2007 (10) TMI 478

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....Ms. Nazia Afroz, Advocates, for the Appellant. Shri K.K. Sharan, Inspector of C. Ex., for the Respondent. [Order]. -  Clothed in the robes of authenticity, this impugned order, exemplifies, typical bureaucratic bellicosity towards the tax payer. The tragic flaw scripted into this otherwise innocuous order is the claim of the Adjudicator that he granted four Personal Hearings on 12-12....

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....ted that as per the procedure adopted by the Central Excise Department all the notices of the Personal Hearing fixing a date are to be issued under registered cover to the assessee. In the instant case fixing of dates of hearing on consecutive dates on 12-12-12006, 13-12-2006, 14-12-2006 and 15-12-2006 goes to show that Central Excise Department was neither concerned with proper service of notice ....