HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.23345 of 2003 Date: 02-07-2007. Between : M/s.Arani Agro Oil Industries Limited, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Vice President (Technical). …..Petitioner And Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Kakinada-1 (Customs) Division & another. …..Respondents. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.23345 of 2003 ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki) The writ petition was filed with a grievance that respondents were not clearing the consignments of petitioner for payment of duty on the tariff value as fixed by the Government of India Tariff Notifications dated 01.03.2002, 01.03.2003 and 01.08.2003 in respect of imported Crude Palm and Palmolein Oil dutiable under tariff entry 1511 1000 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975. At the time of entertaining this writ petition, the Court had ordered clearance of goods subject to furnishing of a bond. It is represented that the bond has been furnished and the goods have already been released. The questions raised in this petition cannot be gone into at this stage, as the assessment proceedings are still pending. Therefore, we dispose of the writ petition directing the Assistant Commissioner of Customs to proceed with the assessment and finalize the assessment as the goods have already been cleared. The competent authority may, after hearing the parties, pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. ______________ BILAL NAZKI, J 2nd July 2007 _____________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J ajr