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Issues: Whether the application for conversion of a free Shipping Bill into a DEPB Shipping Bill could be decided by the Assistant Commissioner when the governing circular required consideration by the Jurisdictional Commissioner, and whether the rejection order deserved to be set aside and remanded.
Analysis: The circular required the applications to be considered on merits by the Jurisdictional Commissioner himself. Where the circular specifically vested the power in the Commissioner, the same could not be exercised by a subordinate Assistant Commissioner. The rejection made by the Assistant Commissioner was therefore not in accordance with the prescribed procedure. Since the matter had not been considered by the competent authority, the proper course was to set aside the impugned orders and remit the applications for fresh decision after affording a reasonable opportunity of hearing.
Conclusion: The rejection orders were set aside and the matters were remanded to the Jurisdictional Commissioner for fresh adjudication after hearing the appellants.
Final Conclusion: The appellants succeeded to the extent that the impugned rejection did not survive and the applications were restored for decision by the competent authority.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a binding circular entrusts decision-making to a specified authority, a subordinate officer cannot lawfully assume that function, and an order passed by an incompetent authority is liable to be set aside and remanded for decision by the competent authority.
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