Delhi HC directs DGFT to issue Export Obligation Discharge Certificate based on Direction by Policy Relaxation Committee

The Delhi High Court ( HC ) directed the Director General of Foreign Trade ( DGFT ) to issue an export obligation discharge certificate based on the direction of the policy relaxation committee.

M/S Gold Plus Glass Industry Ltd, the petitioner filed a writ petition seeking to give direction to the respondents to issue the Export Obligation Discharge Certificate to the petitioner and also impugned the show cause notices issued to the petitioner for non-fulfilment of the export obligation.

The petitioner had approached the Policy Relaxation Committee. The Policy Relaxation Committee has partly acceded to the request of the petitioner and in its meeting issued certain directions in favour of the petitioner.

Counsel for the respondents submitted that directions of the Policy Relaxation Committee shall be implemented and endeavour shall be made to conclude the proceedings within three months.

The petition is disposed of, directing the Director General of Foreign Trade to implement the directions of the Policy Relaxation Committee issued in its meeting dated 05.12.2023, preferably within three months from today. A division bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that the petitioner shall furnish such documents and clarifications as may be called for by the Director General of Foreign Trade from time to time. Once the order of the Director General of Foreign Trade is passed, the customs authorities shall expeditiously process the case of the petitioner. The right of the petitioner to avail of further remedy in case aggrieved by any further action of the respondents is reserved

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