2015 (9) TMI 291

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....r. Counsel a/w Mr. Rahul Jain i/b M/s Res Legal Advocates For the Respondent : Mr. Pradeep S. Jetley, Advocate ORDER P.C. 1. We have heard Mr. Shroff learned senior counsel on behalf of the Petitioner and Mr. Jetley learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. The grievance in this writ petition is that a notice to show cause dated 13th March 1997 was served on th....

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....ers claim that from April 1997 to January, 2000 and thereafter from 2007 several letters were addressed requesting the authorities to proceed with the matter or to drop the proceedings and retain the money. 4. There is no adjudication of the show cause notice and equally the money has been retained wrongfully and illegally. Therefore, two prayers are made in the writ petition and one is in the ....

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....order has been passed in pursuance of this show cause notice. 7. We have now and in the course of dealing with this petition noted the disturbing state of affairs. If indeed the said show cause notice has been issued but, by mere passage of time the records and documents based on which the same was issued are either destroyed or lost, then, the superior authorities ought to have conducted inqui....

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....a competent official as to whether any inquiry or investigations at the higher level have been initiated by warning and cautioning the Commissioner to take up old cases and on priority for adjudication and disposal and if steps and measures have been taken then, what is the outcome thereof. Further, we are concerned with the Commissionerate at Mumbai. They should also file an affidavit stating how....