Interim release of goods refused pending departmental appeal against redemption fine; petitioner left to pursue appellate remedy.

The Kerala HC declined interim relief seeking release of goods while the department's appeal against the redemption-fine order remained pending. It held, on the limited material before it, that the writ court should not interfere by directing release of the goods at the interim stage, and the petitioner was left to pursue the available remedy before the appellate authority. The writ petition was accordingly disposed of without granting the requested direction, leaving the subsisting order and appellate process to operate.

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Issues: Whether an interim order should be passed directing release of the goods despite the pendency of the department's appeal against the redemption-fine order, and whether the authorities were bound to comply with the subsisting order.

Outcome: The request for interim relief was declined, the writ petition was disposed of, and the petitioner was left to pursue remedies before the appellate authority.

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