MEIS application processing required, with pending scrips to be issued and time-barred claims reconsidered on documents.

Pending MEIS applications were required to be processed, with scrips issued for the balance of claims already accepted in principle. The respondents stated that 70 applications had been allowed and that the remaining 39 pending applications would be processed forthwith and the scrips issued expeditiously. The two applications treated as time barred were not finally rejected; the petitioner was directed to produce supporting documents and appear before the authority, which was to examine the claims afresh and decide them after hearing the petitioner. The immediate operative effect was relief for the pending applications, while the disputed limitation issue was kept open for administrative determination.

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Issues: (i) Whether the pending MEIS applications were required to be processed and scrips issued, and how the two applications said to be time barred were to be dealt with.

Issue (i): Whether the pending MEIS applications were required to be processed and scrips issued, and how the two applications said to be time barred were to be dealt with.

Analysis: The order records that 70 applications had already been allowed. For the remaining 39 applications, the respondents stated that they would be processed forthwith and the scrips issued expeditiously. For the two applications treated as barred by limitation, the petitioner was directed to appear before the respondent with the supporting documents so that the claim could be examined and decided.

Conclusion: The 39 pending applications were directed to be allowed and scrips issued. The two disputed applications were left for fresh decision by the competent authority after hearing the petitioner.

Final Conclusion: The petitioner obtained immediate relief in respect of the larger balance of applications, while the remaining two applications were kept open for administrative determination on the question of limitation and supporting documents.

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