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2015 (10) TMI 2344 - AT - Central ExciseAdmissibility of CENVAT Credit - Invocation of extended period of limitation - Capital goods - Demand of Secondary and Higher Education Cess - Held that:- Issue was settled by the Larger Bench in the case of Vandana Global Ltd (2010 (4) TMI 133 - CESTAT, NEW DELHI (LB) ) in the year 2010. When an issue was disputable, then no intention to evade payment of duty or taking of wrong CENVAT Credit can be attributed on the part of the Appellant. Accordingly, 5 years extended period under Section 11A Proviso cannot be invoked. The demand period is from May 2009 to May 2010, whereas the Show Cause Notice was issued on 11.08.2011, which is clearly beyond the normal limitation period of 1 year and is required to be set aside. Accordingly, no penalties are imposable by the Appellant. So far as the admissibility of payment of Secondary and Higher Education Cess from the CENVAT Credit balance of Education Cess is concerned, it is observed from the First Proviso to Rule 3(7)(b) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 that credit of Education Cess on excisable goods and Education Cess on taxable services, can be utilized only for payment of Education Cess on finished excisable goods or payment of Education Cess on taxable service. Accordingly, the stand of the Appellant that there is no bar on utilization of Education Cess credit balance for discharging Secondary and Higher Education Cess, is not correct. The same is required to be paid by the Appellant, with the liberty of taking equivalent amount of credit in the account of Education Cess. - Decided partly in favour of assessee.
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