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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled in writ jurisdiction to a further customs informer reward and whether the quantum of reward already fixed by the competent authority could be interfered with under Article 226.
Analysis: The reward scheme treated informer reward as an ex gratia payment to be granted at the absolute discretion of the competent authority, having regard to factors such as the authenticity of information, the risk undertaken, and the extent of assistance rendered. The Court held that it could not, in writ proceedings, adjudicate disputed questions as to the precise extent of information supplied by the informer or the exact proportion of duty recovered because of that information. It also relied on the principle that no legal right accrues to any person to claim a reward as a matter of course, and that the appropriateness of the quantified reward was not open to challenge under Article 226.
Conclusion: The petitioner had no enforceable right to claim a higher reward, and the Court would not interfere with the reward fixed by the authorities.
Ratio Decidendi: An informer reward under the applicable circular is an ex gratia, discretionary payment and not a matter of legal right; therefore, the writ court will not determine the quantum or substitute its own assessment for that of the competent authority.
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