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2010 (10) TMI 674 - HC - CustomsLicencing of Custom House Agent - Regulation 9 of CHALR, 1984 - Circular being Circular No. 9 of 2010-Custom dated 8-4-2010 -whether the action of the respondents in requiring the petitioners to appear in the additional subjects prescribed under CHALR, 2004 is arbitrary and discriminatory and as such, is violative of the petitioners’ fundamental rights under Article 14 of the Constitution of India. - Held that:- The Customs House Agents Licensing (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 issued vide Notification No. 30/2010 dated 8-4-2010, insofar as the same impose a condition upon those persons who had passed the examination conducted under Regulation 9 of the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 1984 and have not been granted license under the said Regulations, to clear the examination in additional subjects to be deemed to have passed the examination referred to in Regulation 8 for the purpose of Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations 2004, is hereby quashed and set aside. Consequently, the petitioners are entitled to be considered for grant of Customs House Agent licenses without having to clear the examination in the additional subjects.
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