1999 (3) TMI 86

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..... re the subject matter of the present writ petition. 2.The learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted on the basis of three cases [Narain Das, AIR 1961 SC 182, Kamlakshi Finance, 1991 (55) E.L.T. 433 (S.C.), Grasim Indutries, 1996 (82) E.L.T. 457 (Madras, Single J.)] the necessity of lower departmental authorities following the orders and dictates of those placed higher up in the department. .....

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..... it petitioners should not have moved the High Court but should have moved the Supreme Court if they wanted a release. 7.It is settled law that the filing of an appeal, even a statutory one, does not operate as a stay. Were I to accept Mr. Roychowdhury's submission, I would be usurping the powers which rest only in the Supreme Court for staying the operation of the CEGAT order. 8.Nor it is for .....

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