https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46829 Reward under an ex gratia customs informer scheme is governed by the guidelines in force when the claim is considered, not by an earlier policy if no vested right has accrued. Where the revised scheme requires payment only after actual realisation of duty, penalty, or fine, a claim pressed after adjudication must satisfy that requirement. A writ of mandamus cannot compel payment of a discretionary reward unless there is a corresponding legal right and enforceable duty, which the scheme expressly negatived. The informer therefore had no enforceable right to immediate payment under the earlier guidelines. en-us Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46829 Reward under an ex gratia customs informer scheme is governed by the guidelines in force when the claim is considered, not by an earlier policy if no vested right has accrued. Where the revised scheme requires payment only after actual realisation of duty, penalty, or fine, a claim pressed after adjudication must satisfy that requirement. A writ of mandamus cannot compel payment of a discretionary reward unless there is a corresponding legal right and enforceable duty, which the scheme expressly negatived. The informer therefore had no enforceable right to immediate payment under the earlier guidelines. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46829