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Issues: Whether the Tribunal was justified in granting the assessee an option to pay reduced penalty at 25% under the proviso to Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944, even though it had not re-determined the quantum of duty.
Analysis: The Court noted that the same controversy had already been considered in earlier decisions of the Court and that the proviso to Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944 could be applied where the assessee was given an opportunity to avail the concessional penalty on payment within the stipulated period. It also observed that the departmental circulars and the earlier view of the Court supported communication of the option to the assessee and did not require refusal of the benefit merely because the appellate forum had not itself redetermined the duty. The Tribunal's approach was found to be consistent with the Court's earlier rulings.
Conclusion: The Tribunal was right in granting the assessee the option to avail reduced penalty at 25% under Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944, and the Revenue's challenge failed.
Ratio Decidendi: The benefit of reduced penalty under the proviso to Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944 may be extended by the appellate authority where the statutory conditions are communicated and the assessee is afforded the prescribed opportunity to comply.
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