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2016 (8) TMI 436 - AT - Central ExciseWhether or not the appellants are liable to pay an amount equal to 10% of the value of tractors of engine capacity below 1800 CC when they have availed Cenvat credit of educational cess on common inputs without maintaining separate records - Held that:- in the present case there is no credit of Central Excise duty availed by the appellants on the common inputs. The only credit availed is education cess paid on such common inputs. The final products are of two categories - tractors with engine capacity of above 1800 CC or below 1800 CC. Industrial cess is leviable on the tractors with capacity of above 1800 CC. Education cess is payable on such industrial cess. The appellants utilized the credit of education cess availed on inputs to discharge education cess on tractors of above 1800 CC. There is no industrial cess or education cess on the tractors of below 1800 CC. Accordingly they calculated the proportionate credit of education cess availed on common inputs and reversed the same. It is found that there is no dispute on the fact of such reversal which has been admitted in the show cause notice itself. In spite of such reversal, the appellants were called upon to pay an amount equal to 10% of the total price of exempted tractors invoking Rule 6(3)(b) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. Therefore, such a demand is not legally sustainable as already held in various decisions of this Tribunal and as affirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. - Decided in favour of appellant
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