TMI Blog2007 (2) TMI 53X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... delay in the refund of amount due to the appellants. This appeal has a very checkered history The appellants availed Modvat credit on aluminium waste and scraps Revenue proceeded against the appellants and disallowed the Modvat credit to the tune of Rs 11,45,468/- vide the following orders (i) OIO No 4/92 dated 10-1-1992; (ii) OIO No. 8/92 dated 27-2-1992 and (iii) OIO No. 20/93 dated 3-3-1993 on the ground that the M/s. APSRTC and M/s. APSEB from whom the wastes and scrap was purchased are not manufacturers and hence, the scrap was not generated during the course of manufacture. The appellants paid the duty demanded under protest even in 1993. They were not successful before the Commissioner (A), however, the CEGAT, Madras in its Final Or ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... roceedings, the department took another six months to decide the issue afresh, the demand was once again confirmed. All through this period of more than six years, the department without any authority of law kept the amount paid by the appellants. The learned advocate relied on the following case laws. (i) Classic Computer Service v. CCE, Guntur - 2004 (167) E.L.T. 517 (Tri.- Bang.) (ii) Motor Industries Company Ltd. v. CC, Chennai - 2005 (188) E.L.T. 315 (Tri. - Bang.) (iii) Parle International Ltd. v. UOI - 2001 (127) E.L.T. 329 (Guj.) The learned advocate emphasized the point that amount paid during the dispute should be treated as pre-deposit in the light of various decisions of the Tribunals/Courts. Once such payments are recog ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f Central Excise. The Chief Commissioner has a large number of Commissioners under him who are assisted by Additional Commissioners and Joint Commissioners. The fact that a de novo matter is taken up after a lapse of six years from the date of CEGAT's order shows that the machinery of supervision has completely broken down and gone haywire. All the supervisory officers had abdicated their responsibilities. In the second round of litigation after the remand order, the department took the same stand as in the original proceedings to deny the Modvat credit. The Commissioner (A) in her order dated 6- 2-2004 has elaborately gone through the facts of the case and has held that the appellants had been denied the facility of deemed credit by illogi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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