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2015 (5) TMI 661 - HC - Central ExciseUtilization of CENVAT Credit for payment of duty - Applicability of Rule 8(3A) of Central Excise Rules - Held that:- condition contained in sub-rule (3A) of Rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 for payment of duty without utilizing the CENVAT credit till an assessee pays the outstanding amount including interest is unconstitutional and that the subsequent proceedings initiated by the Department for demanding tax were set at naught, which were followed by us in a batch of writ petitions in [2015 (5) TMI 603 - MADRAS HIGH COURT] (M/s Malladi Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ranipet etc., etc., v. Union of India rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Finance etc.) deciding the issue in favour of the assessees therein for the reasons stated therein, following the same - Decided in favour of assessee.
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