Natural justice in ex parte adjudication: matter remanded for reply to show cause notice with merits left open

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....Ex parte adjudication orders were set aside because the petitioner had not been given an effective opportunity to reply to the show cause notice. The HC accepted that the petitioner could place material before the authority, including the objection that two orders had been passed for the same tax period on the same ITC mismatch ground. The matter was remitted for fresh consideration from the stage of reply to the show cause notice, with all merits contentions left open, subject to payment of 10% of the tax demand under the specified annexures.....