:1: IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO.837 OF 2007 PETITION NO.837 OF 2007 PETITION NO.837 OF 2007 Owners Corning (I) Ltd. ..Petitioner Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents Mr.Prakash Shah with Mr.Gajendra Jain i/b. M/s.PDS Legal for the Petitioner. Mr.Y.R.Mishra with Mr.Y.S.Bhate for the Respondents. CORAM CORAM CORAM :- DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & :- DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & :- DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & J.P.DEVADHAR,JJ. J.P.DEVADHAR,JJ. J.P.DEVADHAR,JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 15TH FEBRUARY,2007 : 15TH FEBRUARY,2007 : 15TH FEBRUARY,2007 P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. The learned Counsel for the Respondents waives service. By consent, matter taken up for hearing. The short grievance of the Petitioner is that the Petitioner had applied for extension of Central Excise Registration as a Dealer by its application dated 27th December,2005. It seems that the registration was valid upto 31st January,2006. The Additional Commissioner of Central Excise, Belapur, by letter dated 23rd February,2006 has rejected the same without assigning any reasons whatsoever. Under these circumstances, only on this limited ground, as the rejection order does not contain any reason :2: whatsoever, we are inclined to quash and set aside the order dated 23rd February,2006 and direct the Additional Commissioner to pass an appropriate reasoned order after affording an opportunity of personal hearing to the Petitioner. 2. Rule is made absolute in terms of the above. Needless to state that the Additional Commissioner of Central Excise shall dispose of the matter as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of eight weeks from today. (J.P.DEVADHAR,J.) (J.P.DEVADHAR,J.) (J.P.DEVADHAR,J.) (DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN,J.) (DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN,J.) (DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN,J.)