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Failure to serve statutory notices and to afford an opportunity of hearing breached principles of natural justice and constituted a procedural irregularity; as a result the ex parte adjudication was quashed and the matter remitted for fresh consideration. The petitioners were permitted to file a physical reply within a limited period and the adjudicating authority was directed to afford a hearing (virtual or physical), pass a speaking order considering the reply and available material, and communicate the decision within specified time-frames; merits were not adjudicated.
Failure to serve statutory notices and to afford an opportunity of hearing breached principles of natural justice and constituted a procedural irregularity; as a result the ex parte adjudication was quashed and the matter remitted for fresh consideration. The petitioners were permitted to file a physical reply within a limited period and the adjudicating authority was directed to afford a hearing (virtual or physical), pass a speaking order considering the reply and available material, and communicate the decision within specified time-frames; merits were not adjudicated.
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