2018 (5) TMI 1483

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....ocate for the Appellant Shri K.P. Muralidharan, AC (AR) for the Respondent ORDER Per Bench Brief facts are that the appellants are a society registered under the Societies Act, 1860. One of the objectives of their organization is to protect heritage of Pondicherry by raising public awareness of the preservation of historic buildings of the town and domestic architecture displaying local vernac....

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....t. Hence, the appellants are now before the Tribunal. 2. On behalf of the appellant, ld. counsel Shri Shaikh Abdul appeared and argued the matter. He referred to the definition of 'architect' under section 65(6) and submitted that the appellant does not fall within the definition. The appellant is not registered as an architect under section 23 of Architects Act, 1972. So also the appellant is no....

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....oduced as under:- "(6) "architect" means any person whose name is, for the time being, entered in the register of architects maintained under section 23 of the Architects Act, 1972 (20 of 1972) and also includes any commercial concern engaged in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, in rendering services in the field of architecture' 6. The department does not have a case that the appella....