2011 (9) TMI 214

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....r.(AR) for the Respondent (s) Per Shri B.S.V.Murthy. 1. Appellant is seeking stay of operation of the order suspending CHA licence issued by the Commissioner on 02.08.2011 after post decision hearing. He submits that the licences are suspended on the ground that one employee Shri Raviraj Kotian had been detained under COFEPOSA from 1998 and there was some violations by some employees in Mumb....

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....take up any verification. Learned (A.R.) submits that Commissioner has acted in accordance with law and it was necessary for the Appellants to verify the antecedents of Shri Raviraj Kotian and further he also draws our attention to Para 9 & 10 of the order to submit that Shri Raviraj Kotian was lending the C.H.A. licence to others for monthly payments which is a serious offense. 2. We have cons....

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..... On what ground the Hon'ble High Court had quashed the COFEPOSA detention and what happened to Shri Raviraj Kotian in Customs offence is not indicated in the order. Therefore we find that in this case principles of natural justice have not been fully observed. Therefore we set aside the impugned order and direct the Commissioner to give a fresh post-decision hearing after handing over a copy of t....