Right to livelihood and Customs broker licence entry removal where employee resignation prompts administrative deletion, with mandated expeditious action.

A writ remedy was invoked concerning the right to livelihood and administrative cancellation of a Customs Broker Licence Management System entry after an employee resigned. The legal basis relied on is that where the registrant has tendered resignation and customs authorities raise no objection, administrative removal from the broker profile is appropriate; the consequence ordered is deletion of the individuals name from the CBLMS profile and release from the firms registration. The High Court directed customs authorities to implement the deletion expeditiously, preferably within two weeks, given absence of opposition from the firm.

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Issues: Whether the Customs Authorities must delete the petitioner's name from the Customs Broker Licence Management System (CBLMS) profile of his former employer/respondent no. 3 following the petitioner's resignation and communications indicating no objection.

Analysis: The Court examined the petitioners resignation, the communication dated December 10, 2025 from the Assistant Commissioner calling upon respondent no. 3 to submit the CBLMS cancellation application within seven days, and the subsequent letter dated December 31, 2025 from the Kolkata Customs Authorities to the CBLMS authorities at Mumbai requesting deletion of the petitioners name. The respondent no. 3 did not appear despite service. On the basis of the recorded communications and absence of any objection from the Customs Authorities or respondent no. 3, the Court found no justification for retaining the petitioners name in the CBLMS profile of respondent no. 3 and directed the Customs Authorities to delete the name expeditiously.

Conclusion: The Customs Authorities are directed to release the petitioner from the CBLMS profile of respondent no. 3 and delete the petitioners name from that profile preferably within two weeks from the date of communication of the order; the writ petition is disposed of.

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