2000 (1) TMI 432

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....al Chowdhury, N.C. Roychowdhury, D.K. Bhattacharyya, Advo-cates, for the Respondent. [Order]. - This is a writ application directed against an order dated 30-7-1999 passed by S.S. Bajpai, Special Director, Enforcement Directorate imposing penalties of Rs. 20 lac each on the writ petitioner and one A.N. Ghosh. 2. The latter one surfaced as Amarendra Nath Ghosh of Kasba who presented a....

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....had no jurisdiction at all is, therefore, thoroughly unsound. 6. No appellate steps have been taken in the last 8 months and appeal was clearly available when the order was made. Time has been allowed to run out apparently without any cause or reason. 7. However, there is absolutely no reason why the writ court should entertain the writ when a departmental appellate remedy which is....