ORDER :

1. Petitioner/firm has approached this Court praying for return of bank guarantees furnished by it bearing Nos. 0095BG000012019, dated 22.03.2019, for the amount of Rs. 5,26,500/- and No. 0180BGFD000121, dated 19.05.2020, for the amount of Rs. 10,53,000/- as a condition for provisional release of imported goods vide order, dated 20.03.2020, in I.A. No. 1 of 2019 in Writ Petition No. 20419 of 2019.

2. The factual matrix, giving raise to this proceeding, is as follows:

On 16.02.2019, the petitioner/firm had imported a consignment of Areca nuts from Colombo, Srilanka, at Krishnapatnam port and the Bill of Entry, dated 16.02.2019, was furnished by the petitioner. In the course of provisional assessment, the goods were detained subject to verification of the certificate of origin. At this stage, the petitioner had approached this Court vide Writ Petition No. 20419 of 2019, wherein a Co-ordinate bench of this Court, inter-alia, passed the following order:

“Shri V.R. Reddy Kovvuri, counsel for the petitioner.

Shri Suresh Kumar Routhu, Counsel for the respondents.

Heard on I.A. No. 1 of 2019, which is an application seeking release of the goods seized by the respondents. Considering the