TMI Blog1996 (7) TMI 141X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ide. It is held that the raw naphtha used to produce ammonia which is used in the water treatment, steam generation, inert gas generation and effluent treatment plants of the urea plant of the appellants is entitled to the exemption provided by the Exemption Notification No. 187/61 as amended from time to time. - 5437, 5941-43 of 1990 - - - Dated:- 31-7-1996 - S.P. Bharucha and K.T. Thomas, JJ. [Judgment per : S.P. Bharucha, J.]. - These are appeals against orders of the Customs, Excise and Gold Control Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi. 2.The periods involved in the appeals are : 1st April, 1974 to 31st December, 1982 in Civil Appeal No. 5437 of 1990 and January 1983 to April, 1984 in Civil Appeal Nos. 5941-43 of 1990. 3.By an E ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on the ground that such raw naphtha was not used in the manufacture of fertilisers. The demand was confirmed. In appeal by the appellants, the Collector of Central Excise and Customs upheld the contention of the appellants insofar as the ammonia was used in the water treatment plant, steam generation plant and inert gas generation plant. This was on the basis that the inert gas generated in the inert gas generation plant was required for purging the pipelines and other process equipment of the ammonia plant every time it had to be started or shut and, therefore, the process of inert gas generation had to be treated as an integral part of the process of the manufacture of ammonia, which, in turn, was used for the manufacture of fertilisers. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rom corrosion, formation of scales, etc., the ammonia used for the purpose could not be said to be used in the manufacture of fertilisers. The view of the Collector, insofar as the effluent treatment plant was concerned, was upheld. 7.Emphasis was laid, and rightly, by learned counsel for the appellants on the phraseology used in the Exemption Notification. The exemption is made available to such raw naphtha as is used in the manufacture of ammonia provided such ammonia is used elsewhere in the manufacture of fertilisers. That the raw naphtha is used to make ammonia is unquestioned. The ammonia is used directly in the manufacture of fertilisers; the raw naphtha so used is, it is not disputed, eligible to the exemption. The question is whe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... acture or processing of goods would be commercially inexpedient, articles required in that process, would fall within the expression in the manufacture of goods". This was a reiteration of the view expressed in M/s. J.K. Cotton Spinning Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. v. Sales Tax Officer, Kanpur and Another - 1965 (1) SCR 900. It was there held, "The expression "in the manufacture" takes in within its compass, all processes which are directly related to the actual production". In Collector of Central Excise, New Delhi v. M/s. Ballarpur Industries Ltd. - (1984) 4 SCC 566, the respondent manufactured paper and paperboard, "in the processes relating to which "sodium sulphate" is used in the chemical recovery cycle of sodium sulphate which forms an e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... h treatment of effluents in a plant manufacturing a particular end-product is part and parcel of the manufacturing process of that end-product. The ammonia used in the treatment of effluents from the urea plant of the appellants has, therefore, to be held to be used in the manufacture of urea and the raw naphtha used in the manufacture of such ammonia to be entitled to the said exemption. 10.In the result, the appeals are allowed. The orders under appeal are set aside. It is held that the raw naphtha used to produce ammonia which is used in the water treatment, steam generation, inert gas generation and effluent treatment plants of the urea plant of the appellants is entitled to the exemption provided by the Exemption Notification No. 187 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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