Tribunal dismisses appeal deeming administrative letter a clarification, not an order.

The appeal was dismissed as not maintainable by the Tribunal, as it found the administrative letter in question to be a clarification sought by the assessee and not an order-in-original.

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The appeal was filed against an administrative letter dated 1-9-2003 by the Commissioner of Central Excise. The Tribunal found the letter to be a clarification sought by the assessee and not an order-in-original, so the appeal was dismissed as not maintainable.

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