Quashing of the administrative order was ordered subject to the...

Quashing of the administrative order was ordered subject to the petitioner depositing the full contested liability within two weeks as an undertaking; the authority must thereafter provide an opportunity of hearing, consider the petitioner's reply and written submissions, and undertake fresh adjudication. The court set aside the impugned Order-in-Original and permitted the petition partly, with the deposited amount to be refunded or adjusted as appropriate after the re-adjudication. The relief granted was conditional on the undertaking to deposit and did not preclude remand for fresh decision-making.

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