Show Cause Notice Validity set aside for non-furnishing of documents, with liberty to commence fresh proceedings

Show cause notices and orders-in-original were set aside because the relevant documents had not been furnished. The department was given liberty to start fresh proceedings by issuing new show cause notices, supplying the relevant documents, and passing fresh orders in accordance with law. The writ petitions were disposed of without any opinion on merits.

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Issues: Whether the impugned show cause notices and orders-in-original were liable to be set aside for want of furnishing of relevant documents, with liberty to the department to initiate fresh proceedings.

Outcome: By consensus, the show cause notices and orders-in-original were set aside and the department was granted liberty to issue fresh show cause notices, furnish the relevant documents, and pass fresh orders in accordance with law. The writ petitions were disposed of without any opinion on merits.

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