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2016 (8) TMI 576

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..... e Bills of Entry given in the following chart:- Sl. No. Bill of Entry No. Date TR-6 Challan No. Date Amount of ADD paid 1. 3251055 19.04.2011 361 21.04.2011 12,69,892.00 2. 3335501 27.04.2011 568 29.04.2011 11,96,472.00 3. 3516215 16.05.2011 860 19.05.2011 5,94,987.00 4. 4538914 03.09.2011 2717 07.09.2011 5,75,030.00 5. 5903823 03.02.2012 6036 07.02.2012 3,10,060.00 6. 6866287 18.05.2012 1251 25.05.2012 7,34,741.00 7. 6880702 21.05.2012 1271 25.05.2012 9,58,357.00 8. 7124769 16.06.2012 1817 19.06.2012 7,68,641.00 The above refund claims were made on the grounds that (i) Anti-dumping duty (ADD) was deposited by two separate challans and the ADD was not assessed on the Bills of Entry.&nbs .....

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..... nt.  The ld. Departmental Representative claimed that the Dy. Commissioner of Customs also forwarded relevant pages of Bill of Entry on perusal of which it could be seen  that ADD was assessed and out of charge was given only after certification of payment of ADD was given by the importer. (ii)    CESTAT vide its Misc. Order No.AD/M/21/12-Cus and Final Order No.AD/A/10/12-Cus, dated 06.07.2012 (supra) clearly states that levy of ADD should continue at the rate of applicable as per Notification 70/2010-Cus. 4.    Ld. Advocate for the respondent argued/contended as under:- (i)    ADD cannot be collected without assessment.  The so- called ADD was deposited under separate challans .....

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..... examined at the time of clearance/giving out of charge from the docks. In this case, when the goods were examined, it was found that they were liable to ADD following which the Dy. Commissioner wrote a letter dated 12.06.2015 (mentioned earlier) informing that as per examination order it was directed by the Assessing Officer regarding the payment of ADD manually before giving out-of-charge for clearance of goods. Regarding the 8th Bill of Entry No.6880702, Dy. Commissioner categorically informed that this Bill of Entry was cleared through RMS, where it was mandatory for the importer or the customs broker to pay the ADD as per rule as it is a self-assessed document.  In this case also, it is claimed by Revenue that the Dy. Commissioner .....

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..... ; However, we are in effect restrained from doing so (i.e., from analysing and recording our finding on this contention) in view of the fact that the three Member Bench of the CESTAT which passed the Final Order dated 06.07.2012 had taken note of this aspect while setting aside the Notification No.70/2010-Cus and categorically stated as under:- "27.    Keeping in view our findings as above, we set aside the impugned Final Findings of the D.A. dated 26-4-2010 as well as the Customs Notification No.70/2010 dated 25-6-2010 along with amending Notification No.8/2012 dated 16-1-2012 and remand the matter to the D.A. for deciding the matter afresh giving a reasonable opportunity of hearing to all concerned.  The appellants s .....

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