Customs release dispute: authority must decide importer's representation on detained goods within three weeks.

Customs authorities were directed to consider the importer's representation seeking release of detained goods and to pass a reasoned order in accordance with law within three weeks. The Court confined relief to consideration of the representation and did not examine the merits of the alleged requirements under the Legal Metrology Regulations.

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Issues: Whether the customs authority should consider the petitioner's representation seeking release of the imported goods and pass orders in accordance with law.

Analysis: The goods remained detained pending consideration of the petitioner's representation. The respondent did not dispute that the representation could be examined, and the Court directed that it be considered on merits and in accordance with law within a fixed time. The relief granted was confined to a direction for decision on the representation, without entering into the merits of the alleged requirement under the Legal Metrology Regulations.

Conclusion: The issue was decided in favour of the petitioner, and the authority was directed to decide the representation within three weeks.

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