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2013 (2) TMI 285 - HC - CustomsReward to Informer - Claim to the grant of a reward rejected on procedural lapses - First Petitioner, a Deputy Director in the Mumbai Zonal office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence retired on superannuation upon information furnished by the Second Petitioner(informer) furnished information in regard to under valuation of thoroughbred mares/horses imported into India - Held that:- The information recorded in the case by Shri P C K Nair, the then Assistant Director, DRI, Mumbai, is undated, no DRI 1 appears to have been prepared and there is no evidence of DRI 1 having been dispatched to DRI headquarters, which is mandatory, the sealed cover said to contain the original information was delivered to the Custodian of the sealed envelope on 2.12.2002, whereas the first note in the case file is recorded, following the receipt of the information on 30.9.2002. As decided in Union of India Vs. C. Krishna Reddy [2003 (12) TMI 55 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] scheme mentions that reward is an exgratia payment and subject to the guidelines and may be granted on the absolute discretion of the authority competent and further that no one can claim the reward as a matter of right. Thus claim of the Petitioners was duly considered by the competent authority thus the reasons which have been extracted earlier cannot be regarded as being extraneous or suffering from any perversity - appeal dismissed.
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