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TMI Blog2014 (10) TMI 116X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nt. ORDER The broad contours of the writ petition have been narrated in the order dated 12-4-2013. For the sake of brevity, the said order is reproduced hereinafter : "The learned counsel for the petitioner says that he had appeared for a written examination for obtaining a license as a Custom House Agent. It is submitted that under Regulation 8 of the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ublished on 29-4-2011, the two years period for taking the oral examination would expire only on 28-4-2013. For this purpose, the learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon the Kerala High Court Judgment in the case of M. Ajith Narayan v. Commissioner of Customs, 2009 (237) E.L.T. 665 (Kerala). The learned counsel for the petitioner says that, this judgment has been affirmed by the Division Be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t the judgment of the Kerala High Court would have only a persuasive value for this Court. Though the submission is correct, what concerns this Court is that an applicant or a petitioner in the Kerala High Court will enjoy a particular kind of dispensation, whereas the petitioners in other States would be subjected to another kind of dispensation. If Courts in the country were to take a different ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... far as this petitioner is concerned, that the time frame of two years if, calculated from the date of the publication of the result of the written examination, would expire on 28-4-2013. 7. In these circumstances, respondent shall permit the petitioner to take the oral examination, on any date convenient, prior to 28-4-2013. 8. With the aforesaid observations the writ petition is dispo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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