Customs - No Uniform Procedure in Processing EDD Refunds in Mumbai
IN a meeting of the Trade Facilitation Committee of the JN Customs held on 26.05.2016, the Customs Commissioner made a candid admission.
There is no uniform procedure being followed at all the three Zones of Mumbai Customs in respect of processing of EDD refunds and the matter has already been taken up with the Chief Commissioners for uniform practice in this regard in all the three Mumbai Zones.
Why in Mumbai zones alone? Shouldn't there be a uniform procedure for the whole of India? After all Customs Act applies to the whole of India. Why should there be different procedures in different zones? Isn't it confusing to follow different procedures with different offices? What happened to ‘ease of doing business'?