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Issues: Whether, where only one show cause notice had been issued by Delhi Customs, the procedure for appointment of a common adjudicating authority under paragraph 9.2 of Circular No. 5/2016-Customs dated 09.02.2016 was applicable, and whether the letter directing that adjudication be kept in abeyance was liable to be quashed.
Analysis: The record showed that no show cause notice had been issued from any other customs location. On that basis, the condition for invoking the procedure under paragraph 9.2 of the circular, which is concerned with cases involving multiple notices from different customs locations, was not satisfied. Since the petitioner's case involved only one notice from Delhi Customs, the direction to await appointment of a common adjudicating authority had no application. The Court therefore held that the impugned letter could not be sustained and that adjudication should proceed in accordance with law.
Conclusion: The impugned letter was quashed and the respondent was directed to adjudicate the show cause notice expeditiously.
Final Conclusion: The writ petition succeeded to the extent that the impugned administrative stand was set aside and the customs adjudication was ordered to proceed without further delay.
Ratio Decidendi: A circular requiring appointment of a common adjudicating authority applies only where the statutory or administrative precondition for multiple notices from different customs locations is met; absent that precondition, a direction to keep adjudication in abeyance cannot stand.
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