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2019 (11) TMI 969 - HC - CustomsCustoms Broker License - Eligibility to appear for written examination prescribed for issuance of Customs Broker License - it is alleged that the petitioner had completed his Master’s Degree from a foreign University, but had not submitted any proof to the effect that Degree awarded is equivalent to M.B.A. Degree awarded by Universities recognised by UGC/AICTE - HELD THAT:- A plain reading of the conditions prescribed in CBLR, 2013 reveals that the aspiring applicants should be a graduate from a recognised University and should possess one of the qualifications prescribed under Regulation 5(f)(ii). Effectively, if the applicant possesses a professional degree such as Master’s degree, along with Graduation from a recognised University, he would be qualified to participate in the written examination subject to other qualifications. The impugned order seems to refer to a disqualification by quoting a Degree obtained by the petitioner from a foreign university. Apparently, the Master’s Degree in Science obtained by the petitioner from Indian Institute of Technolgoy, Madras in the year 1977 has been lost sight of by the respondents, which can also be considered as a requisite qualification as prescribed under the Regulations - Apparently, the impugned order is contrary to the CBLR Regulations. In view of the fact that the petitioner has possessed both a Bachelor’s Degree as well as Master’s Degree in Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he is deemed to have qualified himself to take up the written examination for Customs Broker License - Petition allowed.
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