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TMI Blog2009 (6) TMI 493X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he appellants challenge the order dated 22-12-2008 passed by the Commissioner (Appeals), Mumbai, whereby the appeal filed by the department was allowed and the order passed by the original authority viz. Additional Commissioner of Central Excise & Customs, Belapur on 15-11-2007 was set aside. Under the order passed by the original authority, the demand for Rs.20,75,184/- along with education cess of Rs.41,504/- was dropped while imposing penalty of Rs.25,000/- under Rule 25 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002. The interference by the Commissioner (Appeals) was in relation to the dropping of the demand of Rs.20,75,184/- and education cess of Rs.41,504/- and failure to order confiscation of the goods on the ground of the same was not available ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... which had remained to be paid was immediately paid, alongwith the interest thereon. Besides, the amount which had remained to be paid was only Rs.7938/- and the major portion of the amount was already paid within the period of limitation. 5. The ld. D.R. submitted that the authority having taken into consideration all the materials on record, there is no case for interference with the impugned order. 6. As far as the facts in the matter in hand are concerned, the same are not in dispute. It is a matter of record that an amount of Rs.7938/- was required to be paid by 5-11-2006 being the balance amount which had remained to be paid for the month of October 2006 by the appellants. The said amount was require to be paid accordingly in terms o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... se steps and therefore the appellants could not have been subjected to the payment of penalty. 8.Sub-rule 3(A) of Rule 8 of the said Rules provides that - "if the assessee defaults in payment of duty beyond thirty days from the due date, as prescribed in sub-rule(1), then notwithstanding anything contained in said sub-rule(1) and sub-rule(4) of Rule 3 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, the assessee, shall, pay excise duty for each consignment at the time of removal, without utilising the Cenvat credit till the date the assessee pays the outstanding amount including interest thereon, and in the event of any failure, it shall be deemed that such goods have been cleared without payment of duty and the consequences and penalties as provided in the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as cleared by 5th of December 2006. However, that would not, in any way, ensure to the benefit of appellants to contend that on payment of interest on the balance amount, and that too being a small amount of Rs.7938/-, the appellants should not be made to face the penalty under sub-rule 3A of Rule 8. 10. The intention of the Legislature being very clear from Rule 8 (3A) that, in case of failure on the part of the assessee to pay the duty within the specified period and further within the grace period certain consequences have to follow, the appellants cannot escape the liability thereunder. 11. For the reasons stated above, therefore, we do not find any case having been made out for interference with the impugned order. Hence the appeal f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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