https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=245790 A party seeking recall of a dismissal for non-appearance must act within a reasonable time and cannot reopen the matter after extraordinary delay on a bare plea of non-service where the official record shows dispatch of notice and the Tribunal contemporaneously recorded service. Here, the petitioners remained inactive for about sixteen years, the appeal record had been lost, and the dispatch register supported the Tribunal's account. Those facts made verification of actual service impracticable and justified refusal to interfere. The request for recall or restoration was therefore rejected. en-us Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:46:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=245790 A party seeking recall of a dismissal for non-appearance must act within a reasonable time and cannot reopen the matter after extraordinary delay on a bare plea of non-service where the official record shows dispatch of notice and the Tribunal contemporaneously recorded service. Here, the petitioners remained inactive for about sixteen years, the appeal record had been lost, and the dispatch register supported the Tribunal's account. Those facts made verification of actual service impracticable and justified refusal to interfere. The request for recall or restoration was therefore rejected. Case-Laws Central Excise Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=245790