2016 (5) TMI 81

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....s. Urmil Sharma, Advocate For the Respondent : Shri Ranjan Khanna, DR ORDER PER B. RAVICHANDRAN: The appellant is holding a CHA license and the present appeal is against order dated 06.02.2015 of Commissioner of Customs, (General) New Delhi, revoking the license of the appellant. The original authority also ordered forfeiture of security deposit of Rs. 10,000/- and bank guarantee of Rs....

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....same authority on 07.01.2014. On the same day a show cause notice was issued to the appellant proposing revocation of the license and forfeiture of the security paid by the appellant. A reply was filed by the appellant on 05.02.2014. An enquiry officer was appointed who filed his report on 10.11.2014. The case was adjudicated vide the impugned order dated 06.02.2015 resulting in the revocation of ....

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....orters whose background was not checked by the appellant. On perusal of the impugned order we find that the much emphasis was given on the appellant's purported role in the attempted smuggling of cigarette in the name of one M/s. Bhoomi Enterprises. We find that in respect of the said consignment no Bill of Entry was filed by any person and the case was investigated based on the intelligence of th....

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....ion for revocation of license by the original authority. 5. Further, we also note that as pleaded by the Ld. Counsel for the appellant the time line prescribed under Regulation 20 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulation 2013 has not been adhered to in the present case. 6. The offence report was dated 08.10.2012. The show cause notice was issued on 07.01.2014. The enquiry report was dated....