2000 (10) TMI 391

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..... All these four Miscellaneous Applications seek condonation of delay of about five months in filing the appeals before the Tribunal. 2. Shri P.K. Das, learned Advocate arguing for the applicants, submits that as soon as the Order-in-Original was received by the applicants, they approached their Advocate Shri K.N. Diwakar of Patna for filing an appeal before the appropriate forum. Instead o .....

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..... eing illiterate and staying 1000 km away from Patna, there was no delay on their part in filing the appeals before the Tribunal. They left the matter entirely to their Advocate, who failed to file the appeal before the appropriate appellate forum. He pleads that for the mistake committed by the Advocate, the applicants should not be penalised. He, therefore, submits that there is a merit in the pr .....

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