Appointment of adjudicating authority: Commissioner of Central Excise Thane-II authorised to adjudicate DRI show cause notices against FDC Limited and others. The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and sub rule (1) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, appoints and authorises the Commissioner of Central Excise, Thane II to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of three specified Commissioners for adjudicating show cause notices concerning M/s. FDC Limited and others issued by a revenue investigative agency.