Delhi High Court
W.P.(C)/19831/2025 of SGNCO GREEN RESOURCES LTD Vs DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE on 31 December 2025
HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 19831/2025 SGNCO GREEN RESOURCES LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anshul Syal, Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Advs. versus DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE.....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R % 31.12.2025 CM
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
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W.P.(C) 19831/2025
SGNCO GREEN RESOURCES LTD
.....Petitioner
Through:
Mr. Anshul Syal, Ms. Bhavana
Duhoon, Advs.
versus
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE .....Respondent
Through:
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA
O R D E R
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31.12.2025 CM APPL.82783/2025 (Exemption)
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 19831/2025 and CM APPL.82784/2025
3. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking that the respondent be directed to process the petitioner’s application dated 16.10.2025 for grant of further recognition as a Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency (PSIA) forthwith. The petitioner also seeks an interim extension of its recognition, as the existing recognition is valid only till 04.01.2026.
4. Learned counsel for the respondent, who appears on advance notice, submits that the petitioner’s application dated 16.10.2025 for grant of further recognition as a PSIA is under active consideration.
5. It is pointed out that the concerned Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) shall take a final decision and that the said IMC is scheduled to convene sometime in January2026.
6. In the circumstances, it is directed that the decision making process be expedited, and completed within a period of three weeks from today. Let This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 02/01/2026 at 14:57:58
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the IMC convene within the said period, and a decision be taken on the petitioner’s application and duly intimated to the petitioner.
7. Learned counsel for the respondent submits that there is no provision for ‘interim extension’ of recognition (beyond 4.1.2026) pending conclusion of the aforesaid exercise. It is submitted that not only the petitioner, but other similarly situated agencies are subject to the same regime.
8. As such no directions can be issued for grant of any ‘interim recognition’ to the petitioner pending conclusion of the aforesaid exercise.
9. The petition is disposed of in the above terms.
SACHIN DATTA, (VACATION JUDGE) DECEMBER 31, 2025/uk
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