https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=94232 An appellate order passed by a successor officer without granting a fresh hearing was found vulnerable where the appellants had not been properly heard. The record showed that although a hearing had been listed before one officer, the matter was later disposed of ex parte on a subsequent date when the appellants did not appear, and the final order was issued by a successor on the existing record. The disposal without affording a proper opportunity of written and oral hearing offended natural justice, so the order was set aside and the matter remitted for fresh decision. en-us Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:47:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=94232 An appellate order passed by a successor officer without granting a fresh hearing was found vulnerable where the appellants had not been properly heard. The record showed that although a hearing had been listed before one officer, the matter was later disposed of ex parte on a subsequent date when the appellants did not appear, and the final order was issued by a successor on the existing record. The disposal without affording a proper opportunity of written and oral hearing offended natural justice, so the order was set aside and the matter remitted for fresh decision. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=94232