Whether the proper officer can pass an order without application of mind on the reply submitted?

No, the Honorable Delhi High Court in Spinclabs (P.) Ltd. held that the adjudicating authority could have asked the assessee to furnish any further details that were required, rather, merely holding that replies furnished are unsatisfactory and not supported with proper calculations/ reconciliation, which ex-facie shows that the adjudicating authority has not applied his mind and remitted the matter back to the adjudicating authority for re-adjudication.

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