https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44822 Where excise assessment proceedings remained provisional for an inordinate period, the High Court directed the competent revenue authority to complete the assessment and pass the final approval order within a fixed time. The court relied on the prolonged pendency as sufficient ground for time-bound relief, while expressly leaving the substantive controversy on the permissibility of provisional assessment under the cited rules undecided. The writ petition was disposed of with a direction to finalise the assessment process within two months from production of a certified copy of the order. en-us Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:53:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44822 Where excise assessment proceedings remained provisional for an inordinate period, the High Court directed the competent revenue authority to complete the assessment and pass the final approval order within a fixed time. The court relied on the prolonged pendency as sufficient ground for time-bound relief, while expressly leaving the substantive controversy on the permissibility of provisional assessment under the cited rules undecided. The writ petition was disposed of with a direction to finalise the assessment process within two months from production of a certified copy of the order. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44822