2018 (12) TMI 736

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..... r the respondents P.C. 1. Case of the petitioners is that the Customs authorities have withheld the petitioners' export benefits since long, pending investigation into alleged irregularities in such exports. The petitioners also pointed out that in the mean time the Customs authorities have placed the petitioners' under attachment an immovable property in the nature of residential unit o .....

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..... lakhs from the petitioners, which is also retained by them without adjudication of the disputes. 2. On the other hand, learned Counsel Mr. Jetly appearing for the Department submitted that the Department had unearthed number of illegalities in the export claims of the petitioners. The foreign exchange remittances were inflated through forgery. The entire investigation is not yet over. The petitio .....

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..... the investigation, it would not be proper for us to give any rigid time frame for completing the same. It was however, stated by Mr. Jetly that the investigation is at an advanced stage. The authorities would attempt to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible and issue a show-cause notice to the petitioners, if upon completion of investigation the case for proceeding further is mad .....

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