Statutory notice service defect cured by permitting fresh service and a new application if non-payment continues.

The appeal was disposed of with liberty to the appellant to serve the statutory notice afresh in a mode permitted by law. If the notice remained unanswered and payment was not made within the prescribed time, the appellant was permitted to file a fresh application before the Adjudicating Authority. The disposition preserved the appellant's ability to proceed again, but only after proper service of notice and expiry of the statutory payment period.

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Outcome: The appeal was disposed of with liberty to the appellant to effect fresh service of the statutory notice in a mode permissible in law and, if the notice remained unanswered and payment was not made within the prescribed time, to file a fresh application before the Adjudicating Authority.

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