Statutory appellate remedy governs customs broker licence revocation challenges, with limited remand available for denied witness cross-examination.

Challenges to revocation of a customs broker's licence should be pursued through the statutory appeal before CESTAT. Where requested witness cross-examination has been denied, the appellate process may include a limited remand to address that procedural safeguard. The appeal is to remain pending before CESTAT, which should decide it on merits after receiving the cross-examination report. The affected broker may therefore seek a confined remand for cross-examination while availing the statutory appellate remedy.

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Issues: Whether the challenge to revocation of a customs broker's licence should be pursued through the statutory appellate remedy, with an opportunity to seek cross-examination of witnesses.

Analysis: The statutory appeal before CESTAT was considered the appropriate remedy. The denial of requested cross-examination warranted a confined remand direction concerning that procedural safeguard; the appeal was to remain pending before CESTAT, which was to decide it on merits after receiving the cross-examination report.

Conclusion: The petitioner was directed to avail the appellate remedy before CESTAT and could seek a limited remand for cross-examination of witnesses.

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