2014 (11) TMI 1112

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....Agent in the Mumbai-I, II and III Customs Commissionerates. 4. An order has been passed under Regulation 21 of the Customs House Agents Licencing Regulations, 2004 by the respondent before us, prohibiting and preventing the petitioner from working as such agent within these three Commissionerates. The petitioner challenges this order. 5. The licence to operate as Customs House Agent was issued by the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Trivandrum on 10th February, 1997. That licence, copy of which is annexed at Annexure 'A', was operative and its term has been extended from time to time. An export cargo clearance work was undertaken by the petitioner and while rendering services to the cargo owner, the petitioner was pro....

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.... Tribunal will not be available to the petitioner. 8. We indicated to Mr. Jetly as to why a further affidavit should not be filed and after taking proper instructions. Mr. Jetly has now filed an affidavit of one Ms. Ujjwala Bhagwat, the Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Customs Broker Section, Mumbai. The Deponent of this affidavit has relied upon the communication from the Thiruvananthapuram Commissionerate informing that the show cause notice issued on 11th October, 2012 has yet not been adjudicated. That Commissionerate is awaiting the outcome of the proceedings which are to be taken up by the Revenue to challenge the order of (CESTAT). In such circumstances, they have decided to await the outcome of the proposed proceedings. 9.&ems....