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( 2 ) WITH the consent of the parties the matter is taken up for final hearing and disposal.

( 3 ) THE petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for an appropriate direction to be issued to the respondents to register the Bill of Entry of the petitioner and to permit the petitioner to clear the goods represented by the said Bill of Entry. It has also, inter alia, prayed that a direction be issued to the respondents to issue a detention certificate for the waiver of demurrage charges.

( 4 ) THIS petition is concerned with the import of zinc ingots from Singapore. The petitioner, a public limited company, placed an order for 300 MTs of special high grade zinc from Allied Deals (S) Pvt. Ltd. , Singapore in March 2001. In response to the petitioner s said order, the said Allied Deals, Singapore offered to sell to the petitioner the said goods which had earlier been consigned to one Shiv Ganga Organic Chemicals Ltd on cash against delivery basis. The said Allied Deals, Singapore informed the petitioner that the said Shiv Ganga Organic Chemicals had not made any payment for the goods and the goods were already lying in the container depot, Tuglakabad. The goods, had