ATAM FIBRES (P) LTD Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) CM. No. 145 of 2008 CM. is allowed and the documents Annexures P-3 to P-5 are taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. CM. No. 258 of 2008 C.M. is allowed and the copy of the letter dated 8-1-2008 (Annexure P6) is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. CM. No. 206 of 2008 and CWP No. 18601 of 2007 After notice of motion, on 20-12-2007, the following interim order was passed by this Court :-

(2.) After passing of the aforesaid order, Mr. Dheeraj Rastogi, Joint Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ludhiana Regional Unit, Ludhiana, wrote a letter to the Additional Commissioner, Container Freight Station (CFS), Focal Point, Ludhiana, for provisional release of the seized goods with reference to the aforesaid interim order passed by this court in case of the petitioners. In the said letter, it has been written that the seized goods of the petitioners are to be released on fulfillment of the following conditions :-

(3.) Counsel for the petitioners pointed out that conditions No. (iii) and (iv) were not imposed by this Court while passing the aforementioned interim order, but the said officer has modified/altered the said order by adding these two conditions. Therefore, learned counsel contends that the officer has committed the contempt of court.