2019 (12) TMI 801

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.... of Customs/Union of India on the ground that under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), it was entitled to various benefits which were extended to it in respect of 43 shipping bills. The case of the Petitioner is that MEIS is an incentive which is provided to exporters in order to compensate them for higher freight charges and labour costs. It is the usual process to upload shipping bills on the DGFT system which is done by exporters online. In respect of 43 shipping bills for the exports done during the period 2015-16, the Petitioner was unable to upload the same and despite repeatedly contacting the official web platform of the DGFT i.e. ICEGATE, the issues could not be resolved. Hence the Petitioner also made a representati....

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.... "1. That regarding the issue of transmission of 43 shipping bills from customs system to DGFT system it is stated that the whole process of transmission of shipping bills is automatic in EDI system. In the very first instance no manual intervention by customs is required for transmission of the data regarding shipping bills as the process is automatic. After filing of EGM (Export General Manifest) the data of shipping bills concerned get automatically transmitted to DGFT for further necessary action at their end. However, in very few cases the exporters approach EDI section with request of re-transmission of the shipping bills as their data is still not reflecting in DGFT even after the automatic transmission. Then the EDI section of this....

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....atform have also been placed on record. A perusal of the above affidavit shows that substantially, the Petitioner's grievance has been redressed - though belatedly. Out of the 43 shipping bills, the Respondents submits that 40 shipping bills have been retransmitted and only the issue of three shipping bills remains as per the ld. counsel for the Petitioner. 5. Insofar as the three shipping bills which according to the Petitioner ought to have been re-transmitted are concerned, the proof of submission of the same contemporaneously would be furnished to the Respondent No.3. After verification of the same, if the Respondent No.3 has any objections in respect of the three shipping bills, the same shall be communicated to the Petitioner and t....