Administrative prohibition order against customs house agent held not appealable absent any statutory appellate remedy.

An administrative prohibition order restraining a customs house agent from working at specified customs locations was treated as a non-appealable administrative , because no statutory provision was shown making such an order appealable under the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulation, 2004. As no subsequent suspension or revocation of licence had been initiated, the challenge failed at the threshold and the appeal was held not maintainable.

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Issues: Whether an appeal lay against an administrative prohibition order issued against a customs house agent under the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulation, 2004.

Analysis: The order under challenge was a prohibition directing the customs house agent not to work at specified customs locations. No subsequent suspension or revocation of licence had been initiated. The order was treated as an administrative order, and no provision was shown to the Tribunal under which such a prohibition order was appealable.

Conclusion: No appeal lay against the prohibition order, and the appeal was held not maintainable.

Final Conclusion: The challenge failed at the threshold for want of an appellate remedy against the impugned administrative prohibition order.

Ratio Decidendi: An administrative prohibition order, where no appellate provision is shown to apply, is not amenable to appeal and the proceeding is liable to be dismissed as not maintainable.

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