1996 (7) TMI 157

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..... In these writ applications the writ petitioners have come up to this Court for a direction upon the Customs Authorities to consider the applications of the petitioners in accordance with Clause 8 of the Customs House Agents [Licensing] Regulation, 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation of 1984). It is not in dispute that the aforesaid Regulation particularly Clause 8 was found to be inv....

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....is to say, status quo as on that date, i.e., August 8, 1994 was directed to be continued pending disposal of the SLPs. This order, as noted hereinabove, was passed on August 8, 1994. Since the several orders were passed by different learned Judges of this Court directing the authorities to dispose of the application for grant of licence within a specified period of time. In fact licences have been....

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....posed of such applications on merits since 8th August, 1994 treating the said order of status quo as if they were entitled to hear out the applications of the applicants. In my view also, the status quo order which was passed by the Supreme Court of India does not prevent the authorities from considering the applications filed by the writ petitioners. Therefore, I do not find any difficulty to dir....