2016 (11) TMI 1450 - HC - Customs

Maintainability of petition - alternative remedy of appeal - Held that - This Court is of the considered view, that if at all the petitioners are aggrieved by such notice, the remedy available to them is to approach the Appellate Authority by way of an appeal as factual questions are raised and the same cannot be entertained by this Court in the writ petition - petition dismissed being not maintainable.

Summary

The High Court of Madras dismissed the writ petitions as an appeal remedy was available to the petitioners against the impugned order dated 02.08.2016. The petitioners were granted two years to comply with the original show cause notice issued in 2013 before the present impugned notice. The court advised the petitioners to approach the Appellate Authority by way of an appeal for redressal.