C/13620/2013 — Amardeep Exports vs Kandla

CUSTOMS, EXCISE & SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL WEST ZONAL BENCH AT AHMEDABAD

REGIONAL BENCH – COURT NO. 03

CUSTOMS Appeal No. 13620 of 2013-DB

[Arising out of Order-in-Original/Appeal No 552-2013-CUS-COMMR-A--KDL dated 01.08.2013 passed by Commissioner of CUSTOMS-KANDLA] Amardeep Exports
...Appellant Plot No. 414 & 417, Gidc, Phase-Ii, Dared, Jamnagar,
Gujarat

                                                                          VERSUS 

C.C.-Kandla
...Respondent Custom House, Near Balaji Temple,
Kandla,
Gujarat

APPEARANCE: None for the Appellant Shri. Ajay Kumar Samota, Superintendent (Authorized Representative) for the Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MEMBER (TECHNICAL), RAJU HON'BLE MEMBER (JUDICIAL), SOMESH ARORA

              FINAL ORDER NO. A/11138 / 2023 

                                                                      DATE OF HEARING: 09.05.2023  
                                                                     DATE OF DECISION: 09.05.2023 

RAJU

The matter has been listed on 01.02.2023, 01.03.2023, 12.04.2023, but no one appeared. Rule 20 of CESTAT Procedure Rules, 1982 reads as under:

“ Where on the day fixed for the hearing of the appeal or on any other day to which such hearing may be adjourned, the appellant does not appear when the appeal is called on for hearing, the Tribunal may, in its discretion, either dismiss the appeal for default or hear and decide it on merits :

Provided that where an appeal has been dismissed for 

default and the appellant appears afterwards and satisfies the Tribunal that there was sufficient cause for his non-appearance when the appeal was called on for hearing, the Tribunal shall make an order setting aside the dismissal and restore the appeal.”

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C/13620/2013-DB

In terms of Rule 20 of CESTAT procedure Rules, 1982, the appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. The appellant has liberty to approach this Tribunal, if they wish to pursue their appeal by filing suitable application with sufficient grounds. (Dictated & Pronounced in the open Court)

(RAJU)
MEMBER (TECHNICAL)

 (SOMESH ARORA) 

MEMBER (JUDICIAL)

Palak