1999 (2) TMI 68

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....peal. While explaining the delay, it is stated at pages 83-84 of SLP paper book, inter alia, as follows :- "Thereafter the paper book and relevant papers were called for from the Commissioner of Central Excise - Cochin on 10-12-1996. Thereafter in spite to fact that the papers were received from the Cochin Office, the dealing did not put up the matter and it was lying in the Section. On 16-10-1....

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....was satisfied in just stating that one dealing hand was responsible for the delay. No further details are given about what action was taken against the erring dealing hand and how the departmental action if any taken ended. We have come across that cases are invariably filed with enormous unexplained/casually explained delay. This state of affairs is continuing for quite some years. We wish to exp....