https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172498 Forfeiture of earnest money and cancellation of a public allotment cannot be applied mechanically where the allottee's request for transfer or extension remains undecided and no hearing was afforded. The Court treated forfeiture as a serious civil consequence that must satisfy fairness and Article 14, and noted that comparable cases had received relief or reconsideration. It also recognised that later developments may justify review of an administrative order. On these facts, the impugned forfeiture and cancellation were set aside and the matter was remitted for fresh consideration by the revisional authority. en-us Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172498 Forfeiture of earnest money and cancellation of a public allotment cannot be applied mechanically where the allottee's request for transfer or extension remains undecided and no hearing was afforded. The Court treated forfeiture as a serious civil consequence that must satisfy fairness and Article 14, and noted that comparable cases had received relief or reconsideration. It also recognised that later developments may justify review of an administrative order. On these facts, the impugned forfeiture and cancellation were set aside and the matter was remitted for fresh consideration by the revisional authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172498