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Issues: (i) Whether wharfage could be levied on the vessel when it was manifested as cargo in connection with cable-laying operations; (ii) whether the later tariff note excluding such vessels from cargo treatment operated retrospectively to invalidate the earlier demand.
Analysis: The wharfage scale under the Major Port Trusts Act permits levy on cargo-related services, and the vessel was treated as cargo because it was used to carry submarine cable and allied equipment for the import activity. The Court held that the declaration in the import manifest was not a mere formality but supported the port's treatment of the vessel as cargo for the purpose of wharfage. The later insertion of Note 10 in the tariff schedule was treated as a new note introduced prospectively from 25-3-2015, not as a purely declaratory clarification that would undo earlier demands.
Conclusion: Wharfage on the vessel was held to be valid, and the subsequent tariff amendment did not entitle the petitioner to refund of the amount already paid.
Final Conclusion: The writ petition failed because the port's demand was upheld as legally sustainable on the facts and the later tariff change was not applied retrospectively.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a vessel is treated as cargo on account of its admitted import-related activity, wharfage may be levied under the port tariff, and a later prospective tariff insertion cannot invalidate an earlier lawful demand absent retrospective effect.
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