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2014 (10) TMI 596 - HC - Central Excise100% EOU - reversal of Cenvat credit - assessee contended that the clearances were made against CT-3 certificate issued in terms of Notification No.22/2003 dated 31.03.2003 by the customs authorities and that such clearances made to EOUs/EHTPs have the status of deemed exports and therefore, there is no need to reverse the credit involved. - Held that:- EOU is entitled to procure goods duty free. Such procurement is permissible only subject to fulfillment of condition of the exemption notification. Further, the decision of Larger Bench of the Tribunal in Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works Ltd., [2008 (10) TMI 57 - CESTAT CHENNAI] deals with only reversal of input as such and not removal of used capital goods. In the instant case, the assessee is having Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) Unit in the ground floor. It is having Electronic Hardware Technology Parks (EHTP) Unit in the first floor. The assessee while purchasing the capital goods as well as inputs to its DTA unit has paid duty. Therefore, it has availed Cenvat credit. In so far as the capital goods are concerned, it was used by the assessee in DTA unit. Thereafter, with the permission of the authorities in terms of the Rules 11 and 20 of the Central Excise Rules 2002 and Clause (6) of the Notification No.22/2003, the assessee removed the said goods from DTA unit to EHTP unit. Capital goods purchased for DTA unit was used, it was not removed as such and when it was removed to EHTP unit again, they have no liability to pay the credit. This aspect has been completely missed by the authority. They proceeded on the assumption that user industry thereby mean EHTP unit was not bringing excisable goods directly from the factory of manufacture or warehouse and therefore they are not eligible for exemption. In the light of the aforesaid Notification which granted exemption, it is very clear that EHTP unit is entitled to exemption of payment of duty. Therefore, the assessee rightly availed the Cenvat credit and then reversed it when those goods were moved to EHTP unit and claimed refund. - Decided in favor of assessee. Whether the assessee was not liable to pay any duty when capital goods after it is being used was removed to the EOU unit - Held that:- In so far as the inputs are concerned, it is not in dispute that the assessee while purchasing the said goods for its DTA unit has paid duty. It is only when those inputs as such were removed to the EHTP unit, the Cenvat credit availed was reversed. It is because, if the assessee had purchased those inputs for its EHTP unit by virtue of aforesaid Notification, there was no duty payable, as the said inputs were removed with the previous permission of the department as reflected in CT-3. There was no liability to pay the duty and already Cenvat credit had been taken, it was reversed under protest and therefore, they were entitled to the refund of the said amount. - Decided against Revenue.
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