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2023 (9) TMI 1277 - AT - Central ExciseCENVAT Credit - iron ore pellets purchased by the appellant - availment of cenvat credit on the iron ore pellets and utilization of such credit for payment of duty on its final product - HELD THAT - Although the appellant has taken cenvat credit on iron ore pellets it has been held that the product of iron ore pellets is exempted from payment of duty and the said goods were used by the appellant for manufacturing process and the manufactured goods have been sold on payment of duty . Therefore the demand of duty on such iron ore pellets shall be demanded reversal of cenvat credit as held by this Tribunal in the case of AJINKYA ENTERPRISES VERSUS COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE PUNE-III 2013 (6) TMI 610 - CESTAT MUMBAI which has been affirmed by the Hon ble Bombay High Court in THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE PUNE VERSUS AJINKYA ENTERPRISES 2012 (7) TMI 141 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT wherein the Hon ble High Court of Bombay has held in the present case the assessment on decoiled HR/CR coils cleared from the factory of the assessee on payment of duty has neither been reversed nor it is held that the assessee is entitled to refund of duty paid at the time of clearing the decoiled HR/CR coils. Further the supplier of the goods has paid the duty on iron ore pellets and the same has been accepted by the respondent therefore being a manufacturer of excisable goods the appellant is entitled to cenvat credit of duty paid by the appellant and it has not been questioned to the supplier of the goods that the product is exempted from payment of duty and the Revenue has accepted the duty payment. In that circumstances the appellant is entitled to take cenvat credit as held by the Hon ble Supreme Court in the case of COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE CUSTOMS VERSUS MDS SWITCHGEAR LTD. 2008 (8) TMI 37 - SUPREME COURT . The appellant has correctly taken the cenvat credit - the impugned order is not sustainable on the eyes of law and the same is set aside - Appeal allowed.
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