1987 (9) TMI 199

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..... der per : S. Kalyanam, Member (J)]. - This appeal is directed against the order of the Collector of Central Excise (Appeals), Madras, dated 21-1-1987 confirming the order of the Deputy Collector of Central Excise, Visakhapatnam, dated 29-5-1986 and rejecting the appellant's application for grant of a gold dealer's licence under the Gold Control (Licensing of Dealers) Rules, 1969 ('the Rules' for .....

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..... iod of five years experience. The learned counsel submitted that there are instructions in this regard from the Government of India and contended that a person can leave the partnership firm on grant of a licence. Heard Shri C.V. Krishnan, the learned D.R. 3. We have carefully considered the submissions made before us. The fact that the appellant's application for grant of a licence under the gen .....

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..... ce in dealing or in making, manufacturing, preparing or repairing of ornaments for a period of not less than five years, if an application is made by the person within a period of sixty days of his leaving the employment. In the present case Shri Prabhakara Sastry, the learned counsel admits before us to a specific query that the appellant is still continuing as a partner in a licensed firm and in .....

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