2011 (3) TMI 455

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....l)]. - This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed with the following substantive prayers :- "(a) This Honourable Court be pleased to issue appropriate writ, direction or order directing the respondents to permit conversion of shipping bills of the petitioners from their shipping bills to DEPB shipping bills; (b) This Honourable Court be pleased to iss....

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....mee Yajnik, learned Senior Standing Counsel for the respondents. 3. From the reliefs prayed for in the petition, it is apparent that the principal relief sought for is by way of a direction to the respondents to permit conversion of free shipping bills of the petitioner to DEPB shipping bills. The other reliefs prayed for are consequential to the grant of the principal relief. 4. Mr. D....

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....he Commissioner, he is required to consider the same in accordance with law and decide the same one way or the other. 7. Though an affidavit has been filed by the respondents opposing the petition, the Court does not deem it fit to enter into merits of the rival contentions raised on behalf of the respective parties. Since the petitioner has made an application for conversion of shipping bil....