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2021 (3) TMI 1375 - MADRAS HIGH COURTEPCG Licence scheme - Failure to discharge the export obligations - declared as defaulter - placed in the Denied Entity List (DEL) so that benefit under Foreign Trade Policy are stopped including pending/future refusal of licence under Section 7.1(k) of the Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rule, 1993 - levy of penalty u/s 11(2) of the FTDR Act, 1992 - suspension of IEC under Section 11(7) of FTDR Act, 1992 as amended during 2010 - HELD THAT:- The petitioner has filed the present writ petition and submits that even if the petitioner has not paid the penalty that was originally passed by an order dated 16.01.2014 and subsequently in the remand proceedings. The cancellation of IE Code has to be in accordance with law in terms of Section 8 of the FTDR Act, 1992. The fact remains that a show cause notice 2013 was issued to the petitioner in November by the Assistant Director General of Foreign Trade. In the show cause notice, there was also a proposal as to why the Import and Export Code of the petitioner should not be suspended under Section 11(7) of FTDR Act, 1992 as amended during 2010 - the said show cause notice also culminated in an order dated 16.01.2014 of the first respondent. It did not however suspended the license of the petitioner. It was passed however without prejudice to any other action that may be taken under the Act, Rules or Regulations in force. Since no further show proceedings were initiated against the petitioner for cancellation of the there Import and Export code of the petitioner. The jurisdictional officer under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 is directed to issue appropriate show cause notice to the petitioner under the provisions of the aforesaid Act to show casue as to why Import and Export Code of the petitioner should not be cancelled? Such show cause notice may be issued within a period of 30 days of receipt of this order. The status quo as on date shall continue for a period of 90 days and will be subject to further outcome of the proposed order to be passed by the jurisdictional officer under the provisions of the aforesaid Act. Petition disposed off.
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