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2015 (12) TMI 857 - AT - CustomsDuty demand - Enhancement in value of goods - Violation of principle of natural justice - benefit of the Notification No. 149/95 - Held that:- Except for the non declaration of brand in the Bills of Entry the other misdeclaration alleged by the Revenue is lower value declared in the Bills of Entry. To arrive at the correct value, a market inquiry was done. In spite of clear directions by the Commissioner(Appeals) in the first stage, we find that principles of natural justice still remained violated. In the impugned order, the Commissioner(Appeals) has clearly recorded that the Department is duty bound to convey to the respondent the name of the market, name of the address of the person from whom market inquiry was made, name of the product including brand name for which inquiry were made and retail sale price of the product item-wise of brand-wise. Further the method of arriving at the assessable value from the retail sale price needs to be supported with evidence. The department merely considered margin of profit of 50% and 25% at the retail and wholesale stage respectively without giving any supportive evidence as to how this percentage was arrived at. Another flaw in arriving at the assessable value is that although spectacles are said to be of various brands, when it came to the market inquiry the same retail price was considered in respect all spectacles. This itself makes the market enquiry questionable and unreliable. Revenue has not also explained why Rule 5 and 6 which relate to similar or identical goods should not have been considered when the appellant have given the price of contemporaneous goods as observed by the Commissioner(Appeals) and especially when such goods are available in the market as revealed in the market enquiry. Even if the contemporaneous goods do not indicate the brand, it was duty of Revenue to examine documents relating to contemporaneous imports but it failed to do so. - impugned order is not sustainable from both points of view i.e failure to observe principles of natural justice as well as no following appropriate procedure for arriving at assessable value. However, we do agree with order of the Commissioner(Appeals) in denying benefit of the Notification No. 149/95 as the importer admitted that they are not an Actual User. - Decided against Revenue.
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