to the original adjudicating authority for quantification of duty and fresh order after opportunity to the party.

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