1995 (10) TMI 50

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..... r, Central Excise, to return seized gold weighing 1.311 Kg. and a sum of Rs. 10,000/- at the rate of 24 per cent per annum. In this petition the seizure of gold by the respondents was challenged on the ground that no fresh notice was given to the petitioner within 6 months from the date of order dated 27-3-1987 passed by the Collector (Appeals). It appears that gold ornament was seized by the resp .....

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..... Allahabad, for adjudication on the ground that on the date when the Additional Collector passed the order he was not having the jurisdiction to pass such an order in view of the repeated instructions issued by the Central Govt. on 6-8-1984. After the remand order was passed and when the case was pending before the Collector, petitioner made an application for return of seized gold on the ground th .....

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..... nd the person concerned is not entitled to return of the seized gold. In the present case the order of the Collector (Appeals) is reproduced here-in-below :- "In the result, I set aside the impugned order and remand the case back with the directions that the case may be adjudicated by the Collector of Central Excise, Alld., so that appellant can go in appeal to the appropriate authority, if stil .....

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