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Issues: Whether the Customs Authorities could refuse to comply with the Tribunal's refund order merely because a reference application had been filed, and whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing compliance.
Analysis: The merits of the refund dispute had already been decided by the Tribunal, and that decision was binding on the Customs Officers. The filing of a reference application under Section 130(3) of the Customs Act, 1962 did not operate as a stay of the Tribunal's order. The Court declined to reopen the merits and confined itself to enforcing obedience to the Tribunal's direction.
Conclusion: The Customs Authorities were bound to comply with the Tribunal's order, and the writ petition was allowed with a direction to make payment in terms of that order.