2003 (8) TMI 481

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....vered by V.K. BALI, J.-MMTC Ltd., the petitioner herein, which is a Government of India enterprise, through present petition filed by it under article 226 of the Constitution of India, calls in question order, annexure P 5, dated April 10, 2000 passed by Joint Excise & Taxation Commissioner (Appeals) vide which, the appeal filed by the petitioner against order, annexure P 1, dated July 30, 1999....

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....om October 1, 1999 to January 21, 2000. Smt. Harjeet Kaur, Junior Office Manager, who was also concerned with the case, had to remain on leave from October 25, 1999 to March 22, 2000 due to illness and unavoidable health reasons. It was then pleaded that no substitute was provided against the above incumbents and the staff posted at MMTC Faridabad was already short. One Shri Narender Malik, Deputy....

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.... have been condoned. It is too well-settled by now and reference in this connection be made to the observations made in the judgment of the honourable Supreme Court in State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani AIR 1996 SC 1623 that "the expression 'sufficient cause' should, therefore, be considered with pragmatism in justiceoriented approach rather than the technical detection of sufficient cause for expla....