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Issues: Whether a refund claim filed within time but before the wrong jurisdictional authority could be rejected as time-barred, or whether it had to be transferred to and decided by the proper jurisdictional authority.
Analysis: The claim was presented within the prescribed time, though before an authority lacking jurisdiction. A procedural lapse of this nature was not treated as sufficient to defeat a substantive refund claim, especially where the department did not promptly return the papers or issue a deficiency memo. Procedural law was applied as an aid to justice, and an order passed without jurisdiction was treated as void ab initio. The proper course was for the claim to be placed before the competent authority for examination on merits.
Conclusion: The refund claim could not be rejected on limitation merely because it was initially filed before the wrong authority, and it had to be considered by the jurisdictionally competent officer.
Ratio Decidendi: A refund claim filed in time should not be denied on the ground of limitation solely because it was first lodged before the wrong jurisdictional authority; such a claim must be transferred to and decided by the competent authority, since procedural defects cannot override substantive entitlement.
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