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Issues: Whether the writ petition challenging the revised show cause notice was maintainable on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction and territorial competence.
Analysis: The challenge was directed against a show cause notice issued pursuant to liberty granted by the Supreme Court. At that stage, interference is ordinarily confined to cases where a clear jurisdictional defect is shown. The expression used by the Supreme Court in granting liberty was construed broadly to refer to the authority competent to issue the notice under the Act. The Court also held that the objection based on bifurcation of the State and the alleged overlap of demands could not, by itself, justify interference at the notice stage. Such objections could be raised in reply and considered by the authority while passing final orders. The Court therefore declined to entertain the writ petition.
Conclusion: The challenge to the revised show cause notice was rejected, and the writ petition was dismissed.
Final Conclusion: Interference at the notice stage was held unwarranted, leaving the petitioner to pursue objections before the issuing authority in accordance with law.
Ratio Decidendi: A writ court will not ordinarily interfere with a show cause notice unless a patent lack of jurisdiction is shown, and objections going to factual overlap or merits should be raised before the authority at the appropriate stage.