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2023 (1) TMI 395 - AT - CustomsRefund of SAD - original files/documents/Bills of Entries were seized by Superintendent(Preventive) - rejection of refund also on the ground of time limitation - HELD THAT:- In the present case there is no denial of the fact that the appellant was not in position to file the refund claims within the prescribed period of limitation for the reason that the documents on the basis of which these refund claims were to be filed were under seizure and were seized prior to the expiry of the period of limitation. Both the lower authorities have observed that the refund claims could have been filed without these documents on the basis of the book of accounts maintained by the appellant. There are no merits in this observation in view of the specific provisions of Section 27 (1A) reproduced above as per which refund claims are to be filed along with the required documents. Even if the refund claims would have been filed without these documents, the same could again have been rejected for the absence of these documents or returned along with the deficiency memo for being re-submitted. In any case the refund application would not have been acknowledged by the department till it was filed along with all the documents. Undisputedly the necessary documents which were required for filing this refund application were under seizure, and the refund application would not have been acknowledged by the revenue authorities without these documents. The condition which is stated to be the reason for rejection of the refund claims is something which could not have been complied with. Appeal allowed.
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