Merchandise Export from India Scheme applications allowed resubmission after clerical EDI error; Regional Authority to process conversion and benefit

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....Territorial jurisdiction for Article 226 writs was held to arise where the competent Regional Authority sits, since the Customs officer performed only a ministerial forwarding function; consequence: the High Court entertained writ petitions challenging denial of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme benefits caused by a clerical/electronic EDI error. The Regional Authority at Jaipur was identified as the competent adjudicatory authority and directed to accept resubmitted online applications converting the option from N to Y and to process claims on merits, reflecting the principle that entitlement should not be defeated by ministerial or technical default.....