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Issues: Whether the questions proposed by the applicant gave rise to a question of law requiring reference under the customs reference provision, and whether the clarification issued by the Joint Chief Controller could be treated as final and binding under the relevant import policy.
Analysis: The dispute turned on interpretation of the import policy, particularly whether Para 177(2) operated independently or had to be read with Para 108, and whether a harmonious construction was required. Interpretation of a policy was treated as a question of law. On that basis, the questions proposed were held to arise from the Tribunal's order and were fit for reference. The proposed questions concerning the coverage of the import licences and the effect of the clarification letter were therefore accepted for forwarding to the High Court.
Conclusion: The reference application was allowed and the questions of law were directed to be referred.
Final Conclusion: The matter was not finally decided on the merits of the import dispute, but was sent to the High Court as a case raising referable questions of law.
Ratio Decidendi: Interpretation of an import policy is a question of law, and where the dispute turns on the proper construction of competing policy provisions, the resulting questions are referable under the customs reference procedure.
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