1994 (11) TMI 140

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....any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents 3 and 4, namely, the Collector of Customs and the Director of Revenue Intelligence, to release Bill of Entry No. 243838, dated 26th August, 1992 and other connected documents, and to clear the goods of the petitioner covered under the said Bill of Entry, and that too without payment of any demurrages/rent or other charges. In....

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....dingly, a notice was issued to the petitioners to show cause as to why the goods be not confiscated for violation of the provisions of Section 111(d) and (m) of the Customs Act, 1962, and why personal penalty be not imposed upon the company as well as Directors. Adjudication proceedings were held. It is not necessary for us to refer to the same in any detail except to note that by order dated 17th....

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....fore the Collector of Customs (Appeals), New Delhi, and that steps were being taken to file the appeal expeditiously and in any case within the period of limitation. It was submitted on 21st October, 1994 that the appeal had since been filed but it had not been listed before the Collector of Customs (Appeals) and no interim orders obtained. Even now the position continues to be the same, according....

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....have the matter heard before the Collector of Customs (Appeals) and orders obtained. As far as we see the order of the Additional Collector of Customs should have been complied by the respondents within reasonable time. Already 4-1/2 months have gone by after the order of the Additional Collector of Customs was made which exonerated the petitioners and yet petitioners might be suffering imposition....