Non-speaking adjudicatory orders lacking reasons may be quashed and remitted for fresh hearing of the affected party.

An adjudicatory order that discloses no meaningful reasoning and indicates non-application of mind cannot be sustained. The impugned order was therefore quashed because it was made without effective reasons, and a bare reference to rectification did not cure that defect. The affected party was entitled to a fresh hearing and reconsideration before a new order was passed, with restoration of the impugned order only if the certified copy of the court order was not communicated. The proceeding succeeded and the matter was remitted for fresh decision-making after hearing.

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Issues: (i) Whether the impugned order was vitiated by non-application of mind and liable to be set aside. (ii) Whether the petitioner was entitled to a fresh opportunity of hearing and consequential reconsideration.

Issue (i): The impugned order contained no meaningful reasoning and was passed at the very end of the extended time limit, which supported the inference that the decision was made without application of mind. An order that does not disclose reasons cannot sustain effective adjudication.

Conclusion: The impugned order was vitiated and was set aside and quashed.

Issue (ii): Since the order was without reasons, the reference in it to rectification did not cure the defect. The petitioner was therefore entitled to have the matter heard afresh upon communication of the certified copy of the Court's order, with restoration of the impugned order only if such communication was omitted.

Conclusion: The petitioner was granted an opportunity of hearing before a fresh order was passed.

Final Conclusion: The writ petition succeeded, the impugned adjudication was annulled, and the matter was directed to be reconsidered after hearing the petitioner.

Ratio Decidendi: An adjudicatory order that is passed without reasons and reflects non-application of mind cannot be sustained and may be set aside to enable fresh decision-making after hearing the affected party.

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