Prospective operation of Notification No. 67/92 barred retrospective benefit, and no apparent error justified rectification.

Notification No. 67/92 was construed as operating prospectively from 22-5-1992 because its language did not support retrospective application, so the benefit could not be extended to periods before that date. The request for rectification also failed because the earlier order was based on that construction and no error apparent on the face of the record was shown.

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Issues: Whether Notification No. 67/92 was retrospective so as to apply to the period prior to 22-5-1992, and whether any error apparent from the face of the record warranted rectification of the earlier order.

Analysis: The notification was construed on the basis of its language, and it was held that Notification No. 67/92 took effect only from the date of its issue, namely 22-5-1992. On that view, the benefit restored by the notification could not be extended backwards to the earlier period. Since the earlier order proceeded on this construction, no patent error was shown.

Conclusion: Notification No. 67/92 was held to operate prospectively from 22-5-1992, and the application for rectification was rejected for want of any error apparent on the face of the record.

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