2020 (12) TMI 1139

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....dent : Mr. V.Sundareswaran, Standing Counsel ORDER Heard Mr. G.Mohanakrishnan and Mr. R.Sankarasubbu, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. V.Sundareswaran, Learned Standing Counsel for the Respondent and perused the materials placed on record, apart from the pleadings of the parties. 2. The Writ Petition challenges the Order in Original No. 639 of 2012 dated 30.11.2012 passed by the....

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....urt of India in Assistant Collector of Central Excise -vs- Dunlop India Limited [(1985) 1 SCC 260] has succinctly explained the legal position relating to the exercise of discretionary powers under writ jurisdiction, in the following words:- "3. Article 226 is not meant to short-circuit or circumvent statutory procedures. It is only where statutory remedies are entirely ill-suited to meet....