1The Original Petition was filed by the petitioner herein to quash Exts. P5, P6 and P10 orders passed by the respondents 1,2 and 3 and for a mandamus directing the respondents to release the goods covered by Ext. P4 detention certificate to the petitioner unconditionally. A further prayer by way of mandamus to direct the respondent No. 1 to take back Ext. P7 revision petition filed by the petitioner on file and to dispose of the same on merits is also sought for and in consequence thereof to direct the first respondent to condone the delay in preferring the revision petition and consider and dispose of the same on merits.

2 The petitioner arrived at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on 2-1-1996 from Dubai. According to him he is eligible for Transfer of Residence (T/R) facility, since he had stayed abroad for a period exceeding three years prior to his arrival on 2-10-1996. It is his case that on his arrival on 2-10-1996 the unaccompanied baggage despatched by him from Dubai arrived at Thiruvananthapuram on 9-10-1996. According to the petitioner, in Ext. P1 bill the name and address of the sender and consignee was inadvertently shown as Mrs. Shyla Begam Subaida Beevi, Kollam