ORDER

This petition has been filed seeking a declaration that seizure of the vehicle in question is without lawful authority and jurisdiction. Since a Show-Cause Notice has already been issued on 13.04.2021 by the adjudicating authority, on the last date of hearing, we had confronted the counsel for the petitioner as to maintainability of this petition.Today, once again, we have asked him as to maintainability and have even offered him to withdraw the petition and we will issue directions to the Adjudicating Authority to decide the matter expeditiously. However, he has insisted that the petition is maintainable and he will argue on the same including merits of the case. He submits that the petitioner seeks interim release of the vehicle in question, as according to him, the vehicle was originally imported by the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia and was released in the year 2000 under diplomatic exemption of duties and taxes. He further submits that thereafter the vehicle has been purchased ...