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2015 (6) TMI 470 - AT - Central ExciseCENVAT credit - Penalty u/s 11AC - Held that:- Commissioner (Appeals) observed that the appellant had admitted their mistake and willingly reversed the CENVAT credit alongwith interest. The appellant had not challenged the same before the original authority and has raised objection only on imposition of penalty. - appellant debited cenvat credit alongwith interest and intimated the Central Excise officer on 02.3.2005 and therefore, they requested to drop the show cause notice. The Section 11A (2B) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 provide that where any duty of excise has not been levied or paid or has been short levied or short paid, the person chargeable with the duty, may pay the amount of duty on the basis of his own ascertainment of such duty or on the basis of duty ascertained by a Central Excise officer before service of notice on him under sub-Section (1) in respect of the duty so paid and inform the Central Excise officer of such payment in writing, who on receipt of such intimation shall not serve any notice under Section 11A(1) in respect of the amounts so paid. In the present case, it is found that the appellant had paid the duty alongwith interest as per the amount ascertained by CERA audit and requested to drop the show cause notice. - penalty imposed under Section 11AC is set-aside - Decided in favour of assessee.
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