Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:64460-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 1846 of 2025 Petitioner :- M/S Tapasya Traders And 3 Others Respondent :- Additional Commissioner Of Customs (Preventive) And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shubham Agrawal Counsel for Respondent :- Ramesh Chandra Shukla Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Heard Sri Shubham Agrawal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Sri Dhanjay Awasthi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. In the present writ petition following prayers have been made by the petitioner:- "(i) Mandamus directing the respondent authorities to decide the provisional release application dated 8.4.25(Annexure No.6) having been filed by the petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 3 for release of their goods; (ii) Mandamus directing the respondent authorities to decide the provisional release applications dated 18.11.24 and 18.3.25(Annexure No.5) having been filed by the petitioner no. 4 for release of his vehicle no. NL01 AF 9441; (iii) Certiorari quashing the seizure memo dated 13.11.24(Annexure No.1) issued by respondent no. 2, with respect to seizure of goods and vehicles; (iv) Mandamus be issued directing the respondent authorities to forthwith release the seized vehicle no. NL01 AF 9441 in favour of petitioner no.4; (v) Mandamus be issued directing the respondent authorities to forthwith release the seized goods in favour of petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 3; (vi) Any other and further writ, order or direction which the Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case be also issued in favour of the petitioner and against the respondents; (vii) Cost of the writ petition be awarded in favour of the petitioner as against the respondents;" 3. Upon hearing the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties and on perusal of material on record, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction upon the respondent authorities to decide the provisional release application of the petitioner dated April 8, 2025 and November 18, 2024 within a period of four weeks from date after grating an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. Order Date :- 25.4.2025 Dev (Dr. Y. K. Srivastava,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- DEV PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad