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Madras High CourtWP/5569/2023dismissed as infructuous

M.R.J.Trading v. The Director General Of Foreign Trade

2024-01-03Honourable Mr Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 03.01.2024 C O R A M The HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY Writ Petition No.5569 of 2023 & WMP. No.5586 of 2023 M.R.J.Trading, Represented by its Proprietor, Mr.Abdulla Jasim M.P 1/85-A, KunnathKavu Temple, Kollanur, Palakkad Ponnani Road, Eravakkad Post, Kappur, Palakkad, Kerala-679 552.

..Petitioner vs

1. The Director General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Udyogabhavan, New Delhi-110 017.

2. The Commissioner of Customs Chennai II Commissionerate Customs House, No.60, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600 001.

3. The Deputy Commissioner of Customs (Group 1) Custom House, Port Area, Vishakapatnam-530 035. ... Respondents PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of Mandamus to direct the 2nd and 3rd 1 to 4

Respondent to accept the declared value in respect of the goods covered by bill of entry no.4558512 dated 08.02.2023 and treat the goods as being 'freely' importable.

For Petitioner : Mr.Hari Radhakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.A.R.Sakthivel, SPC for R1 Mr.V.Sundareswaran, Senior Standing Counsel for R2 & Re (Customs)

O R D E R

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter has been rendered infructuous by subsequent events.

2. By taking note of such development, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous without any order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 03.01.2024 Index : Yes/No Internet: Yes/No kal To

1. The Director General of Foreign Trade, 2 to 4

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Udyogabhavan, New Delhi-110 017.

2. The Commissioner of Customs Chennai II Commissionerate Customs House, No.60, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600 001.

3. The Deputy Commissioner of Customs (Group 1) Custom House, Port Area, Vishakapatnam-530 035.

SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J kal 3 to 4

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