stocked/stored in a house under the occupation of Shri Basu Pattnaik @ Swamy @ Chittranjan Pattnaik at Suraj Vihar, Ward No.6, P.S. Berhampur, Dist. Ganjam, Odisha. One Shri Ranjan Padhi @ Rajan Padhi @ Dibakar was interrogated. During the course of interrogation he voluntarily stated to have disclosed before the Intelligence Officer, NCB, Bhubaneswar regarding one bank account no. 25030100005441 belongs to the present appellant maintained in Bank of Baroda at Braja Nagar Branch, Berhampur with available balance of Rs. 2,97,628.64/-. He alleged to have stated that they used to deposit the money earned from illicit trafficking of drugs in the aforesaid bank account of Maheswar Jena. On the basis of his said statement the said account was freezed by the bank as per the direction from NCB. It is stated in para 5 of the impugned order that notice dated 4.9.2015 was sent to the present appellant to present his case before the Competent Authority on 5.9.2015 but he did not appeared nor any written submission have been filed. There is no evidence on record that notice dated 5.09.2015 has been served in person on the appellant. On the other hand that the appellant has placed on record annexure 1 a copy of his written submission dated 14.09.2015 addressed to Shri Hari Dass Saha, Joint Commissioner, Competent Authority & Administrator, Kolkata and a copy to Delhi office by Speed post. The Speed post no. has been mentioned in the annexure 1 to the appeal memo.
